ServiceNow Knowledge Management Specialist

Astreya

Role Summary:

We are seeking ServiceNow Knowledge Management Specialists to support a large-scale knowledge consolidation and governance initiative for an enterprise IT organization. This role goes beyond traditional technical writing: candidates will help unify knowledge currently scattered across multiple legacy repositories into a single, governed source of truth within ServiceNow, while establishing the taxonomy, ownership model, and review processes needed to keep it accurate and current long term.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with ServiceNow Knowledge Management, understands Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) principles, and is comfortable interviewing subject matter experts to convert tribal knowledge into structured, reusable content. This is a content governance and migration role as much as it is a writing role.

Key Responsibilities

Knowledge Consolidation & Migration

  • Assess and inventory existing knowledge content across multiple legacy repositories (intranet knowledge tools, shared drives, wikis, team notebooks, and standalone documents).
  • Migrate, rewrite, and reorganize legacy articles into ServiceNow Knowledge Management, improving clarity, accuracy, and findability.
  • Identify duplicate, outdated, or conflicting content and drive consolidation toward a single source of truth.

Knowledge Governance & Taxonomy

  • Define and enforce knowledge article taxonomy, metadata standards, and content templates.
  • Establish clear ownership models, audience definitions, and review/update cadences for each article type.
  • Build and maintain governance standards that distinguish between knowledge articles, runbooks, and other documentation types.
  • Support quality scoring and audit processes to keep content accurate over time, avoiding large periodic cleanup efforts in favor of continuous maintenance.

Content Authoring & SME Partnership

  • Partner with subject matter experts and engineers through interviews, workshops, and shadowing to capture tribal knowledge.
  • Write clear, structured, and actionable knowledge articles and troubleshooting guides designed for rapid issue resolution.
  • Support inline feedback and continuous-update workflows so knowledge stays current as part of normal operations, not as a separate project.

Cross-Functional Alignment

  • Coordinate with ITSM process teams to clarify boundaries between knowledge articles, operational runbooks, and business continuity documentation.
  • Partner with configuration management (CMDB) stakeholders to reduce redundant documentation and leverage existing structured data where possible.
  • Support integration efforts to strengthen the linkage between knowledge content and incident/request workflows.

Qualifications

Required

  • 3+ years of experience in knowledge management, technical writing, or ITSM-related content roles.
  • Hands-on experience with ServiceNow, including the Knowledge Management module.
  • Demonstrated experience consolidating or migrating content from multiple source systems into a single platform.
  • Strong technical writing skills with a portfolio of knowledge articles, SOPs, or similar structured content.
  • Experience designing or applying taxonomy, metadata, and content governance standards.
  • Comfortable interviewing SMEs and translating technical, undocumented knowledge into clear written content.

Preferred

  • Familiarity with Knowledge-Centered Service (KCS) methodology or certification.
  • ITIL v3/v4 Foundation certification or equivalent ITSM experience.
  • Experience distinguishing knowledge articles from runbooks and operational documentation.
  • Exposure to CMDB concepts and how configuration data can reduce documentation duplication.
  • Experience in regulated, mission-critical, or high-availability operational environments.

Core Skills & Competencies

  • Knowledge management lifecycle and content governance
  • ServiceNow Knowledge Management module proficiency
  • Taxonomy, metadata, and template design
  • Technical writing for self-service and rapid resolution
  • SME interviewing and tribal knowledge capture
  • Content migration and large-scale repository consolidation
  • Cross-team collaboration with ITSM, engineering, and operations stakeholders

Success Measures

  • Reduction in duplicate or outdated knowledge content across consolidated repositories.
  • Improved article quality, usage, and deflection metrics.
  • Clear, documented ownership and review cadence for all knowledge content.
  • Stronger linkage between knowledge articles and incident/request resolution.
  • Sustainable, continuous-update model that avoids large periodic cleanup efforts.

Salary Range

$85,120.00 - $134,400.00 USD (Salary)

  • Please note that the salary information provided herein is base pay only (gross); it does not include other forms of compensation which may or may not apply to this specific position, namely, performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives - none of which are guaranteed, may be subject to specific eligibility requirements, and are wholly within the discretion of Astreya to remit.
  • Further, the salary information noted above is a range that consists of a minimum and maximum rate of pay for this specific position. Where an applicant or employee is placed on this range will depend and be contingent on objective, documented work-related considerations like education, experience, certifications, licenses, preferred qualifications, among other factors.

Astreya offers comprehensive benefits to all Regular, Full-Time Employees, including:

  • Medical provided through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only
  • Dental provided through UHC
  • Nationwide Vision provided by UHC
  • Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care
  • Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)
  • Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera
  • Corporate Wellness Program provided by Goomi Group
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellness Days
  • 401k Plan
  • Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)
  • Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law
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