Senior Asset and Configuration Analyst

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world.  As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

**Must be onsite 5 days a week in Columbus, Ohio**

**Travel required between sites - less than 25%**

Position Purpose: Tracks and manages the IT (Information Technology) asset life cycle from selection and depreciation to retirement and replacement. Leads in identifying, controlling, recording, reporting, auditing, and verifying configuration items and asset records, including versions, baselines, constituent components, their attributes, and relationships.

• Plans, monitors, and records hardware assets and/or software licenses to ensure they comply with vendor contracts and asset life cycle policy requiring a very high level of attention life cycle detail.
• Applies a continuous improvement approach in enhancing the strategies employed in technology spending, as well as in tracking company assets within the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and other asset management tools throughout their life cycle
• Ensures effective management of the CMDB and Asset Management tools and the accuracy of content in the tools
• Comfortable working in a datacenter environment, lifting up to 50 lbs, operating pallet jacks/forklifts, and driving a Sprinter van
• Provides KPI/metric information and standardized reporting on a scheduled and ad-hoc basis
• Oversees the schemes for identifying hardware and software-related assets as well as CIs (configuration items), including versioning and dependencies in the asset management tools, attributes, the contract management library, asset tables and the CMDB
• Manages inventory of CIs and assets (including dependencies and attributes), making sure that modifications, withdrawals, and additions of existing ones are correctly recorded by teams within the tools to ensure compliance with vendor contracts
• Performs verification and audit of CMDB and other asset management toolset content; verifies software assets with license contracts, confirms hardware assets with actual inventory, and initiates corrective actions including reclamation
• Oversees the design and improvement processes relating to software and hardware asset management
• Creates, monitors and tracks requisitions through approval to the creation of the purchase orders and validates accuracy of incoming order
• Acts as a technical resource for peers with less experience
• Leads small projects with low levels of risk and resource requirements
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience: A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and Requires 4 – 6 years of related experience.

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Technical Skills:

One or more of the following skills are desired.

• Knowledge of Other: ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) and ServiceNow tools; licensing agreements involving software; IT Service Management processes including continuous improvement
• Experience with Other: CMDB and the specific business services that it supports

Soft Skills:

• Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Intermediate - Ability to work independently
• Intermediate - Demonstrated analytical skills
• Intermediate - Demonstrated project management skills
• Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

License/Certification:

• IAITAM (International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers) CITAM (Certified IT Asset Manager); CHAMP (Certified Hardware Asset Management Professional); CSAM (Certified Software Asset Manager) Preferred

Pay Range: $73,800.00 - $132,700.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, educatio