Sr. Cloud and FinOps Engineer – Level 3

Sr. Cloud and FinOps Engineer – Level 3

Location : Dallas

The Role

Hitachi Vantara provides secure hyperscale public cloud migrations and infrastructure management services. As an AWS Premier Consulting Partner and a recognized leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud MSPs, we deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that meet complex federal requirements.

We are seeking strong  Senior Cloud Engineers  with experience in  AWS architecture, operations, and cloud financial management (FinOps) . Candidates must have  prior federal experience , a strong understanding of compliance and governance, and the ability to lead in both technical implementation and cloud cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure and scalable AWS cloud environments for federal clients.
• Partner with FinOps teams to implement cost management practices, including reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Perform in-depth analysis of AWS usage and cost data to identify trends, anomalies, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Ensure tagging, budgeting, and reporting policies are enforced in line with FinOps and federal compliance standards.
• Support automation of cloud financial operations using tools like Athena, CUR, and Cost Explorer APIs.
• Collaborate with procurement, finance, and engineering teams to align usage with business and budget objectives.
• Senior support engineer for customers, as well as the more junior members of the team
• Work with the customer and lead architect on designing and implementing Virtual Private Cloud VPC environments, including compute, storage, database, networking, security etc. in the CSP ecosystem
• Deploy / Manage CSP environments including VPN solutions between regions and subnets
• Manage CSP Image architecture including the development of machine templates and blueprints
• Leading junior team members through deployment and implementation of systems infrastructure projects and overseeing the Cloud environments based on customer requirements
• Validation to ensure that the environment meets all security and compliance controls
• Leveraging written and verbal communication skills to work directly with customers and translate business needs into technical requirements for implementation
• Creating knowledge articles and run books for solutions developed
• Mentoring junior members of the team

Required Skills & Experience

Optional / Preferred Skills