What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Asset Management Specialist position at Cogent Infotech Corporation?
Job Title: IT Asset Management Specialist
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: 6 Months
HYBRID ROLE
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain an accurate list of software client owns with critical information such as period of
· performance (POP), start date, end date, number of licenses, software owner, and other applicable fields
• Regularly review software inventory reports to ensure client owns enough licenses to remain compliant
• Meet with vendors to obtain quotes for software and maintenance purchases
• Work closely with client procurement team to understand lead time for procuring software
• Regularly meet with client accounting team to ensure software and maintenance are documented in the financial system
• Analyze and identify savings opportunities for renewals, software licensing, and maintenance agreements
• Assign and revoke software licenses by using vendor software licensing portals
• Develop an annual software licensing budget for the whole organization
• Generate reports as needed for software and maintenance agreements
• Act as the centralized point of inventory control for hardware assets using ServiceNow
• Work with IT Operations team and Software Development to ensure hardware assess are discovered and classified in the configuration management database (CMDB)
Education, experience and skills
• Bachelor Degree and/or relevant technical training and certifications.
• Three (3) to Four (4) years’ of directly related experience.
• Three (3) to Four (4) years of negotiating with vendors regarding software/hardware agreements
• Proficient in Software licensing and hardware terminology
• Experience using a network discovery tool such as ServiceNow, BMC Client Manager, or Microsoft SCCM
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio).
LICENSES, CERTIFICATES PREFERRED
• IAITAM Certified Software Asset Manager (CSAM)
• IAITAM Certified Hardware Asset Management Professional (CHAMP)
Salary : $50 - $53
