Senior Engineer, IT System Operations

Aprio•Atlanta, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Aprio is seeking a ServiceNow CMDB & IT Asset Management Engineer to join their Information Technology team. This role is responsible for the design, implementation, governance, and continuous improvement of Aprio's Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and IT Asset Management (ITAM) practice within ServiceNow. The position ensures accurate and trusted configuration and asset data, which is foundational for various IT service management processes and supports the firm's security, compliance, and cost-management objectives. This role is central to Aprio's ITSM platform modernization, including the administration of ServiceNow and migration of data from SolarWinds. The engineer will establish automated discovery and reconciliation across various IT tools to create a single source of truth for IT assets and configuration items.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
3-5+ years of IT experience, with at least 2-3 years focused on ServiceNow CMDB and/or IT Asset Management.
Hands-on experience with the ServiceNow CMDB, CSDM, Discovery, and the Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE).
Working knowledge of ITAM disciplines (HAM and SAM), software licensing models, and end-to-end asset lifecycle management.
Experience integrating third-party data sources into ServiceNow using REST/SOAP, IntegrationHub, MID Servers, and import sets/transform maps.
Solid understanding of ITIL / ITSM processes — Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management.
Strong data analysis skills, attention to detail, and a demonstrated commitment to data quality.
Analytical thinking and structured problem-solving.
Meticulous attention to detail and data accuracy.
Clear written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong cross-functional collaboration across IT operations, security, and service management teams.
Ownership, accountability, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Nice To Haves

ServiceNow certifications: CIS - Discovery, CIS - Hardware Asset Management, CIS - Software Asset Management, Certified System Administrator (CSA), or Certified Application Developer (CAD).
ITIL 4 Foundation certification.
Experience migrating from another ITSM platform (e.g., SolarWinds Service Desk) to ServiceNow.
Familiarity with endpoint, security, and observability tooling such as Microsoft Intune, SentinelOne, and Dynatrace.
Scripting proficiency: JavaScript/Glide, PowerShell, and REST API integration.
Experience working in a regulated or professional services environment.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain the CMDB in alignment with the ServiceNow Common Service Data Model (CSDM), including CI classes, attributes, and relationships.
Establish and enforce CMDB governance, including data ownership, CI lifecycle states, naming conventions, and CMDB health policies.
Monitor CMDB health through dashboards and KPIs, identifying and remediating duplicate, orphaned, stale, and misclassified configuration items.
Configure and maintain ServiceNow Discovery, MID Servers, and Service Graph Connectors to automatically populate and update configuration items.
Build and manage integrations to ingest and reconcile asset and configuration data from sources like Microsoft Intune, SentinelOne, and Dynatrace into the CMDB.
Administer the Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE), reconciliation rules, data source precedence, and transform maps.
Own the hardware and software asset lifecycle, from request and procurement through deployment, maintenance, and retirement or disposal.
Administer Hardware Asset Management (HAM) and Software Asset Management (SAM Pro), including software models, license entitlements, allocation, reclamation, and license compliance.
Manage contracts, warranties, purchase orders, and vendor/publisher data; track asset costs and support software true-ups, renewals, and audits.
Define and operate reconciliation processes across endpoint management, security, and observability platforms to maintain a single source of truth.
Develop data normalization routines, audit checks, and exception handling; measure, report, and continuously improve data quality metrics.
Partner with Incident, Problem, and Change Management to ensure CI relationships accurately support impact analysis, blast-radius assessment, and change risk evaluation.
Support service mapping and the definition of business services, application services, and their dependencies.
Build reports, dashboards, and Performance Analytics to surface CMDB health, asset compliance, and lifecycle KPIs.
Ensure configuration and asset practices align with Aprio's IT Asset Management Standard and applicable security and compliance requirements.
Provide accurate, timely asset and CI data to support audits, risk management, and security operations.
Document standard operating procedures, runbooks, and governance standards, and contribute to the ongoing maturity of the ITSM program.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
401k with Profit Sharing
9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
Top rated wellness program
Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options