Journeyman Asset Management Specialist

GovCIO; Kearneysville (WV); On-site; USD 63,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO seeks a Journeyman Asset Management Specialist in Kearneysville, WV. This hybrid role focuses on tracking hardware, software licenses, and cloud assets, while supporting resource planning and ensuring baselines align with acquisition and financial frameworks.

You will manage asset lifecycles, maintain CMDB data integrity, and coordinate with contracting on renewals and deliveries. A Secret clearance is required along with relevant ITAM experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience in IT, business, or related field.
• 3–5 years of IT asset management in federal or enterprise environments.
• Experience tracking software licenses and vendor compliance.
• Proficiency with asset databases and procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Track lifecycle of hardware, software licenses, and cloud assets across the program.
• Support budget formulation and resource planning with asset inventory metrics.
• Maintain CMDB and asset repositories ensuring data integrity.
• Coordinate with contracting to track renewals and procurement timelines.
• Analyze asset data to identify cost-saving opportunities and optimization targets.
• Ensure asset baselines comply with federal IT asset management policies and security standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure assets are integrated into records.
• Create and maintain documentation for asset management processes and logs.

Skills

IT asset management

Licensing & SaaS

CMDB management

Procurement processes

Vendor coordination

IT governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Azure DevOps

SQL databases

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Journeyman Asset Management Specialist to support a critical government computer system for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Software Yard – Business Coordination Branch. This role is primarily responsible for tracking software and hardware assets, supporting resource planning, and ensuring inventory baselines align with acquisition and financial frameworks. This position will be located in Kearneysville, WV, and will be a hybrid position.

Responsibilities

As a Journeyman Asset Management Specialist, you will serve as a core operational resource within the acquisition and financial backbone of the Software Yard. You will execute day-to-day asset lifecycle management tasks to ensure all IT resources are accurately accounted for, compliant, and optimized. Key responsibilities include:

• Track, audit, and manage the lifecycle of all hardware, software licenses, and cloud assets utilized across the Software Yard's engineering branches.
• Support budget formulation and resource planning by providing accurate asset inventory reports and software license utilization metrics.
• Maintain the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and asset repositories to ensure strict data integrity and alignment with operational needs.
• Coordinate with contracting support to track software maintenance renewals, vendor agreements, and procurement delivery timelines.
• Analyze asset utilization data to identify cost-saving opportunities, underutilized software licenses, and hardware optimization targets.
• Ensure all asset tracking baselines comply with federal IT asset management policies, government regulations, and USCG security standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, product owners, and engineering leads to validate that newly deployed technologies are fully integrated into asset management records.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for asset management processes, inventory logs, and standard operating procedures.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s with 3 - 5 years (or commensurate experience)

Required Skills & Experience

• IT asset management (ITAM) experience managing hardware and software lifecycles within a federal or enterprise environment.
• Proven experience tracking software licensing agreements (e.g., enterprise agreements, per-core models, SaaS) and coordinating vendor compliance.
• Comprehensive operational understanding of configuration management principles, procurement processes, and IT resource planning.
• Strong experience utilizing enterprise ITAM tools or relational databases to track inventories, lifecycle statuses, and maintenance schedules.
• Proficiency tracking tasks and asset configurations using enterprise systems (such as ServiceNow, Jira, or Azure DevOps).
• Strong foundational understanding of diverse IT domains, including cloud platforms, enterprise virtualization licensing, and hardware baselines.

Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard, Software Yard, or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) business management programs.
• Familiarity with USCG financial systems, contracting lifecycles, or PEO C5I acquisition frameworks.
• Relevant professional certifications preferred (e.g., Certified IT Asset Manager (CITAM), Certified Software Asset Manager (CSAM), or ITIL Foundation).
• Experience auditing software baselines against DISA STIGs or federal software security requirements.
• Understanding of cloud asset management and cost tracking (FinOps) within AWS or Microsoft Azure public cloud environments.

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Posted Salary Range

USD $63,000.00 - USD $81,000.00 /Yr.