Director - Cloud Engineering & FinOps

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When our square shaped burgers made their first sizzle on the scene more than 50 years ago, people knew our approach wasnt like any other. Same goes for the way we support our employees. Our culture of openness, flexibility, and inclusiveness allows everybody to flourish in their own way. If youre looking for a career where you can be part of the action as we continue to grow our iconic brand We got you!

The Director of Cloud Engineering and FinOps is a strategic and hands?on leadership role responsible for the architecture, operations, and financial performance of the enterprise cloud infrastructure. This individual will lead cloud engineering teams while also serving as a subject matter expert in cloud financial management, capacity planning, and optimization practices.

The role blends deep technical expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with financial acumen and business insight to ensure scalable, secure, and cost?effective cloud solutions. The Director will partner closely with finance, operations, and business teams to forecast demand, manage resource utilization, and implement cost?saving strategies such as reservations, savings plans, and shutdown schedules.

We expect you to own the design and execution of capacity strategies, oversee cloud growth, develop financial infrastructure metrics, and communicate these metrics and future needs across the organization, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cloud Architecture and Engineering Strategy define and evolve the enterprise cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with business goals.
• Drive Cloud Financial Management and Optimization implement FinOps practices to monitor spend, forecast usage, and recommend cost?saving strategies.
• Oversee Capacity Planning and Utilization design and execute capacity strategies to manage cloud growth, utilization, and performance.
• Infrastructure Automation and DevOps champion IaC (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates), CI / CD pipelines, and GitHub workflows.
• Collaborate Across Finance, Engineering, and Business Teams partner with finance and business units to align cloud investments with strategic priorities.
• Develop and Communicate Cloud Metrics and Insights Build dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track performance, financial metrics, and future needs.

What We Expect From You

Expected Work Location (Remote) : It is expected that you will primarily perform work remotely. You may be asked to travel, as needed, to the Wendy's Restaurant Support Center (RSC) or to other designated locations. Changes to work location arrangements are subject to managerial approval and business needs.

Education : Bachelors Degree

Travel : 10%

Pay Range : $142,000 - $256,000 Annually

The base pay range for this position is listed below. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and budget for the open position and also may vary depending on the candidates job?related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other relevant factors. The target annual bonus for this role is 25% of annualized base salary, based on actual company and personal performance.

Our benefits include parental leave, free EAP sessions, company 401k match, and other great offerings. For more details about our benefits, visit .

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