What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Asset Management (SAM) Specialist position at Excelraise, LLC?
Job Detail
- Job Code 14716045
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Tax Term W2 Hourly
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Career Level Mid Level
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Experience 3 Years
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US Work Status US Citizen
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Job Duration 12 Months
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Qualifications Bachelor's Degree
Job Description
Excelraise, LLC is a leading provider of full-service IT solutions and a talent management company headquartered in Denver, CO. At Excelraise, we specialize in IT staffing solutions tailored for government and federal clients across the USA.
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Excelraise, LLC is seeking an IT Asset Management Analyst 3 for our client in 1 Newport News VA.
- The HII Software Asset Management (SAM) Specialist is responsible for ensuring effective management of software licenses, compliance, and vendor relationships within the Vendor Management organization.
- The position involves collaboration with various internal and external teams in regards to tracking software assets, maintaining compliance, and implementing best practices for software asset management, including procedures for tracking assets within a Software Asset Management tool.
- Establishes and implements hardware and software acquisition, protection, maintenance and retention policies, standards and procedures that are aligned with IT standards and strategy.
- Investigates available hardware and software products; evaluates and recommends products based on user requirements.
- Coordinates with the procurement function to interview, select and negotiate with hardware and software vendors in order to purchase the appropriate equipment at the lowest cost.
- Reviews licenses and/or contracts to ensure that hardware and software equipment is covered by the contract and properly documented.
- The candidate must have excellent analytical skills, as well as expert knowledge of software license metrics, product use rights, and preferred experience with a SAM tool such as USU License Management or Service Now SAM Pro.
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field and 6 years of experience. Master’s degree and 4 year of relevant professional experience.
- Experience with Altiris, SmartTrack, HP Asset Management, SAM Pro, or other IT Asset Management systems.
- Understanding of licensing impact on IT Data Center, Server and Cloud Infrastructure, and On-Prem Vmware Virtualization environments.
- Expert knowledge of product use rights for publishers such as Oracle, Microsoft, Adobe, SAP, IBM, etc.
- Advanced Excel, and analytical reporting skills. Organized, responsive, and thorough problem solver.
Required skills
Altiris HP Asset Management Knowledge - Software licensing terms or other IT Asset Management systems SAM Pro SmartTrack
