Job Description

• 6+ month Contract
• Contract Rate: $60-73/hr on W2
• 3 days onsite in downtown Dallas

Summary:

The Software Asset Management (SAM) Specialist is accountable for:

• Software utilization and compliance data
• Participate in the management of software licenses to help ensure compliance with policies, software licenses
• agreements, and end-user licenses agreements.
• Design and implement SAM tool and technology (preferably Flexera-based) license management solutions to
• support software lifecycle management.
• Provide subject matter expertise for major software publishers and smaller publishers.
• Assist with software vendor contracts and work with other departments to build, execute and manage remediation as it relates to software compliance.
• Evaluate SAM tool system design and provide requirements for functionality.
• Establish SAM processes and procedures.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience in IT Software Asset Management software licensing
• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving skills, including the ability to accumulate, organize, and assimilate large amounts of information/data
• Flexera product knowledge including FNMS, Workflow Manager, App Portal, and Data Platform
• Thorough understanding of various Tier 1 vendor license models (Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Symantec, VMware, Adobe, RedHat) and the ability to interpret software contracts/EULAs
• Ability to create Effective License Positions for Tier 1 publishers using SAM tools such as Flexera including but not limited to uploading purchase orders, creating licenses and performing software optimization
• Experienced in on-boarding of publishers from start to finish in FNMS
• Ability to create detailed and summarized Excel reports using data from FNMS
• Understanding of Cloud/Virtualization technologies (VMware, AWS, OpenShift Platform, RedHat/RHEL)

Preferred Skills:

• Working knowledge of Atlassian JIRA used as ticketing system for software requests/installation, purchases, server build requests and hardware requests
• Strong understanding of Atlassian JIRA workflows
• Knowledge of enterprise security as it relates to software
• Experience with license server administration
• Deep knowledge of software deployment, device inventory, software asset management (SCCM, ADDM)
• Flexera FNMS Tooling expertise and knowledge for the purposes of supporting, troubleshooting and maintaining FNMS
• Experience with opening support cases with Flexera and following through to completion
• Reviewing out of date inventory and validating that inventory
• Tracking and managing FNMS device license consumption
• Understanding of Cognos and the ability to build FNMS Cognos reports
• Prior experience with Software Audits / Compliance
• Experience with software procurement & vendor management
• Project management skills
• Certified in Software Asset Management

About PRG

With 20+ years of success in the staffing industry, Peyton Resource Group focuses on matching talent to the precise needs of our clients. Your success is our commitment, and we back up that commitment by only recommending opportunities that align with your goals. Our candidate-centric approach ensures you are in the driver’s seat of your career, and our team of recruiters will partner with you and support you every step of the way.

PRG’s dedication to service has been widely recognized throughout the industry. PRG has been awarded ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing award for 10 straight years, as well as the Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in Dallas, San Antonio and Austin.

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