Software Asset Management Consultant (SAM Consultant)

Datacom; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learning & development

Job summary

Datacom is seeking an experienced Software Asset Management (SAM) Consultant to lead projects across commercial and government clients. You will drive SAM engagements, advise on licensing and compliance, and work with the Flexera One platform to ingest data and produce actionable insights.

With 5+ years in SAM and deep Oracle licensing knowledge, you will mentor teammates, shape governance, and help customers optimise license position while reducing risk and cost across large deployments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Software Asset Management.
• Oracle licensing and compliance expertise.
• Experience with Tier 1 publishers (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft).

Responsibilities

• Act as Consulting SAM Subject Matter Expert for our customers and the SAM team.
• Deliver SAM consulting services relevant to today’s changing technology landscape and market demands.
• Deliver and assess Compliance Reviews (Effective Licensing Positions) for customers.
• Provide commercial and contract advisory services to customers in relation to Tier 1 publishers.
• Improve audit readiness and audit defense posture for customers.
• Review licensing terms and contracts to identify breaches or risks.
• Develop, document, and present licensing modelling recommendations.
• Lead multiple projects and customer contracts to successful outcomes.
• Provide quality customer service per Datacom’s service delivery methodology.
• Develop license reclamation strategies to initiate cost avoidance.
• Propose remediation and optimization activities to reduce risk and costs.
• Lead implementation and ongoing admin of Flexera One for inventory ingestion and reporting.
• Perform license reconciliations, consumption analysis, entitlement mapping and optimization using Flexera One reports.
• Interpret data from SAM tools to provide timely reporting.
• Collaborate with service management and customer teams to define SAM standards and controls.

Skills

Software Asset Management

Licensing expertise

Audit defense

Compliance management

Oracle licensing

Tools

Flexera One

Job description

Description

About us

At Datacom, we combine technology, expertise, and talented people to help organisations thrive in a rapidly changing world. As one of Australasia's leading technology providers, we work with customers across industries to solve real-world problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

Whether we're supporting governments, enterprise organisations, or growing businesses, we're committed to creating meaningful outcomes for our customers, communities, and each other.

About The Role (your Why)

Datacom has an excellent career opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly experienced Software Asset Management (SAM) Consultant not to be missed!

You will be joining an Award-winning SAM team within our extensive Australian Service Operations business.

As a Senior consulting member of the SAM team, you will lead consulting projects and work collaboratively with the other SAM team members. This is your chance to bring your positive attitude and extensive SAM experience to make your mark in a business by joining this rapid growing team which has a vast variety of different SAM and Licensing skilled colleagues with a massive customer focus.

This role has flexible work arrangements and is ideal for someone who is keen to develop their career by taking the next step to apply their experience in Software Asset Management consulting into multiple large customers in both the commercial and government industries.

Please do note Due to the nature of Federal Government clients, Australian Citizenship and ability to obtain NV1 is required as part of the process.

What You’ll Do

In this role you will lead SAM Consulting projects and work collaboratively with other Software Asset Management (SAM) team members, Software Licensing Consultants, and Customer account teams. Essentially, the Software Asset Management Consultant will:

• Act as Consulting SAM Subject Matter Expert for our customers and the SAM team.
• Deliver SAM Consulting services relevant to today’s changing technology landscape and market demands.
• Deliver and Assess Compliance Reviews (Effective Licensing Positions) for Customers.
• Deliver commercial and contract advisory services to customers in relation to their Tier 1 Software Publishers.
• Improve our customers audit readiness and audit defense posture.
• Review current software licensing Terms and Conditions, License Agreements, and License Contracts to identify any breaches or risks for our customers.
• Apply knowledge of licensing rules and use rights within SAM Consulting Services.
• Develop, Document, and Present licensing modelling recommendations to our customers.
• Lead the achievement of the outcomes of multiple projects and customer contracts.
• Provide quality customer service through adherence to Datacom’s Asset Management service delivery methodology and processes.
• Develop license reclamation strategies to initiate cost avoidance activities.
• Propose remediation and optimisation activities that may result in reduced compliance risk and/or financial savings and cost avoidance.
• Lead implementation, configuration and ongoing administration of Flexera One for inventory ingestion, normalization, reconciliation and license position reporting
• Perform license reconciliations, consumption analysis, entitlement mapping and optimization recommendations using Flexera One reports and dashboards.
• Interpret data outputs from the SAM technologies and other tools to provide accurate and timely reporting.
• Liaise with service management, and customer teams to define, optimise, and develop SAM standards, processes, procedures, plans and controls to ensure appropriate service asset information is recorded and maintained.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for an independent, proactive, highly skilled, and enthusiastic team member who’s interested in being part of a larger group delivering a high-quality SAM Consulting solutions to our customers. You’ll bring expertise developed over 5+ years in a Software Asset Management, especially with Oracle licensing and compliance expertise, as you will be undertaking a range of interesting lead activities relating to software licensing, audit defense, and compliance management with Tier 1 Software Publishers (Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft) on behalf of our customers.

Demonstrable, hands-on experience with Flexera One (installation/configuration, data ingestion, discovery, normalization, inventory reconciliation, custom reporting).

You will also be leading the delivery of the Software Asset Management (SAM) managed services projects for multiple customers from Commercial and Government industries.

This role does not involve software licensing sales targets.

Your ability to work with other members of the SAM and customer management teams to develop and deliver quality solutions for our customer is critical to the success of our SAM Consulting and Managed services.

Culture and benefits

Join a team where you'll be supported to grow your career, prioritise your wellbeing, and make a genuine impact. From industry-leading learning and development opportunities to parental leave, wellbeing support, and employee benefits, we're committed to helping our people thrive both professionally and personally

We're passionate about creating a workplace where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Whether you're developing new skills, tackling complex challenges, or collaborating with some of the best minds in the industry, you'll be part of a team that values curiosity, innovation, inclusion, and making a genuine difference.

Why you will love working here

• Paid parental leave
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (DataCare)
• Ongoing learning, certifications, and career development opportunities
• Access to industry-leading learning platforms and future skills training
• Recognition programmes that celebrate great work
• Great employee discounts and financial wellbeing benefits
• Meaningful work that makes a real impact