Technology Asset Lifecycle Specialist

The Technology Asset Lifecycle Specialist manages the full lifecycle of university technology assets, including procurement, inventory, deployment, refresh, licensing, maintenance, and secure disposition. This position serves as the system administrator for the university’s IT asset management platform and maintains an accurate, auditable inventory of hardware, software, licenses, and technology equipment. The role leads annual technology asset audits, manages the university’s five-year computer refresh program, and ensures technology assets are deployed, tracked, and retired in accordance with institutional standards, security requirements, and budget objectives.

UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one‑of‑a‑kind study‑abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands‑on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

• Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
• Up to 8% retirement plan match.
• Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.

• UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
• UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full‑time service.
• 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full‑time service.

• Administer and maintain the university’s IT asset management system and asset data standards.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of technology assets, including ownership, location, lifecycle status, and replacement schedules.
• Develop, document, and improve asset lifecycle processes and accountability practices.
• Establish and maintain asset classification, tagging, and inventory standards.
• Partner with Information Security and Technology Services to ensure asset data supports compliance, security, and operational requirements
• Collaborate with ITS Purchasing, Finance, and vendors to support technology procurement, contract administration, asset accounting, lifecycle budgeting, depreciation reporting, and total cost of ownership analysis.

• Lead the annual inventory and audit of university technology assets.
• Conduct routine reconciliations across inventory, procurement, financial, and endpoint management systems.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies and develop corrective actions.
• Support internal and external audit requests, capital asset verification, grant reporting, and compliance documentation.
• Coordinate reporting and resolution of lost, stolen, or damaged technology assets.

• Manage the university’s five-year computer refresh program, including forecasting, planning, deployment, and asset recovery.
• Maintain replacement schedules and refresh forecasts to support annual budgeting and capital planning.
• Coordinate device deployment, lifecycle replacement, data migration, and equipment reclamation activities.
• Evaluate returned equipment for redeployment, reassignment, resale, recycling, or disposal.
• Monitor and report refresh program performance and lifecycle metrics.

• Maintain software license, subscription, and renewal inventories.
• Monitor software utilization and…