Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data

Data Analyst

Job Summary

Our client in Irvine, CA is looking for a Data Analyst. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do

We are seeking a highly skilled and analytical Software Asset & Data Specialist to join our Enterprise Software Management (ESM) program. This role will serve as a key enabler of our digital transformation and technology cost optimization initiatives by building and maintaining an enterprise-wide software inventory with integrated financial, contractual, and usage data. You will be responsible for developing the data foundation that supports license optimization, compliance readiness, strategic planning, and governance automation.

This position is ideal for a data-driven professional with deep knowledge of software asset management and a passion for building structured, scalable systems that empower decision-making across IT, Finance, Procurement, and Business Units.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of an enterprise-wide software inventory, ensuring data accuracy across financial, contractual, usage, and ownership domains.
• Design and implement scalable processes for software asset data normalization, deduplication, and classification.
• Integrate and reconcile data across platforms such as Zylo, OpenLM, SAP GL, Coupa, and procurement or contract management systems.
• Maintain and enforce data governance policies to ensure ongoing data integrity and lifecycle traceability.
• Collaborate closely with IT, Procurement, Finance, and Security teams to support enterprise-wide visibility and alignment on software assets and cost centers.
• Generate structured reporting and insights to support license optimization, vendor negotiations, compliance audits, and executive decision-making.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on software asset data and lifecycle management, driving standardization and best practices.
  
  
  

What Success Looks Like

• 100% accuracy across software, financial, and ownership data attributes within 6 months.
• Complete contract metadata linkage for all high-impact software assets.
• Real-time reporting enabled for license compliance, renewals, and spend management.
• Enterprise stakeholders use insights to drive budgeting, rationalization, and governance outcomes.
  
  
  

Basics

What You Will Need:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Finance, Business, or a related field.
• Required: 5+ years of experience in Software Asset Management (SAM), IT Asset Management (ITAM), or Enterprise Technology Operations.
• Required: Proficiency with asset and cost management platforms (e.g., Zylo, Snow, Flexera, OpenLM, ServiceNow SAM).
• Strong expertise in data modeling, system integration, and cross-platform reconciliation.
• Proven ability to design and manage structured reporting, dashboards, and data governance frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into business-relevant insights.Analyst - Asset Management.
• Data Cleansing.
• Data collection analysis.
• Data Correlation.
• Data Mapping.
• Data Modeling.
• Software Asset Management (SAM)Lead the development and continuous improvement of an enterprise-wide software inventory, ensuring data accuracy across financial, contractual, usage, and ownership domains.
• Design and implement scalable processes for software asset data normalization, deduplication, and classification.
• Collaborate closely with IT, Procurement, Finance, and Security teams to support enterprise-wide visibility and alignment on software assets and cost centers.
• Experiece and background in asset data and lifecycle management.
• Salary range: 83k - 115k annual.
  
  
  

Preferred

• Master’s degree.
  
  
  

How You Will Be Successful

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
  
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products
  
  
  

Why Work With Us

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the area of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

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At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers. We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.

Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.