Asset Management SME

Workplace

• The position is described as on-site and based in Damascus Governorate, Syria.

Position Objective

Job Description and Responsibilities

• Serve as the SME for telecom asset management, asset identification, lifecycle status management, and asset data governance.
• Define asset attributes, naming conventions, tagging methods, serial and model capture standards, location hierarchy, evidence requirements, and exception handling.
• Guide identification and classification of telecom and datacenter equipment, including chassis, shelves, cards, modules, optics, power systems, racks, and related infrastructure.
• Lead survey quality assurance and quality control through sampling reviews, peer validation, discrepancy analysis, reconciliation checks, and corrective action tracking.
• Coordinate with field survey teams, site operations, engineering, inventory specialists, asset owners, vendors, procurement, finance, and operations stakeholders.
• Maintain reconciliation logic across physical surveys, CMDB records, inventory databases, ERP asset registers, purchase records, and operational systems.
• Support asset creation, movement, assignment, transfer, decommissioning, retirement, disposal, and evidence retention.
• Monitor asset KPIs, exception reports, reconciliation reports, data quality dashboards, and improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with governance standards, site regulations, safety requirements, and operational procedures.
• Support audits and clarify asset records, discrepancies, and lifecycle documentation.
• Drive improvements in telecom asset governance, reconciliation accuracy, operational efficiency, and data quality.
• Collaborate with planning, rollout, engineering, operations, and vendor management teams to maintain reliable asset data.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Information Technology, Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• 8–12 or more years of experience in telecom asset management, network audit, physical inventory, CMDB, ITAM, DCIM, OSS inventory, or infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong expertise identifying telecom and datacenter or network equipment by vendor, model, chassis, module, card, serial number, labels, and location attributes.
• Experience developing asset survey standards, reconciliation methods, lifecycle governance frameworks, and data quality controls.
• Hands-on experience with physical surveys, barcode or RFID tools, structured checklists, reconciliation datasets, and asset validation.
• Strong analytical, documentation, reporting, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and governance compliance.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and communicate with technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience in telecom operations, network infrastructure, or large-scale telecom projects is preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining accuracy, governance standards, and delivery timelines.
• Arabic and English proficiency is mandatory.

Preferred Certifications

• ISO 55000 or ISO 55001 awareness or certification is preferred.
• ITIL Foundation certification is preferred.
• CHAMP or an equivalent certification is preferred.