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Job description:

**** W2 or 1099 Only - No c2c ***webcam interview *****Very long term project; initial PO till 9/30/2020 with multi year extensions *** Initial remote due to covid then onsite; must be able to pick up laptop in person 

• Analyses purchase records and other entitlement information (including contracts, EULAs, EAs, O365 subscription, Azure subscription, etc.) using MVL and O365 portals.
• Organize and analyze purchase information to establish an accurate and complete summary of license entitlements.
• The Analyst will engage Vendor Manager, Product Managers (Owners), Application Managers and Engineers to help collect, organize, and manage their licensed software assets.
• The Analyst also guides the normalization, management and summarization of customer purchase information to assure complete and accurate analysis of the information.
• The Analyst will assist (and often lead) the process of defining the entitlement and inventory scope to assure entitlement and inventory information are properly aligned and consistent.
• The Analyst will lead the reconciliation, analysis, and presentation of Final License Position Report Out.
• The Analyst will be expected to understand all aspects of the software life-cycle – from licensing to purchasing to deployment to decommissioning. He/she will be involved with most major Publishers and manage projects for every size and type
• MUST have experience in managing Microsoft Enterprise Contracts, Microsoft Volume License Management portal and Microsoft subscription based products such as O365 and Azure.
• MUST poses in-depth knowledge of Microsoft licensing structure.
• MUST have experience in Enterprise Project Management.
• Understands Product Use Rights, license allowances, and contractual entitlements for software products and manufacturers.
• In depth knowledge of Microsoft licensing structure with emphasis on subscription model O365 and cloud products. 
• Manage project with customers across the entire SAM life-cycle of. This includes producing and presenting intermediate, analytical, and final results and assuring projects are conducted and closed to the satisfaction of all parties.
• Support OCTO’s ITAM project management activities.
• Ensure all changes to vendor agreements are accurately reflected in SAM as confirmed with License Contract holders.
• Create and update software counters for software titles and licenses and participate in Microsoft SAM engagement and true-up. 
• Provide expertise in ensuring that software license contracts and agreements, software licenses and software installations and associated linkages are reflected correctly in the ITAM / Software Asset Management platform repository.
• Provide expertise to ensure that software license records are linked to the correct hardware device.
• Support analysis of new or modified software agreement and maintenance contracts and identifies impact to software counters.
• Provides monthly and quarterly software license compliance status reports to OCTO management and Agency CIO’s. Also process all the software related requests (new requests, changes, upgrades, etc.) from all the DC agencies.
• Review software compliance measures based on existing licensing agreements.
• Work with Software vendors to renew and true up existing licensing contracts
• Background in software asset management process improvement, preparing procedure and SOP documentation
• Expertise and strategize on successful consolidation, enhancement, and management of Adobe/similar licensing
• Expertise in  project portfolio management and budget planning activities
• Track and report each Customer Agency IT service utilization costs compared to actual IT infrastructure HW and SW license, support, contract renewal, etc. that support OCTO core services.

Required skills:

• • 11 years experience
  • BS degree or additional 4 years experience
  • 5 years of In-depth knowledge of Microsoft licensing structure
  • 11 years of Strong knowledge and work experience with software asset life cycle management processes: planning, acquisition, deployment, monitoring and retirement
  • 5 years of Knowledge and experience with software asset management, O365 licensing portal, MVL portal
  • 4 years of Experience interpreting software licensing terms and conditions.
  • 4 years of Experience administrating Microsoft Enterprise Contract and subscription based services
  • 4 years of Strong knowledge of software publisher’s licensing models, software deployment and use rights.
  • 4 years of Experience interpreting software licensing terms and conditions.
  • 4 years of Experience with Microsoft SAM engagement and true-up process
  • 4 years of Experience in managed software environment and O365 subscription license entitlement (e.g. Cloud computing)
  • 4 years of Project management. Leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives.
  • 8 years of Background in software asset management process improvement, preparing procedure and SOP documentation
  • 4 years of Expertise and strategize on successful consolidation, enhancement, and management of Adobe/similar licensing
  • 4 years of Expertise in project portfolio management and budget planning activities

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Rajendra Reddy
His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 4706751
His/her contact email is rajr@msysinc.com

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