Cloud AWS FinOps Engineer

Responsible for managing and optimizing AWS cloud costs, implementing FinOps practices, and collaborating with finance and engineering teams to ensure efficient cloud financial management.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Cost Optimization

Monitor, analyze, and optimize AWS usage and spending
Implement cost-saving strategies such as Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and rightsizing
Financial Operations (FinOps)

Collaborate with finance teams to forecast cloud budgets and track variances
Develop and maintain cost allocation models for business units
Governance Reporting

Establish policies for tagging, resource utilization, and budget alerts
Create dashboards and reports to provide visibility into cloud spend
Collaboration

Partner with engineering teams to design cost-efficient architectures
Work with procurement and finance to negotiate cloud contracts and discounts
Automation

Build tools/scripts for automated monitoring and reporting of AWS costs
Integrate FinOps practices into CI/CD pipelines
Required Skills Qualifications

Strong expertise in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.)
Hands-on experience with AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and CloudWatch
Familiarity with FinOps principles and cloud financial management frameworks
Proficiency in data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Strong communication skills to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Finance, or related field; FinOps certification is a plus
Preferred Experience

Prior experience in a FinOps or Cloud Cost Management role
Exposure to multi-cloud environments (Azure, GCP)
Experience with automation and scripting (Python, Bash)
Understanding of cloud governance and compliance frameworks