IT Asset & License Management Consultant (Infrastructure Focus)

Location: Remote preferred ideally based in or near New York City for occasional onsite meetings
Duration: 36 month contract with possible extension
Interview Process: Two video interviews

Overview

We are seeking a consultant with strong communication skills and a foundational infrastructure background to assist with software license and subscription management across cloud and on-prem environments. The consultant will help create visibility into current software assets usage consumption and costs while identifying optimization and rationalization opportunities.

This is a hands-on consulting engagement ideal for someone with experience in IT asset management software licensing infrastructure operations or SaaS administration.

Responsibilities

• Assess and organize existing software/license inventory data from a rudimentary database
  
• Create and maintain a centralized inventory of software licenses subscriptions and cloud services
  
• Track utilization consumption ownership renewal dates and spending trends
  
• Identify optimization and rationalization opportunities across platforms and tools
  
• Example: overlap between collaboration tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams
  
• Review cloud and non-cloud licensing environments for redundancy and under utilization
  
• Provide recommendations for governance reporting and ongoing management processes
  
• Recommend a long-term solution/tool set for license and subscription management
  
• Work with infrastructure operations procurement and business stakeholders as needed
  
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to leadership and technical teams
  

Required Qualifications

• Experience with IT asset management software licensing SaaS management or infrastructure operations
  
• General understanding of cloud platforms and enterprise infrastructure environments
  
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
• Ability to work independently and interact with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  
• Experience with inventory tracking reporting or optimization initiatives
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with tools such as ServiceNow SAM Flexera Zylo Snow or similar platforms
  
• Background supporting enterprise infrastructure or cloud operations
  
• Experience with Microsoft licensing and SaaS optimization initiatives
  
• Consulting experience preferred