Staff FinOps Engineer

• Closely partner with Engineering teams to analyze cloud and SaaS data, spend trends to identify cost optimization and improved usage opportunities and create specific recommendations
• Responsible for and input into the design and adherence to quality controls centered around FinOps
• Work with the teams to ensure proper tagging and allocation of cloud resources for accurate cost tracking and reporting (both initially and ongoing)
• Create FinOps focused knowledge articles/documentation and promote FinOps best practices/concepts to arm and empower teams
• Recommend and/or implement strategies to optimize costs, such as right-sizing resources, purchasing reserved instances or savings plans, and shutting down unused resources
• Provide input into and assist with the monitoring and reporting on cloud usage against budget and forecast, explore trends in cloud and SaaS spend. Assist with detecting, investigating, and escalating anomalies and unplanned spikes
• Create reports, dashboards and alerts to track spending and usage trends and the potential impact of cost optimizations
• Where required, assist in implementing, maintaining and governing the FinOps practice
• Keep up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to FinOps
• Implement a mechanism to attribute cloud and SaaS spends back to individual departments, projects, or teams
• Recommend and/or implement automatic cost optimization strategies, such as shutting down non-production environments outside of working hours
• Recommend and/or implement governance mechanisms to prevent wasteful resources
• Collaborate with cloud and SaaS service providers to understand pricing models and discount opportunities
• Where appropriate, negotiate contracts and pricing with vendors to ensure cost-effectiveness
• Input into the mediation between competing technical priorities across teams

• 2+ years of experience in Cloud FinOps engineering analysis and Cloud cost optimization
• 4+ years in cloud operations role managing Cloud environments, budgets, forecasts and implementing financial controls
• Strong principles of financial analysis
• Proven analytical skills and experience with cost optimization
• Working knowledge of the public cloud providers
• Ability to query, transform, analyze and summarize data efficiently and accurately
• Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations
• Excellent SQL querying, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Understanding of cloud cost management tools
• Experienced in containerized environments, microservices, Terraform and serverless
• Experience in one or more automation/development languages (PowerShell, Command Line Interface, Python)
• Solid understanding of application architecture, network technologies, and infrastructure architecture
• Experience working on multi-million-dollar environments
• Cost savings and cost optimization mindset
• Ability to drive savings

FinOps Certified Practitioner/Associate/Professional from FinOps Foundation

• Global Gratitude and Recharge Days
• Flexible, paid time off policy
• Employee wellness programs and counseling resources
• Meaningful peer recognition and awards
• Paid parental leave
• Invention/patenting assistance
• Community impact, paid volunteer time, and opportunities
• Intercultural learning and celebration
• Multiple tools through which to learn and grow, and an incredible global community
• Twelve paid holidays
• 401(k) with employer match