Kunal Shiradkar

ServiceNow Principal Solution Architect @Cognizant || Digital Transformation :: CIS-ITSM/HRSD/HAM/Discovery, Suite Pro Plus-ITSM/HRSD, CAD, CSA, OCA, PRINCE2, ITIL

Role
Associate Director at Cognizant
Location
Pune, MH, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Kunal Shiradkar

Digital transformation expertise with proven experience in the IT and services industry delivering end-to-end development and enhancement projects in Life Sciences, Insurance, Construction, Managed Services, ITIL, Finance, Payroll, HRMS with 20yr of professional experience and 10yr of relevant experience in ServiceNow. Responsible for a multiple ServiceNow accounts as a Lead Architect and Consultant. Agentic AI- Won the ServiceNow Agentic AI HackNow2025 Hackathon with a #1 rank across partners, and my other team placing #2 within Cognizant. Expertise- Expertise in solutioning ITIL processes, implementation of ITSM, HRSD, ITOM, ITAM, CSM process designs for dedicated customer instances & managed services- Proficient in ServiceNow development/enhancement, implementation projects- Vast technology background in PLSQL, Microsoft.Net, Database technologies- Strong customer centric approach, working & supporting across the Globe customers- NAM, EU, UK, APAC ServiceNow highlights- Employee Center & Service Portal Mobility - Now mobile app and Agent mobile app ServiceNow MS Teams integration Multi-lingual support Dynamic Translation Taxonomy Employee Center Pro features AI Search Generative AI Approvals Hub - Workday, Coupa, Concur integrations Email, SMS, Push & Actionable Push notifications Authentications – SAML (SSO), LDAP, MFA Connect chat, Agent chat, Agent workspace, Virtual Agent Guided Tours Walk-up Experience Outlook Embedded survey & Actionable message Email to ticket automation (Inbound email action) Incident creation in Outlook CMDB, Discovery, Service Mapping ITAM – HAM, SAM migration CSM implementation Integrations - Genesys chat, Bold360 BOT, Google Virtual Assistant (BOT), Azure DevOps Genesys web chat integrations - Passing security token via REST API callo Setting up the parameters with cookies On-Call feature to efficiently handle MI, P1, P2 INCs:o Schedules, ROTA, Escalation matrix notifications, Auto phone calling, SMS, Email, MS Teams, GenerateConference bridge using - ServiceNow - Twilio & Everbridge xMatters Password security norms, while resetting or changing the passwords- The checks for Historical passwordso Self-password reset by sending the verification code as an Email or SMS OOTB from Custom ITSM implementation ENTRA ID (Azure AD) User Provisioning in ServiceNow E-Bonding IT Service Management ATF (Automated Test Framework) implementation Various automations ServiceNow platform version upgrade

Experience

  1. Associate Director

    Cognizant

    Jun 2024 — Present · Pune, IN

Education

  • Mumbai Educational Trust, MET League of Colleges

    PG Diploma in Advanced Computing

  • Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

  • SIES College of Management Studies - India

    EPGPBM (Executive MBA)

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