Service Analyst - License

Sopra Steria's Aerospace; Gosport; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business delivers digital solutions to government clients. This role focuses on end-to-end software licence management, procurement, and contractual value assessment in a hybrid Gosport setting.

You will monitor usage, support decision-makers with licence guidance, and ensure compliance across complex licensing environments requiring SC security clearance. Permanent position with excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in licensing and supply chain procurement environments.
• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Good organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to obtain SC-level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Managing the full lifecycle of software licences including procurement, entitlement tracking, renewals and decommissioning.
• Maintaining accurate records of licence ownership and usage.
• Using software asset management tools to monitor consumption and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Reviewing existing contracts to assess value for money.
• Analysing usage trends to recommend consolidation or reallocation of licences.
• Supporting Product Owners with licence management guidance to help them make informed decisions.

Tools

Software asset management platforms

Licence optimisation tools

Job description

What you'll be doing:

• Managing the full lifecycle of software licences, including procurement, entitlement tracking, renewals and decommissioning.
• Maintaining accurate records of licence ownership and usage.
• Using software asset management tools to monitor consumption and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Reviewing existing contracts to assess value for money.
• Analysing usage trends to recommend consolidation or reallocation of licences.
• Supporting Product Owners with licence management guidance to help them make informed decisions.
• Experience working in a licensing and supply chain procurement environment.
• Knowledge of software asset management platforms and licence optimisation tools.
• Ability to undertake or already hold Security Clearance to SC level.
• Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Good organisational skills to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
• Clear and confident communication skills.

It would be great if you had:

• Certifications in Software Asset Management such as ITIL.
• Adaptability and confidence working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong attention to detail when identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Experience producing clear and accurate reporting.

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

Employment Type: Permanent.

Location: Hybrid - Gosport 1/2 days per week.

Security Clearance Level: SC.

Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.

Salary: £30,000-£35,000

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.