ITOM Configuration Specialist

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Randburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Entry level
Financial Services
The Role
Maintain and optimize the ServiceNow CMDB by monitoring health KPIs (Correctness, Completeness, Compliance), reconciling and remediating duplicate/stale CIs, configuring thresholds and data certification audits, aligning CI classes to CSDM, and governing access and CI relationships within CMDB Workspace to support ITSM/ITOM operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Work as part of an integrated (run & build) tribe in lower complexity environments to provide enterprise wide application support across multiple stakeholder groups by maintaining & optimizing enterprise-grade applications (tech products & services).

Job Description

A ServiceNow CMDB Health Administrator is responsible for maintaining the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of the Configuration Management Database. They monitor key performance metrics, configure remediation tasks for duplicate or stale Configuration Items (CIs), and govern data integrity across the platform.

Core responsibilities include:

·The Configuration Management Specialist is responsible for the management and compliance of Configuration Management data in the CMDB to support the day-to-day delivery of the BAU processes to ensure that both the Configuration Management service levels are met and that services are always delivered.
·A key responsibility of the ITSM Configuration Management Specialist, is to ensure that reliable and accurate data is stored in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). In addition, a key responsibility of the role is to ensure that the Operating Model, Roles & Responsibilities and Processes related to Configuration Management are understood and communicated across the Technology Organization
Health Dashboard Monitoring: Tracking the CMDB Health scorecard across three main KPIs: Correctness, Completeness, and Compliance.
Reconciliation and Remediation: Resolving duplicate CI issues, correcting orphaned records, and tackling stale or outdated CIs (e.g., servers not scanned by Discovery in over 30 days).
Threshold and Policy Configuration: Setting CMDB health metric thresholds, defining health groups, and configuring data certification audits.
Data Foundations Management: Aligning CI classes with the Common Service Data Model (CSDM) and optimizing data populated by tools like ServiceNow Discovery.
Access and Governance: Working within the ServiceNow CMDB Workspace to set policies, govern CI relationships, and maintain security over class definitions

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
  • Experience administering ServiceNow CMDB and monitoring CMDB health scorecards
  • Experience with ServiceNow Discovery (scanning and populating CMDB data)
  • Knowledge of Common Service Data Model (CSDM) and aligning CI classes
  • Experience configuring CMDB thresholds, health groups, and data certification audits
  • Experience using ServiceNow CMDB Workspace for governance, access control, and CI relationship management
  • Understanding of ITSM/ITOM processes, operating model, roles and responsibilities for Configuration Management
  • Ability to reconcile duplicates, correct orphaned records, and remediate stale/outdated CIs

Absa Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Absa Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Absa Group.

  • Healthcare Strength Medical aid, group life, disability, and funeral cover are described as comprehensive, with features such as terminal‑illness advances and beneficiary grocery benefits. Wellness and assistance offerings support overall financial and personal wellbeing.
  • Retirement Support A pension fund and group retirement arrangements are positioned as core benefits within fixed remuneration. Retirement coverage is embedded alongside other protections as part of standard employment.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility Employee share‑ownership (eKhaya) and equity‑linked awards broaden wealth‑sharing, with dividends or cash‑equivalent participation in some markets. This provides longer‑term value beyond base pay.

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The Company
HQ: Riyadh
39,055 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond. We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.

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