FlexNet (Flexera) Implementation Lead

FlexNet (Flexera) Implementation Lead

Dallas local preferred with expectation to work in Hitachi Dallas office (Addison); if candidate is strong, will go for remote with travel required (20-30% travel)

I would like to highlight that the current requirement is specifically for a strong SME in FlexNet Operations (FNO) and FlexNet Embedded (FNE). While "Flexera" as a keyword does bring in several ITAM related profiles(FlexeraOne/FNMS), we should prioritize candidates in FNO/FNE, particularly around publisher/software monetization, integrations, and technical implementation expertise.

Job Description: Provide technical and operational support for enterprise software license infrastructure and vendor managed licensing environments to ensure availability, license compliance, and user provisioning.

Key Responsibilities:

•            Design, develop, and maintain solutions on FlexNet Operations (FNO), FlexNet Embedded (FNE).

•            Architect and implement FlexNet Operations (FNO), FlexNet Embedded (FNE), or FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS) depending on the organization’s licensing and SAM needs

•            Design and Implement licensing workflows, entitlement management, and product packaging.

•            Integrate FlexNet with ERP, CRM, and cloud-based applications.

•            Collaborate with business teams to gather requirements and deliver effective solutions.

•            Build and maintain integrations with ERP, CRM, cloud platforms, and internal applications.

•            Oversee server setup, Beacon configuration, database preparation, and agent deployment for FNMS environments

•            Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in licensing and entitlement systems.

•            Ensure compliance, scalability, and performance of FlexNet implementations.

•            Perform license file updates, reauthentication, and configuration changes required by vendor licensing models or renewals.

•            Administer and support cloud-based license managers, provision user assignments within license portals, manage remote dongles, and manage other licensing mechanisms.

•            Conduct monthly license hygiene and cleanup activities based on usage and compliance reporting.

•            Collaborate with the broader ITAM, Infrastructure, and Deployment teams to support availability and operational continuity.

•            Resolve technical issues across licensing, entitlement, and SAM systems.

•            Maintain Windows/Linux/UNIX server environments supporting Flexera tools.

•            Administer license portals, cloud license managers, remote dongles, and entitlement systems.

•            Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance driving continuous SAM processes, automation and data quality.

Primary Technology Skills:

•            Deep hands on experience with FNMS, FlexNet Operations (FNO), FlexNet Embedded (FNE)

•            Strong understanding of software licensing models, entitlement management, and monetization strategies.

•            Proficiency with APIs, scripting, SQL, IIS, and multi OS environments.

•            Ability to design and manage hybrid environments, including containerized platforms (AKS/EKS in senior roles)

•            Strong analytical, problem-solving.

•            SSO/SAML/OAuth for Flexera authentication integrations.

•            TCP/IP fundamentals, firewalls, proxies, load balancers.

•            Clear communication with both technical and non technical stakeholders.

•            Experience with integration platforms like MuleSoft, Boomi etc.,

•            Powershell, Python and bash scripting skills,

•            Experience with Azure Automation, Jenkins, GitHubActions.

•            Data modeling and normalization skills with Reporting tools like PowerBI, Tableau.