ITAM & FinOps Manager

Orange Business is here! About us Join us at Orange Business!We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities. About the role Mission / Role Purpose: The IT Asset Management (ITAM) Specialist is responsible for overseeing the full lifecycle of IT assetsboth hardware (HAM) and software (SAM)across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role is critical in ensuring compliance, driving cost optimization, supporting vendor audits, managing licensing contracts, and integrating governance frameworks for enterprise-wide asset visibility and control. Key Responsibilities: Hardware Asset Management (HAM): As HAM Specialist , you would be responsible for managing IT Asset in Multicloud Environments Youwould be responsible for managing the lifecycle of IT hardware assets deployed across Azure, SecNumCloud-compliant platforms, and other multi cloud or hybrid infrastructures. This role plays a key part in ensuring compliance with vendor requirements, optimizing cloud-hosted asset usage, and maintaining governance across geographically distributed IT environments. You will collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, security, procurement, and compliance teams to enable effective visibility, lifecycle management, and financial control of virtual and physical infrastructure resources supporting business-critical services. Maintain inventory and metadata of all hardware assets supporting Azure-hosted and SecNumCloud-certified environments (servers, appliances, firewalls, etc.). Ensure accurate tracking of cloud-hosted physical assets provisioned by IaaS/PaaS providers across Azure, SecNumCloud, Bleu, Flexible Engine, and others. Support asset tagging, classification, and location mapping in alignment with regulatory (ANSSI, GDPR) and internal security policies. Partner with cloud operations to map physical hosting of virtual machines and containers to underlying assets for lifecycle governance. Oversee procurement, deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning of hardware used in cloud infrastructure (private racks, cloud interconnect, storage appliances). Track and manage hardware warranties, maintenance contracts, and refresh cycles to ensure uptime and optimal performance. Ensure compliance with group policies related to SecNumCloud and sovereign cloud obligations, including approved suppliers and contract restrictions. Coordinate hardware audits and ensure readiness for regulatory inspections (SecNumCloud, ISO/IEC 27001, etc.). Analyze usage data and cloud-native metrics (e.g., Azure Cost Management, Log Analytics) to correlate hardware asset demand and optimize procurement plans. Identify opportunities for hardware reuse or redistribution across private cloud, DR, and backup zones to reduce CAPEX/OPEX. Develop and maintain dashboards (e.g., Power BI, ServiceNow HAM) to monitor asset compliance, utilization, and risk status. Collaborate with finance and procurement teams for budgeting, forecasting, and chargeback reporting. Act as the HAM point of contact for cloud infrastructure projects (including private and sovereign cloud deployments). Maintain interfaces between HAM tools and ITSM/CMDB platforms to ensure real-time visibility and data integrity. Drive adoption of automation tools and scripts for asset onboarding, reconciliation, and reporting Maintain an accurate inventory of IT hardware assets across data centers, offices, and remote sites. Oversee hardware lifecycle processes: procurement, deployment, maintenance, decommissioning, and disposal. Optimize asset utilization and refresh strategies to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). Manage warranty and support contracts, ensuring timely renewals and alignment with service coverage. Collaborate with infrastructure and procurement teams to align IT hardware with operational and budget needs. Software Asset Management (SAM): Manage and maintain the software asset repository and inventory across all platforms (on-premises and cloud). Track software license purchases, entitlements, and deployments to ensure compliance and cost-effectiveness. Collaborate with procurement, IT, legal, and finance teams to validate software contracts, renewals, and license metrics. Conduct regular audits and assessments of software usage to identify underutilized licenses and recommend reharvesting opportunities. Monitor and report on software compliance risks, usage trends, and optimization opportunities. Support vendor audits and internal .