Advance Auto PartsApplication Portfolio Manager
Apr. 2019 - Jun. 2020Raleigh, North CarolinaEstablished the first Enterprise portfolio of Application Services at Advance by consolidating numerous siloed spreadsheets, building a single application list in the ServiceNow CMDB, and partnering with the implementation team to develop end user interfaces/forms for application and business services, designing custom lists for selectable attributes.
• Established and maintained collaboration with application/service owners to populate and update the CMDB, expanding the portfolio from an initial 286 active instances to over 1000, including production and sub-production environments mapped to the underlying infrastructure (server, database, etc.), reducing orphaned servers and databases
• Defined the methodology, gathered data and populated the regulatory categorization of the application service (SOX, PCI, PHI, PII) to enable prioritization of higher risk vulnerabilities • Trained the operations team as related to ITSM, CMDB, Incident, Change, Problem, etc. and demonstrated the capabilities of the ServiceNow platform, leading to higher ticket quality and proper documentation, and facilitating the flow of information among teams
• Partnered with Configuration Process Owner to design and deliver processes for CMDB data review/retirement/ownership, developing and maintaining the CMDB team road map
• Leveraged knowledge of Notify to create a proof-of-concept system for On-Call Scheduling and Incident Alert Management to retire separate application, eliminating additional license costs
• Served as (Assistant) Change Manager, enforcing change policy, training end users on correct procedures, approving expedited and normal changes, steering CAB meetings, and tracking approvals for standard change templates and providing recommendations to improve the overall process