Responsibilities

• Analyses purchase records and other entitlement information (including contracts Adobe, 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.
• SAM Specialist will engage Vendor Manager, Product Managers (Owners), Application Managers and Engineers to help collect, organize, and manage their licensed software assets.
• SAM Specialist also guides the normalization, management and summarization of customer purchase information to assure complete and accurate analysis of the information.
• SAM Specialist 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.
• SAM Specialist will lead the reconciliation, analysis, and presentation of Final License Position Report Out.
• SAM Specialist 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.
• In depth knowledge of Microsoft licensing structure with emphasis on subscription model O365 and cloud products.
• 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.
• Provides monthly and quarterly software license compliance status reports to senior leadership.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Must have at least 2 years of related experience managing software licenses to include Adobe and Microsoft Licenses.
• Certified Software Asset Management certification (CSAM).
• Prior experience utilizing a Service Management System such as Remedy to track assets.
• Bachelor’s degree. Degree may be substituted with 6 additional years of related experience.
• Strong organizational, oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience with document editing tools such as MS Office software, screen capture software, graphics packages, VISIO, etc.
• Detail oriented with strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication as well as presentation skills.
• Experience working in a Department of Transportation (DOT)-related environment desired
• Ability to work overtime required on occasion.
• Ability to sit in an office environment for long periods of time.
• Ability to deliver quality and timely contract documentation.
• Able to obtain and hold a Federal Public Trust clearance.
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, self-starter and maintains positive attitude.
• Ability to work at government location in SW, Washington, DC.