License and Cloud Costs Manager

This Position is available in Sofia, Reston, Germany

We are looking for a License & Cloud Costs Manager to join our global team. The Cloud Costs Manager is reports to the IT project management office.

ABOUT THE JOB

• You will be responsible for advising the IT on the aspects of professional and commercial optimization potential
  • Provisioning and orchestration of licenses & cloud subscriptions
  • Cloud costs and resource optimization
  • Strategy for cloud cost management
• License management: Microsoft, Oracle, VMWare, Adobe
• Working with client and server management  
• Working with senior IT executives, IT outsourcing vendors and cloud service providers to analyze cost options for on-premise, remote virtualized and/or cloud IT Infrastructures.
• Co-working in the software asset management.
• Monitoring and analytics, license and cloud costs dashboard
• Coordination of license audits and support of the respective product managers
• Support and consulting for IT management in licensing, preparation of reports
• Support of the purchasing department during license/cloud costs negotiations

 ABOUT YOU

• You have successfully completed your studies or training in computer science, or have otherwise acquired equivalent knowledge in the above-mentioned fields of activity with corresponding professional experience.
• Experience in analyzing cost options for on-premise, remote virtualized and/or cloud IT Infrastructures
• Proven knowledge of cloud costs management tools (Microsoft Azure and AWS)
• Proven knowledge at least one cloud costs optimization tools (NUTANIX Beam, CloudHealth, Apptio, CloudCheckr, Flexera, Turbonomic)
• Proven track record in license management & SAM
• Generalist knowledge of high-availability IT cloud architectures and design
• Strong communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Willingness to continuously learn and stay up to date with technology

Additional skills to complete your profile:

• Knowledge of Google Cloud is plus
• Budget management
• Contract management

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• An opportunity to work on some of the most important and challenging Software AG products used by large enterprises all over the world
• Excellent remuneration package with additional social and medical benefits
• Work-life balance: 25 days of vacation, flexible working hours, home office policy
• Well-defined career and personal development opportunities in wide range of technology areas
• Regular training and team building events
• A sustainable job in a global environment
• Fun and comfortable working atmosphere