Senior Data Center Asset Management Engineer (Hillsboro, OR)

Job description

Job Description
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is on-site, meaning it will be performed in the specified office on a full-time basis due to the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Hillsboro, OR.
We are seeking a Senior Data Center Asset Management Engineer to own and execute onsite hardware inventory, warehouse, and stockroom operations. This hands-on individual contributor role is responsible for maintaining accurate physical inventory, secure storage, reliable material movement, and complete asset records throughout the hardware lifecycle.
You will independently manage complex inventory activities, lead operational projects, resolve discrepancies, and coordinate asset readiness for deployments, maintenance, transfers, and decommissioning. Success requires practical warehouse or stockroom management experience, strong program management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to perform physical work in a data center environment.
This role provides operational leadership through expertise, project ownership, cross-functional coordination, and mentoring.
Responsibilities
Onsite Inventory and Stockroom Operations

• Own daily inventory operations across assigned data center stockrooms, warehouses, and secure storage areas.

• Perform and coordinate receiving, shipment verification, asset tagging, scanning, put-away, picking, staging, packing, and shipping.

• Maintain organized storage locations, bin assignments, labeling, and space utilization to support safe, efficient material handling.

• Manage inventory of servers, storage and networking equipment, components, spare parts, and data-bearing devices.

• Verify incoming equipment against purchase orders, advance shipping notices, and shipping documentation. Resolve quantity, serial number, condition, and configuration discrepancies.

• Maintain accurate records of inventory quantities, locations, ownership, status, and movements in designated systems of record.

• Coordinate stock availability, replenishment, and material staging with engineering and operations partners to support onsite demand.
Inventory Accuracy and Asset Controls

• Plan and execute cycle counts, physical inventories, and targeted reconciliations between physical stock and asset records.

• Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

• Maintain traceability and documented chain of custody for receiving, storage, issuance, returns, transfers, and disposition.

• Enforce stockroom access controls and approved material movement procedures.

• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support Finance, Security, Compliance, and internal or external audit requests.
Hardware Lifecycle and Logistics

• Coordinate and execute onsite asset activities supporting deployments, hardware replacements, retrofits, site expansions, and decommissioning.

• Prepare equipment for intersite transfers, vendor returns, repair, reuse, recycling, and approved disposition.

• Coordinate pickups and deliveries with carriers, vendors, and internal partners, verifying shipment contents and required documentation.

• Maintain secure segregation and tracking of data-bearing devices awaiting approved processing or destruction.

• Partner with Data Center Operations to prioritize material readiness and resolve inventory issues affecting operational timelines.
Program and Project Management

• Lead asset management and logistics projects from planning through completion, including inventory transitions, stockroom expansions, hardware deployments, intersite transfers, and decommissioning.

• Define project scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements with stakeholders.

• Translate business and engineering requirements into execution plans, aligning material availability, site readiness, and asset controls with delivery timelines.

• Coordinate activities across Data Center Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, Security, vendors, and service partners to resolve dependencies and maintain progress.

• Identify risks, track issues and decisions, and escalate blockers with recommended actions.

• Assess changes in scope, demand, or schedules and communicate their impact on capacity, priorities, and delivery commitments.

• Provide clear status updates covering milestones, risks, resource needs, and outcomes.

• Confirm completion against agreed requirements, reconcile asset records, document lessons learned, and transition ongoing activities into standard operations.
Process Improvement and Senior Individual Contribution

• Serve as the onsite subject matter expert and escalation point for inventory, stockroom, and asset accountability issues.

• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, work instructions, and training materials.

• Mentor colleagu

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