IT Asset Management Lead - Remote!

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACI (T1)

Job Family:

Supply Chain

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Asset Management, Leadership, Software License Management, Strategic Data Analysis

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an IT Asset Management Lead for the Hosting Operations & Maintenance (HOM) program for the Financial Management Services Group of the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS), you will be accountable for all aspects of IT Asset Management for the program, both operationally and for continuous improvement. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Lead the IT Asset Management team in executing best practices and measuring performance through agreed upon Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Execute Vendor Management – support contract negotiations for new purchases and renewals of IT assets including terms and conditions, alternative tool research, cost and return on investment analysis
• Execute License Management – managing license assignments for 75+ publishers as needed through cross team engagement.
• Proactively notify owners and applicable parties about N-1, End of Support/Life, and Upcoming Renewals to prevent related lapses on the program.  This includes tasking and follow-up on related action items.
• Utilize an asset management tool (Eracent) to develop and maintain Effective License Positions (ELP) for Oracle, IBM, ServiceNow and 75+ publishers.
• Partner with technical resources on the program and at Eracent to ensure the platform itself is healthy.  Interface with Eracent support on open cases and future enhancements.
• Maintain accurate inventory and update asset assignments throughout asset management lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Hosting, Infrastructure, Security, DBA, Operations and Technical teams and SME’s to implement asset management practices, processes and procedures.
• Present asset information to the client, such as the status of an asset, the renewal period, entitlement compliance status, where the asset is physically located, and maintenance agreement information.
• Mentor and coach other asset management team members in technical areas.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
• 5+ years of IT Asset Management experience in a data center context.
• Experience with Asset Tracking software like Eracent or Flexera or other Asset Management tools.
• Experience with contract and licensing terms and conditions including initial procurement of Hardware, Software, ODCs, and Support/License renewals.
• Strong technical knowledge of Servers, network devices and components, operating systems (Linux/Windows), firmware, patches, databases, firewall rules and virtual machines.
• Experience with effectively presenting to and interfacing with senior executives
• Experience with driving technical discussions with asset management tool vendors and technical teams.
• Must have strong technical and organizational skills to inventory, track, and manage all software and hardware assets. 
• Extremely high level of attention to detail and accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with software entitlement management.
• Experience with vendor interface and management.
• Experience with COTS Product lifecycle management
• Experience with complex licensing models from Oracle and IBM.
• Experience using the ServiceNow platform
• Knowledge of SQL with ability to understand, execute and build moderately complex SQL queries.
• Experience in Excel with Pivot tables
• Experience managing an IT Asset Management tool at the Admin User level
• Experience in Asset Management toolset optimization and maintenance to ensure comprehensive agent discovery capabilities, which includes analysis of the data, as well as development of monthly and ad hoc reports to convey the analysis
• Wired towards process improvement and automation such that manual effort and dependence on distributed asset owners can be reduced.
• Certified Software Asset Management (CSAM) certification or equivalent