Assistant SAM (Software Asset Manager) - £400 per day inside ir35 - 6 months (extension highly likely) - Sailsbury - Predominantly onsite - SC cleared - Sector: Technology / Defence

Yolk recruitment is recruiting for an Assistant SAM (Software Asset Manager) to work with a leading figure in the defence and technology sector.

This is an exciting opportunity to assist with the support and configuration process, documents and underpinning repositories such as the Licence Management Database (LMDB) and Electronic Definitive Media Library (eDML).

Due to the security nature of the project, the candidate must be a sole British national.

Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day inventory of software licences across the estate, as well as methods of data capture/collection.
• Reconciling software licence information, installed/consumed against actual entitlement or capacity to establish the software compliance position of the client
• Advising and informing Enterprise agreement strategy, negotiation and renewals
• Providing accurate reports in a timely manner to facilitate licence utilisation, be able to analyse reports in order to increase/reduce licensing and support coverage
• Assist with the monitoring, status accounting and auditing of all Application Licence Assets (ALA)
• Assist the SACM process owner with implementation of and ongoing improvements to asset and licence management procedures
• Assist with the development of service improvements for licence tracking and SA data capture and usability
• Liaise with projects giving advice and support during project start up ensuring software licencing is correctly identified for a smooth transition into service
• Assist the Licensing and Compliance Manager with licence content within the Definitive Media Library (DML) ensuring that the information stored is accurate, concise and complete

Core Skills:

• Hold a current SC security clearance.
• Experience working in a Software Asset Management Environment
• ITIL v3 or 4 Foundation

Desirable Skills:

• Certified Software Asset Manager
• Microsoft Certified Professional