ServiceNow Technical Lead (HAM Pro/SAM Pro)
Insight Global · Alpharetta, GA
$65–$75/hrfrom the description
Jul 17, 2026
Alpharetta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on technical lead role for a ServiceNow development team, covering both engineering and light people management. Day-to-day work spans designing and building solutions across ITSM and ITAM modules (including HAM Pro and SAM Pro), leading code reviews, developing integrations via REST APIs and IntegrationHub, and shaping asset lifecycle and compliance workflows. Suits an experienced ServiceNow developer with leadership or mentoring experience and relevant certifications.
Senior level · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 500 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 100–750
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,884 (middle half $106,941–$167,811). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is contract-to-hire: the posting quotes $65–75/hr on contract and $135–150K annual salary upon conversion. The hourly contract rate is captured here; the conversion salary is a separate figure not representable in a single comp range.
The title 'ServiceNow Software Engineer Lead' carries no standard seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The actual scope — technical lead, team mentorship, architecture governance, enterprise-scale delivery — firmly supports Senior.
The role has light people-management duties (mentoring a small team, managing sprint delivery) but the JD explicitly states it is 'not a purely managerial or administrative position' and emphasizes hands-on development; 15-1252 Software Developers is the better fit over 11-3021, though the management angle is a genuine runner-up signal.
ServiceNow Discovery and Service Mapping appear in the Required Qualifications section and are treated as hard gates, even though they read more like platform-feature experience than a standalone tool certification.
CIS-ITAM and CIS-SAM are listed as a single certification requirement ('CIS-ITAM or CIS-SAM'); they are captured as one skill with the alternative noted.
NowAssist/AI and SPM appear in the development scope narrative rather than in a dedicated required-qualifications block; they are marked preferred accordingly.
The ATF (Automated Test Framework) requirement appears under 'Platform Quality & Optimization' responsibilities rather than the Required Qualifications block, so it is marked preferred.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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