Mission / Role Purpose:
The IT Asset Management (ITAM) Specialist is responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of IT assets—both hardware (HAM) and software (SAM)across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role is critical in ensuring compliance, driving cost optimization, supporting vendor audits, managing licensing contracts, and integrating governance frameworks for enterprise-wide asset visibility and control.
Key Responsibilities:
Hardware Asset Management (HAM):
- As HAM Specialist , you would be responsible for managing IT Asset in Multicloud Environments
- Youwould be responsible for managing the lifecycle of IT hardware assets deployed across Azure, SecNumCloud-compliant platforms, and other multi cloud or hybrid infrastructures.
- This role plays a key part in ensuring compliance with vendor requirements, optimizing cloud-hosted asset usage, and maintaining governance across geographically distributed IT environments.
- You will collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security, procurement, and compliance teams to enable effective visibility, lifecycle management, and financial control of virtual and physical infrastructure resources supporting business-critical services.
- Maintain inventory and metadata of all hardware assets supporting Azure-hosted and SecNumCloud-certified environments (servers, appliances, firewalls, etc.).
- Ensure accurate tracking of cloud-hosted physical assets provisioned by IaaS/PaaS providers across Azure, SecNumCloud, Bleu, Flexible Engine, and others.
- Support asset tagging, classification, and location mapping in alignment with regulatory (ANSSI, GDPR) and internal security policies.
- Partner with cloud operations to map physical hosting of virtual machines and containers to underlying assets for lifecycle governance.
- Oversee procurement, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning of hardware used in cloud infrastructure (private racks, cloud interconnect, storage appliances).
- Track and manage hardware warranties, maintenance contracts, and refresh cycles to ensure uptime and optimal performance.
- Ensure compliance with group policies related to SecNumCloud and sovereign cloud obligations, including approved suppliers and contract restrictions.
- Coordinate hardware audits and ensure readiness for regulatory inspections (SecNumCloud, ISO/IEC 27001, etc.).
- Analyze usage data and cloud-native metrics (e.g., Azure Cost Management, Log Analytics) to correlate hardware asset demand and optimize procurement plans.
- Identify opportunities for hardware reuse or redistribution across private cloud, DR, and backup zones to reduce CAPEX/OPEX.
- Develop and maintain dashboards (e.g., Power BI, ServiceNow HAM) to monitor asset compliance, utilization, and risk status.
- Collaborate with finance and procurement teams for budgeting, forecasting, and chargeback reporting.
- Act as the HAM point of contact for cloud infrastructure projects (including private and sovereign cloud deployments).
- Maintain interfaces between HAM tools and ITSM/CMDB platforms to ensure real-time visibility and data integrity.
- Drive adoption of automation tools and scripts for asset onboarding, reconciliation, and reporting
- Maintain an accurate inventory of IT hardware assets across data centers, offices, and remote sites.
- Oversee hardware lifecycle processes: procurement, deployment, maintenance, decommissioning, and disposal.
- Optimize asset utilization and refresh strategies to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Manage warranty and support contracts, ensuring timely renewals and alignment with service coverage.
- Collaborate with infrastructure and procurement teams to align IT hardware with operational and budget needs.
Software Asset Management (SAM):
- Manage and maintain the software asset repository and inventory across all platforms (on-premises and cloud).
- Track software license purchases, entitlements, and deployments to ensure compliance and cost-effectiveness.
- Collaborate with procurement, IT, legal, and finance teams to validate software contracts, renewals, and license metrics.
- Conduct regular audits and assessments of software usage to identify underutilized licenses and recommend reharvesting opportunities.
- Monitor and report on software compliance risks, usage trends, and optimization opportunities.
- Support vendor audits and internal controls by providing data and documentation as needed.
- Lead or contribute to the implementation of SAM tools (e.g., Flexera, ServiceNow, Snow, or equivalent).
- Establish and maintain SAM policies, procedures, and standards aligned with ITIL best practices.
- Liaise with stakeholders to educate on license compliance, contractual obligations, and cost-saving strategies.
- Implement and govern software license lifecycle practices from procurement to retirement.
- Ensure compliance with license agreements and vendor terms (Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.).
- Analyze usage data to identify optimization and re-harvesting opportunities.
- Lead internal readiness for vendor audits, license reconciliation, and contract renewal planning.
- Support cloud subscription optimization (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and hybrid environment licensing.
- Interpret licensing contracts and map usage for cost-effective renewals.
- Work with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and IT to ensure alignment of contract obligations and deployment.
- Implement and maintain SAM/HAM tools
- Contribute to automation of license tracking, compliance reporting, and cost analytics.
- Provide dashboards and reporting on compliance status, usage, and financial risks.