FinOps Practitioner; Remote

Position: FinOps Practitioner (Remote)
The application window is expected to close on: 10/29/2026

This position is remote and can be performed from listed locations within the United States. This role requires reliable internet connection and the ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Meet the Team Splunk Cloud Fin Ops helps Cisco turn public cloud and AI consumption into measurable business value through cost visibility, commitment management, and financial accountability. Our U.S.

-based team includes three Fin Ops practitioners, a Scrum Master, two engineers, a technical lead, and a Senior Fin Ops Manager. We work across engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to connect technical decisions with cloud gross margin outcomes. The team is highly collaborative, innovative, fast-paced, and deeply skilled in cloud technology and financial management. Our next area of growth is AI enablement, both applying AI to Fin Ops work and building stronger cost management for token-based services.

Your Impact Lead the analysis and execution of AWS Savings Plan purchases to improve commitment coverage while managing utilization and over commitment risk. Translate public cloud and AI token-based spend into financial insights that support Splunk Cloud gross margin. Drive cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP by partnering with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams. Build forecasts, dashboards, and executive-ready reporting that make spending trends, savings, and risks clear and actionable.

Measure success through sustained improvement in Savings Plan coverage, sound commitment decisions, and realized cost efficiencies while operating as an individual contributor with no direct reports.

Minimum Qualifications Bachelors + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience,Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field.

Minimum of 3 years of experience in Fin Ops, cloud financial management, or enterprise cloud cost management, including hands-on AWS cost management.

Hands-on experience analyzing AWS Reservations and Savings Plans, including purchase sizing, coverage, utilization, and over commitment risk.

Hands on experience building cloud forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and analyses using advanced Excel or Google Sheets capabilities, including pivot tables and complex formulas.

Ability to obtain a Fin Ops Certified Practitioner or Fin Ops Certified Professional credential within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications Experience managing cloud costs in Azure or GCP in addition to AWS.

Experience with Cloudability, Cloud Health, Flexera, or comparable enterprise cloud cost-management platforms.

Experience using Amazon Athena, SQL, Python, business intelligence tools, or cloud billing APIs for cost analysis and reporting.

Experience managing AI and token-based consumption or applying AI to Fin Ops analysis, anomaly detection, forecasting, automation, or reporting.

Experience leading cross-functional Fin Ops initiatives in a large, complex enterprise, especially within infrastructure architecture, software engineering, SRE, or Dev Ops environments.

Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

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