IT Asset Management Analyst - Secret

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SAP

TRAVEL: No

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and secure technological solutions to enable strategic objectives. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

The Northrop Grumman CIDO team is seeking an IT Asset Management Analyst to support full lifecycle of program hardware and software assets – from intake and procurement through deployment, maintenance, and disposal – to optimize costs, ensure license compliance, and reduce security and audit risks on a classified program. The selected candidate will be required to work on-site, full-time at our Melbourne, FL location.

Note: Due to the classified nature of the work being performed, this position does not offer any virtual or telecommute working options. Applicants are encouraged to apply, only if they are willing to work on-site.

The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Focus primarily on assets hosted in Melbourne, FL and Redondo Beach, CA data centers

• Close coordination with CIDO ITAM, Industrial Security, Global Supply Chain (GSC), Systems Engineering, the Data Center Manager, and other IT stakeholders.

• Maintain accurate inventories and ensuring that the program’s IT infrastructure runs smoothly, efficiently, and in accordance with classified environment requirements.

• Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of hardware and software assets from intake/request and approval, through procurement, receipt, tagging, deployment, in‑service tracking, maintenance/refresh, and final retirement and disposal.

• Coordinate with Property Management for asset tagging and traceability, and with Industrial Security for destruction runs and media sanitization.

• Design, document, and operate standardized intake processes for all program IT assets.

• Manage software licenses, including entitlement and deployment tracking, usage monitoring, and compliance reporting.

• Develop and implement a SAM intake and approval process to govern new software requests, ensure contractual compliance, and maintain accurate entitlement records.

• Prepare and maintain evidence and reporting to support software audits and true‑up activities.

• Maintain accurate records of all data center hardware assets (servers – physical and virtual – storage, and network equipment) in the designated ITAM/CMDB tools.

• Reconcile ITAM data with Property and Security records to ensure consistency across systems of record.

• Analyze asset and usage data to identify unused or underutilized resources and recommend optimization actions.

• Partner with CIDO ITAM, GSC, Procurement, and Enterprise vendor management to provide data that informs contract negotiations, renewals, and true‑ups.

• Support long‑term cost optimization initiatives as the ITAM function matures.

• Ensure data quality within ITAM/SAM tools through routine validation and reconciliation activities.

• Produce regular reports and dashboards on software usage, hardware utilization, lifecycle status, and upcoming refresh/renewal events for program and leadership stakeholders.

• Support internal and external audits by providing inventory, license, and lifecycle documentation.

• Maintain