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Location: Amarillo, TX Pantex Amarillo Campus
Job Title: IT Software Asset Management Specialist
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Vendor Management Office (51383416)
Job Specialty: Service Transition
Job Title: IT Software Asset Management Specialist
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Vendor Management Office (51383416)
Job Specialty: Service Transition
Why Amarillo?
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Why Pantex?
You get #morethanajob.
Pantex Plant Overview
Mission - Pantex has several national security missions that protect our country and our allies around the world. At Pantex, our employees provide the nuclear deterrent for our nation and allies, ensure our nation’s nuclear stockpile is strong and viable, and support the stockpile as the High Explosives Center of Excellence. Our team uses world-class skill, ambition, and vision to meet our missions on a daily basis. Join us in any of our engaging disciplines and do the most important work of your career.
Culture - Much more than a place to work, this is a congenial professional setting where people work hard, interact with ease, and often become lifelong friends. At Pantex, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime, moving from one area to another as you gain new skills that align with your growing interests and professional strengths. You’ll be inspired by our strong feeling of camaraderie. From the first day, you’ll know that your coworkers have your back and you will have theirs. We have a shared mission and feel an urgency to get it done and done right. We are all proud patriots sharing our talents to work on a common goal whose legacy spans decades and continents.
Benefits - We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Also, take advantage of our onsite cafeteria. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
What You'll Do
- Lead strategic software asset procurement and lifecycle management.
- Incorporate and transition knowledge into new and evolving applications and processes, staying informed on procurement process requirements.
- Collaborate with business units, Information Technology (IT), and end-users to define software needs, gather requirements, and translate them into technical specifications for software solutions.
- Conduct comprehensive market research, evaluate potential vendors, and acquire quotes.
- Manage the end-to-end software procurement lifecycle, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, legal requirements, and regulatory standards, including requisitions, purchase orders, precise receipt and registration of assets, issue resolution (returns, invoices, tracking), and proactive management of renewals, upgrades, and disposals.
- Implement, maintain, and optimize comprehensive Software Asset Management practices, including continuous tracking, monitoring, auditing, and reporting on license compliance, utilization, asset inventory, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to prevent waste, ensure compliance, and support future acquisitions.
- Conduct post-installation verification for software deployments.
- Manage comprehensive vendor support and contract relationships.
- Support the execution of strategic software renewal and retirement processes.
- Serve as a primary liaison between IT, legal, finance, and other business departments, communicating strategic software policies and best practices across the organization.
- Develop and deliver training programs, awareness campaigns, and foster communication to ensure compliance and efficient software use among internal stakeholders.
- Process computer data; format and generate reports; create, compose, and edit written materials; and develop and deliver presentations.
- Utilize data analytics tools and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio); possess practical experience with enterprise procurement systems like SAP or PeopleSoft.
- Limited travel may be required.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field and a minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
- OR Master's degree in Information Technology or related field.
- OR Applicants without a bachelor's degree may be considered based on a combination of at least 10 years of completed education and/or relevant experience.
DOE Order 426.2A Requirements
- Not Applicable
Preferred Job Requirements
- Demonstrated leadership in strategic procurement and lifecycle management of software assets, including comprehensive market research and an understanding of related procurement policies, legal requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Highly motivated individual with a natural instinct to lead.
- Demonstrated ability to act as a primary liaison, communicating strategic software policies and best practices across diverse departments (IT, legal, finance, etc.).
- Ability to translate business needs into technical specifications for software solutions.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the full procurement cycle, including placing new orders/requisitions, navigating the purchase order process, working with vendors to acquire quotes, resolving issues (returns, invoices, tracking), and assisting in developing procurement requisition requirements from vendors and existing contractual agreements.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in monitoring, managing, and auditing procurements, asset inventory, tracking, and planning/implementing recurring support requirements and renewals to meet current and future planned acquisitions, including maintaining support contracts to prevent expirations.
- Demonstrated experience in effectively handling multiple tasks while meeting deadlines.
- Ability to work independently and effectively within diverse groups, possessing strong interpersonal communication, time management, organizational, and oral/written skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of procurement best practices and processes.
- Possess strong interpersonal, time management, organizational, and communication (oral and written) skills.
- Work independently and effectively within diverse groups, exercising initiative and independent judgment under limited supervision.
- Experience with ServiceNow Contracts module.
- CSAM (Certified Software Asset Manager) Certification.
- Information Technology Infrastrucutre Library (ITIL) Foundations Certification.
Why Pantex?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
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