HARDWARE/ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNICIAN

IT Asset Management Technician

Summary:
The IT Asset Management Technician supports the daily and long-term strategic management of physical and logical IT assets Firm-wide. This includes planning, monitoring, and recording hardware assets and/or software licenses to ensure compliance with industry regulations and vendor contracts.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Reconciliation and allocation of distributed hardware assets and software licensing, and determining allocation factors/methodology to distribute the costs equitably.
Formulate and implement processes and procedures for tracking and analyzing technical and financial data of company software, hardware, and equipment from requisition through retirement.
Conduct regular audits to verify all hardware and equipment inventory and ensure all assets meet compliance standards related to data wiping, security, and environmental responsibility.
Reimage computers and other equipment throughout their product lifecycle while adhering to compliance standards.
Perform usage monitoring of all IT assets as needed
Generate, distribute, and review relevant management reports, and effectively communicate asset management strategies to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
Help lead efforts with IT managers to set configuration standards and assist with maintenance of product lifecycle roadmaps.
Form procurement, inventory, deployment, reimaging and retirement strategies, which optimize technology management throughout the life cycle of the asset(s) and across the Firm.
Control and document changes to assets and configuration items through asset management and change management processes.

Qualifications:
Minimum Required: Bachelor s degree in Information Technology or a combination of education and experience
Minimum Required: 1-3 years of experience in an inventory management or hardware/software procurement and management
Highly organized and able to create project plans for execution
Demonstrated experience with data sanitization methods and compliance requirements.
Ability to organize and lead meetings in line with ITAM objectives when needed.
Expertise in working with inventory, asset acquisition & disposal, procurement streams, and configuration management.
Ability to multi-task and effectively prioritize work streams.

Hardware/Asset Management Technician