ServiceNow Principal Technical Consultant - IRM/SecOps

    ~$113,785 - $211,315Market Estimate
    United States
    Full-Time
    Senior (7+ yrs)
    Finance & Accounting
    Posted on July 16, 2026
    As a ServiceNow Principal Technical Consultant, you will utilize your ServiceNow expertise and experience to architect, design, develop and deploy solutions utilizing the ServiceNow platform. You will drive a collaborative team leading, mentoring and ensuring development efforts are well documented and delivered with quality, owning the overall outcome of your projects. The ServiceNow Principal Technical Consultant is an experienced subject matter expert and focuses on development and delivery of value added integration and consultative services in the area of Enterprise solutions, designing, deploying and integrating various product sets.
    Responsibilities
  1. Lead project teams to deploy solutions on the ServiceNow platform
  2. Lead complex programs of multiple resources
  3. Lead the architecture and design of complex solutions
  4. Lead the creation of written deliverables
  5. Lead client demos and working sessions
  6. Lead integration design sessions
  7. Lead client workshops as process and technical expert
  8. Escalation point for project team
  9. Work to influence team members, broader internal team, and external customers, likely including senior management, to agree and accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
  10. Obtain and maintain certifications with associated qualifications
  11. Maintain expert level certifications
  12. Identify and communicate opportunities
  13. Participate in pre-sales cycle as technical expert
  14. Provide thought leadership to Ahead and our customers
  15. Communicate with external customers, which may include top management, on matters that require explanation, interpretation, and / or advising
  16. Generate differentiated marketing thought leadership for marketing
  17. Craft innovative and high impact solutions for complex client programs, relying on large teams to implement
  18. Contribute to projects/programs that may address future concepts, products, and technologies
  19. Drive consensus with customer in solving complex solutions
  20. Qualifications
  21. Subject matter expert on the ServiceNow platform
  22. Expert knowledge on at least two process areas within the ServiceNow platform (IRM/SecOps)
  23. Expert level development skills on the ServiceNow platform
  24. Recognized expertise in own area within the organization
  25. Demonstrate deep expertise across multiple technologies
  26. Able to articulate trade-offs between architecture approaches
  27. Strong skills integrating ServiceNow with third party tools
  28. Strong presentation skills
  29. Strong project and situational awareness
  30. Strong communication skills
  31. Strong attention to detail
  32. Self-starter
  33. Industry experience in Security, Compliance, and Audit a plus/desired
  34. Expectations
  35. A lead contributor to their team and the organization as a whole
  36. Bring thought leadership to our organization and our customers
  37. Contribute to projects/programs that may address future concepts, products, and technologies.
  38. Coordinate cross-practice and can contribute to cross-practice deliverables can help draft standards
  39. Lead multiple resources when on a cross-practice project
  40. Be an early adopter of new certifications
  41. Utilized by presales for opportunity identification, scoping and positioning services and products including opportunities across practices and engages pre-sales to begin new campaigns that cross practices
  42. Primary contributor to complex workshops that span multiple practice areas inside of AHEAD
  43. Be able to provide advanced data or situational analysis that requires the evaluation of intangibles
  44. Drive scoping, planning, and methodology for critical projects
  45. Work on impactful and unique issues
  46. Certifications
  47. CIS - Vulnerability Response
  48. CIS - Security Incident Response
  49. CIS - Risk and Compliance
  50. CRISC, CISSP, Certified Auditor certifications a plus/desired (not mandatory)
  51. The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
    Why AHEAD:
    Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
    We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
    USA Employment Benefits include:
    - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
    - 401(k)
    - Paid company holidays
    - Paid time off
    - Paid parental and caregiver leave
    - Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
    Use of AI:
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    Company:  AHEAD

    IT services firm engineering infrastructure, applications, data, AI, security, and operations solutions.
    1001-5000 employees
    Software & IT Services
    HQ: United States