Cloud Fin​/Ops Engineer

The AWS Fin Ops Engineer helps drive cloud financial management, cost optimization, and financial accountability across our AWS environment. This role partners closely with Cloud Engineering, Dev Ops, Finance, and business stakeholders to maximize the value of cloud investments while supporting innovation, scalability, and operational excellence.

They combine strong AWS technical expertise, hands-on coding and automation experience, and a solid understanding of Fin Ops principles, including the Inform, Optimize, and Operate lifecycle.

• Implement and mature Fin Ops practices across AWS environments using the Inform, Optimize, and Operate framework.
• Analyze AWS spending trends and provide actionable recommendations to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
• Develop cloud cost reporting, dashboards, forecasts, and executive-level insights.
• Manage and optimize AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Organizations, AWS Budgets, Cost & Usage Reports (CUR), Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances.
• Build automated solutions for cost monitoring, anomaly detection, chargeback/showback, and governance.
• Partner with application, platform, and business teams to identify optimization opportunities and align cloud spending with business objectives.
• Participate in architecture reviews to ensure solutions are designed for cost efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, operational excellence, and cloud cost accountability.
• Develop forecasts, budgets, unit-cost measures, and scenario analyses that support planning and connect AWS consumption to applications, products, programs, and business outcomes.
• Evaluate and administer AWS pricing-model strategies, including Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and other commitment-based discounts. Provide evidence-based recommendations, monitor utilization and coverage, and manage financial risk within approved governance processes.
• Automate recurring Fin Ops controls and workflows through infrastructure as code, APIs, scripts, event-driven services, and CI/CD integrations, including budget alerts, anomaly notifications, rightsizing recommendations, resource-scheduling controls, and policy checks.
• Facilitate regular cost reviews and optimization working sessions with cloud platform teams, application owners, finance, procurement, and business stakeholders. Maintain a prioritized backlog of actions, owners, expected benefits, and realized outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field and 3 years AWS cloud experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud Fin Ops, Cloud Financial Management, Cloud Engineering, Dev Ops, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing costs in enterprise AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud economics, budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation methodologies.

• Experience implementing enterprise Fin Ops programs and governance models.
• Experience supporting cloud migration, modernization, and optimization initiatives.
• Ability to communicate technical and financial concepts effectively to business and executive stakeholders.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• Fin Ops Certified Practitioner (FOCP)
• Fin Ops Certified Engineer (FOCE)
• Terraform Associate

The starting pay range for a candidate selected for this position is generally within the range of $80,840 - $128,700. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. Where a successful candidate’s actual pay will fall within this range will be based on a variety of factors, including, for example, the candidate's location, qualifications, specific…