Senior Associate - Risk Advisory (SAM)

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

Primary Responsibility

• Work on engagements around software license compliance reviews including Asset Identification, Data Collection, Data Analysis and Reporting.
• Help the clients identify their position on license compliance across publishers like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe, SAP etc.
• Help clients address challenges related to Software licensing by identifying solutions for reducing compliance exposure.
• Help clients in optimizing costs and achieving overall IT maturity.
• Perform assessment of existing Software Asset Management (SAM) process and identify improvement areas.
  

Desired Skillsets & Qualifications

• Bachelor&aposs degree in computer science, information security, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 3 to 4 years of experience in consulting
• Any relevant certifications will be a plus
• Working knowledge on licensing of software publishers like: Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, VMWare, Autodesk
• Understanding of SAM process as per ISO 19770
• SAM tools like: Flexera, Snow, OpenAudIT, ServiceNow etc.
• Scripting (Bash, VBScript, PowerShell etc.)
• Data analysis and reporting using SQL, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
  

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