Senior Software Lifecycle Analyst

H2 Performance Consulting is subject to the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act as a Federal Contractor and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strives to build a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status. Additionally, as mandated under Executive order 12989, H2 is required to verify employment eligibility of selected candidates through the Department of Labor’s - E-Verify.
H2 Performance Consulting (H2) is seeking a Senior Software Lifecycle Analyst with extensive subject matter expertise with Microsoft Products and Solutions. This role will work to optimize the user experience with Microsoft solutions and advise clients on which software they may need to meet mission requirements.
The Senior Software Lifecycle Analyst responsibilities will include:
· The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to evaluate customer requirements and map them to the appropriate Microsoft solutions and corresponding licensing models.
· This analysis may include evaluation of minimum and recommended hardware requirements, including virtual versus physical hardware specifications, hardware/software compatibility constraints, hardware and software lifecycle management, and other critical dependencies.
· The Software Lifecycle and Licensing Analyst must expertly evaluate and recommend solutions to address key system dependencies and customer requirements.
· The analyst will advise customers in planning the purchase of appropriate software and licensing to optimize desired capability and balance cost with budgetary constraints.
· The analyst will also assist with the development of software roadmaps. A software roadmap is a consolidated report of vendor specific software product release and maintenance schedules, licensing and support models, reporting requirements, and compliancy requirements.
· The Senior Systems Analyst will develop and maintain information technology software roadmaps as well as conduct a thorough analysis of operational impacts, baseline impacts, obsolescence analysis, and identify future software capabilities which includes the associated benefits to the government.
Qualifications:

Master’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree plus 4 years of additional relevant work experience required.
Active SECRET Clearance required.
Must have subject matter expertise with computer hardware platforms including an in-depth ability to interpret CPU/RAM/Storage and other hardware specifications related to client and server hardware.
This role requires experience working with Microsoft client-based and server-based hardware as well as an understanding of virtualized and cloud-based Microsoft solutions. Experience managing licensing for a large enterprise is desirable, as this role will require detailed analysis of complicated vendor licensing models.
This role also requires familiarity with on-prem versus cloud-based solutions and an understanding of network bandwidth requirements for software deployments.
This role requires excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, plus an understanding of current and emergent technologies.
Qualified candidates may submit their resume to the career section of our company website at. All resumes will be reviewed within 5 business days and those candidates we wish to further in the application process will be contacted via email/phone to schedule initial phone screens.