Software Licensing Analyst

Role: Software License Analyst
Duration: Contract till November
Location: London, Sheffield, and Edinburgh. UK 2 to days office in a week 

Role Summary:

Our client is looking for a software licensing analyst to support the definition of new processes and controls and make improvements to the existing policies which govern how consumes and contributes to free and open-source software.

This role is within the Engineering Practice team in CTO Function.

The role will involve liaison with engineering teams and therefore will suit candidates with a strong knowledge of open-source software, and the implications of open-source software licenses including copyright, modification and distribution.

looking for a self-starter who is able to work with limited supervision, under pressure to tight deadlines

Key responsibilities include:

• Evaluate and communicate implications of FOSS licenses to both technical and non-technical teams
• Contribute to training and awareness of licensing implications within engineering team
• Documenting and summarizing the risks associated with an open-source license
• Categorizing licenses not recognized by automation into appropriate categories including Liberal, Weak Copyleft, Copyleft and Banned as defined by HSBC
• Analysis of output of software license scanning tools to identify incorrectly reported/missing license data.
• Review existing open-source licenses and recommend any changes required.
• Work with existing suppliers of software licensing tools to improve the quality of software license reporting.
• Participate in the selection, assessment and development of license evaluation automation

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.