Senior Software Lifecycle and Licensing Analyst

Overview The Department of the Navy has a requirement for a Senior Software Lifecycle and Licensing Analyst (SSLLA) with extensive subject matter expertise in Microsoft and RedHat Licensing. This role will work to optimize the user experience with products and advise clients on which software they may need to meet mission requirements. Responsibilities The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to evaluate customer requirements and map them to the appropriate solution and corresponding licensing models. This analysis may include evaluation of minimum and recommended hardware requirements, including virtual versus physical hardware specifications, hardware/software compatibility constraints, hardware and software lifecycle management, and other critical dependencies. The SSLLA must evaluate and recommend solutions to address key system dependencies and customer requirements. The analyst will advise customers in planning the purchase of appropriate software and licensing to optimize desired capability and balance cost with budgetary constraints. The SSLLA will develop and maintain information technology software roadmaps as well as conduct a thorough analysis of operational impacts, baseline impacts, obsolescence analysis, and identify future software capabilities which include the associated benefits to the government. Qualifications The Senior Software Lifecycle and Licensing Analyst must have subject matter expertise with computer hardware platforms including an in-depth ability to interpret CPU/RAM/Storage and other hardware specifications related to client and server hardware. This role requires experience working with various soft client-based and server-based hardware as well as an understanding of Power Automate, data architecture, and virtualized, and cloud-based solutions. Experience managing licensing for a large enterprise is desirable, as this role will require detailed analysis of vendor licensing models which can often be quite complicated. This role also requires familiarity with on-prem versus cloud-based solutions and an understanding of network bandwidth requirements for software deployments. This role requires excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, plus an understanding of current and emergent technologies. Pay Range $150,000-160,000