Senior Open Source Software Analyst

The opportunity:

Open-Source Software (OSS) Analyst is part of Open-Source Security team. The team oversees Hitachi Energy's central OSS approval process and acts as a link between developers, management, legal, the open-source community and the tool vendor. Team's main responsibility is to detect and mitigate potential risks related to OSS components.

How you'll make an impact:

• Deliver code assessment and analysis to determine compliance with OSS licenses.
• Support legal and product teams in their mitigation efforts.
• Enhance the toolchain to increase automation.
• Act as a consultant in OSS-related matters for Hitachi Energy teams world-wide.
• Keep current with the state of the art of open source and technology trends.
• Extremely high attention to details and ability to verify own work.
• Ability to efficiently search data in multiple sources, analytical skills, and solution seeking attitude.
• Practical knowledge of Black Duck SCA (cloud version of Black Duck).
• Understanding of programming principles.
• Ability to review and understand others' source code.
• Extensive knowledge of open-source software. (licenses, contributions to open-source projects)
• Exposure to and affinity with software license agreements and legal consequences.
• IT skills (as minimum: use of Windows CLI, understand server logs; desired: Python programming)
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

• Should have bachelor's or master's degree. (with a background in software engineering preferred)
• Must have 5+ years of experience.
• IT skills (as minimum: use of Windows CLI, understand server logs; desired: Python programming)
• Strong cultural awareness, interest in working with different cultures.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.