Lead Technical Analyst, Digital Asset Management

Nycarchivists; New York (NY); On-site; USD 96,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life ins.

403(b) with strong employer match

Paid time off and holidays

Long-term disability

FSA & HSA

Commuter benefits

Financial planning services

Staff discount 25%

Museums Council pass

Job summary

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hiring a Lead Technical Analyst, Digital Asset Management to manage the DAM system and related workflows for ~2 million assets. You will ensure cataloging, discovery, dissemination, and long-term preservation, while supporting staff and external partners.

Responsibilities include upgrades, troubleshooting, reporting, training, and creating technical docs. Requires SQL Server, NetX experience, and strong collaboration across IT and vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in CS, library science, or related field.
• 3+ years in digital asset management and content workflows; NetX is a plus.
• Strong SQL (SSRS) and metadata skills (XMP, REST APIs).
• Experience with image, audio, and video formats and codecs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and upgrade the DAM system with security and data integrity.
• Monitor data migration between asset stores and repositories.
• Coordinate DAM upgrades with IT and vendors.
• Troubleshoot integrations and automate workflows.
• Analyze user needs and deploy DAM solutions.
• Oversee local collections and digitization workflows.
• Configure metadata and workflows with stakeholders.
• Develop reports on production, rights management, and licensing.
• Provide user training and ongoing support.
• Create technical documentation for DAMs and related systems.
• Act as main IT contact for DAMs and vendors.

Skills

SQL Server

SSRS reports

XML configuration

REST APIs

Metadata schemas

DAMs / content management

Digital preservation

Communication

Scripting (EXIFtool, ImageMagick)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (CS / Library Science or related)

Tools

NetX platform

Windows Server

Jira

Elastic

Gallery Systems TMS

Job description

Lead Technical Analyst, Digital Asset Management

(July 14, 2026)

Position Type - Full-time, permanent

Benefits - Yes

Salary Range - $96,000 - $105,000

As the Lead Technical Analyst, Digital Asset Management, you will have primary responsibility for the Museum's Digital Asset Management system (DAMs) and related workflows. You will facilitate the cataloging, discovery, dissemination, and long‑term preservation of approximately 2 million digital assets including images of artwork, historic images of the Museum and its exhibitions, video and audio material related to the museum’s daily activities and exhibitions, and other asset formats such as 3D and 360‑degree video. You will be an active participant in the analysis, transfer, tracking and organization of digital collections used by internal staff and external constituents.

Primary Responsibilities & Duties

• Maintain the Museum's Digital Asset Management system, applying a strong understanding of content management, client server environments, database systems, web services, and security roles, and applying knowledge of a variety of image, audio and video formats.
• Monitor data migration and synchronization tasks between various asset and data repositories.
• Coordinate and participate in DAMs upgrades in collaboration with the Museum’s IT function.
• Troubleshoot the DAMs and extend integrations and automations in response to user requirements and ongoing product development.
• Gather, review, analyze, and evaluate system and user needs. Assist in the development and deployment of solutions based on user requirements.
• Oversee assigned local collections and other special projects and their workflows for processing within the DAMs. Streamline acquisitions, deployments and conversions of multimedia content.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and other specialists to review and configure DAMs metadata and workflow processes. Contribute to system integrations and enhancements, including task automation, reporting, and other digitization procedures.
• Provide direct support and training to general and power users.
• Design, develop, and maintain reports for the Museum’s DAMs, such as production workflows, digital rights management, and licensing activities.
• Act as main technical contact for the IT department and DAMs vendor(s).
• Create and maintain up-to-date technical documentation for the DAMs and adjacent systems and workflows.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, library science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of digital asset or content management experience required. Experience with the NetX platform is considered a plus.
• Technical skills:
  • Ability to edit and maintain library of DAMs XML system configuration files.
  • Expertise with SQL Server, including complex SQL queries and creating SSRS reports.
  • Ability to edit and maintain external scripts using EXIFtool and ImageMagick.
  • Knowledge of XMP and other metadata schemas.
  • Understanding of REST and web service APIs for accessing DAMs and external data sources.
  • Knowledge of digitization processes for content, including digital image capture and scanning, image, audio and video formats and codecs, file conversion and archiving, data mining and harvesting, and metadata taxonomies.
  • Experience and/or interest in digital preservation and digital preservation workflows.
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to collaborate with staff at all levels across the institution and with outside organizations and vendors.
• Other skills not required but considered a plus:
  • Experience with Windows Server, Jira, Elastic, and enterprise Java applications.
  • Knowledge of IIIF APIs.
  • Experience with collections information systems, especially TMS by Gallery Systems.

Compensation Range

Pay Range: $90,000 - $100,000

The advertised pay scale reflects the good faith minimum and maximum salary range for this role. The advertised pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage for any specific employee. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, education, special licensing or qualifications, and other factors.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Location Requirements

At time of employment, employees are expected to be located within commuting distance of the Museum. “Commuting distance” means that they are located in one of following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania (the “Tri-state and PA” areas), and be able to commute to and from the Museum in a single day.

Benefits Offerings

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 403(b) basic retirement plan and optional matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match
• Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 13 Museum holidays
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Account (pre‑tax income for eligible health care expenses)
• Commuter benefits (pre‑tax income for parking or mass transit expenses)
• Free financial‑planning services
• Financial assistance for relevant coursework, seminars, and training programs
• 25% discount for staff in Museum shops
• Access to the Museums Council pass, which grants free admission to various museums and cultural institutions

We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the desired attributes for a role. If much of this job description describes you, then please apply for this role.

The Met is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, The Met will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed in this process, please contact [e-mail].

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay‑off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

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