Emerging Technology Specialist

Job Title

Senior Software Asset Management Consultant

Rockville, MD (Onsite)

This effort supports a Federal Government program management office responsible for strengthening software asset management, vendor management, technology governance, licensing strategy, and investment decision‑making across a diverse portfolio of commercial software products.

The scope extends beyond traditional software asset management. It requires a strategic advisor who can help the Government evaluate software technology capabilities, licensing models, enterprise agreements, utilization trends, vendor roadmaps, architectural implications, and modernization opportunities. Support includes market research, technology evaluation, licensing and entitlement analysis, product adoption recommendations, investment planning, executive briefings, and working sessions that help Government customers make informed, mission‑aligned technology decisions.

The contractor team will synthesize operational, financial, contractual, and technical information; brief senior Government leadership; identify risks, trends, and opportunities; and provide actionable recommendations that improve efficiency, accountability, portfolio visibility, and mission alignment.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to a Federal Government program office on emerging technologies, enterprise platforms, licensing models, and technology adoption opportunities.
• Recommend opportunities to rationalize, consolidate, modernize, retire, or optimize technologies, platforms, software licenses, and related investments to improve portfolio performance and reduce duplication.
• Conduct market research and alternatives analysis to support adoption strategies that align with enterprise architecture, investment priorities, security considerations, and mission outcomes.
• Advise Government customers on licensing strategies, enterprise agreements, entitlement optimization, and approaches to maximize value while reducing risk and unnecessary spend.
• Facilitate training, workshops, demonstrations, executive briefings, and customer working sessions that explain technology options, clarify benefits and risks, and support informed decision‑making.

The Emerging Technology Specialist must bring practical knowledge of enterprise technology platforms, emerging technologies, licensing models, deployment architectures, and contract structures associated with major software ecosystems such as Microsoft 365, Service Now, Salesforce, Atlassian, analytics solutions, cloud services, and other commercial technology offerings. The candidate should understand how emerging technologies are identified, evaluated, analyzed, licensed, secured, governed, integrated, adopted, measured, and scaled in large organizations.

The role requires the ability to apply market analysis, software asset management, total cost of ownership analysis, vendor roadmap assessment, enterprise architecture considerations, and Federal security and compliance requirements, including FedRAMP authorization status where applicable. The Emerging Technology Specialist will:

• Serve as a senior advisor for vendor management and emerging technology support activities, providing direction across acquisition support, contract analysis, license optimization, reporting, data analytics, workflow improvement, and operational coordination.
• Identify, evaluate, and analyze emerging technologies and commercial products to determine maturity, enterprise readiness, technical fit, risks, costs, licensing implications, security considerations, and adoption requirements.
• Conduct structured analysis of market trends, vendor roadmaps, product capabilities, interoperability requirements, implementation constraints, and enterprise architecture impacts to support technology investment and adoption decisions.
• Evaluate software and hardware license utilization, vendor obligations, usage data, and technology inventories to identify cost savings, compliance risks, underused assets, and opportunities for consolidation or optimization.
• Advise the Government on innovative licensing strategies, enterprise agreements,…