Senior SAMS VMware licensing Consultant

Role Overview: As a Consultant - Software Asset Management (SAM) at EY, you will work in a team environment to manage customers" licenses effectively. Your role will involve assisting customers in understanding and controlling their software licensing entitlements while ensuring compliance with industry best practices. You will also be responsible for expanding host company licensing opportunities and fostering long-term, profitable relationships with customers. Key Responsibilities: - Review and analyze VMware licensing agreements and entitlements to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and VMwares licensing models. - Create and manage VMware compliance reports, license position reports, and track usage to optimize license utilization and compliance with VMwares terms. - Identify opportunities for optimizing VMware licensing for cost savings, better utilization, and compliance with VMware's product offerings. - Provide guidance on various VMware licensing programs and advise internal teams on program selection. - Analyze complex VMware licensing scenarios and ensure proper allocation and usage. - Assist in negotiations for new VMware licensing agreements, renewals, and manage relationships with VMware representatives. - Offer insights on licensing for VMware's virtualization technologies. - Utilize technical working knowledge of VMware cloud middleware product suits to provide insights to customers for optimizing license consumption. - Perform reconciliation of VMware entitlement reports and prepare license entitlement summaries. - Prepare data request list documents to capture VMware product footprints and track license entitlements, usage, and compliance. - Develop and implement policies and procedures for VMware products used in customer environments. - Manage the quality of engagement deliverables and ensure adherence to quality standards. Qualifications Required: - 5 years of professional experience in the licensing industry with successful ITAM/SAM management and software licensing experience. - Understanding of different VMware licensing models and programs. - SAM Accreditation (good to have). - Proficiency in Virtualization technologies. - Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. - Experience with asset management software, particularly ServiceNow and SAM. About EY: At EY, we exist to build a better working world, creating long-term value for clients, people, and society while fostering trust in the capital markets. Our diverse teams in over 150 countries leverage data and technology to provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform, and operate across various sectors. Whether it's assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax, or transactions, EY teams are dedicated to asking better questions to address the complex issues of today's world.,