FinOps Cloud Engineer

FinOps Cloud Engineer

Location : Remote

Department : Cloud Platform Engineering

Reports To : Senior Manager

Position Summary

A large enterprise organization is seeking a FinOps Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud Platform Engineering team. This role will be instrumental in driving cloud cost optimization, governance, and automation across a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud). The FinOps Cloud Engineer will collaborate with infrastructure, DevOps, and finance teams to deliver data-driven insights, implement tooling and automation for cost management, and ensure efficient, scalable, and secure use of cloud resources.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Cloud Platform, DevOps, and Finance teams to establish and maintain FinOps best practices for cost visibility, forecasting, and optimization.
• Monitor and analyze cloud spend, identifying trends, anomalies, and opportunities for cost savings across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud.
• Implement automated tagging, chargeback, and governance policies to ensure accurate cost allocation and accountability.
• Develop and manage dashboards and reports to communicate usage, budget adherence, and efficiency improvements to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to right-size resources, manage reservations and savings plans, and improve overall utilization.
• Support the design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automation workflows using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
• Partner with Security and Compliance teams to ensure cost efficiency aligns with governance and security standards.
• Contribute to multi-cloud strategy initiatives including migration planning, vendor evaluations, and tool integrations.
• Stay current with FinOps tooling, cloud provider updates, and industry benchmarks to continuously enhance the organization’s cloud cost management maturity.

Qualifications

Preferred