Lead Infrastructure DB Admin

Job description

Tasks

• Coordinate and collaborate with partners across the organization including: Business Application Owners, Service Catalogue Managers, Software Product Owners and Procurement Representatives.
• Understanding the impact of maintenance / assurance, support contracts and requirements.
• Manage the lifecycle of software assets from initial request - purchase, deployment, maintenance - through to decommissioning.
• Ensuring the quality of software asset records in the asset management repository, including software discovery models, software product models and software authorizations.
• Discovery and creation of a complete inventory of deployed software.
• Identification and correlation of hardware and devices of the software used.
• Identification of license count, license scheme/type and usage of each detected software.
• Identification of licensed applications and identification of provider, number, license costs and current license holders. Categorization of all license uses: assigned in use, assigned unused, unassigned, expired.
• Perform reconciliations by comparing entitlements with discovered software installations to resolve effective license positions for each in-scope publisher.

Requirements

The required expertise and skills

• Self-motivated team player who brings energy, enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity to the role.
• Excellent execution skills and attention to detail.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative problem solving skills.
• Effective in finding opportunities for improvement, prioritizing options and making recommendations.

Qualifications and educational requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in daily operational activities for a Software Asset Management (SAM) in an infrastructure environment.
• Understanding of common enterprise database platforms (Oracle, MSSQL Server, etc.).
• Familiarity with infrastructure terminology (database, server, cloud, VM, network, telephony, etc.).
• Experience in managing software assets throughout their lifecycle.
• Understanding of software licensing models, including major vendors (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.).
• Experience with asset discovery tools and management of related data to analyze and identify potential gaps.
• Experience with SAM related platforms, tools and integrations - including ServiceNow SAM and Coupa.

We offer

• Working in a flexible and collaborative work culture.
• Opportunity for further development within the company.
• Involvement in an organization that is committed to supporting the communities we serve.

Further information

• Northern Trust is committed to working with people with disabilities and providing reasonable accommodation.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please contact our HR Service Center.