Analyze cloud usage and spending across enterprise environments
Identify opportunities for cost reduction, rightsizing, and architectural efficiency
Implement strategies including: Reserved instances / savings plans, Commitment-based discounts, Storage lifecycle optimization, Compute rightsizing, Idle resource remediation
Establish cost allocation models for business units and product teams
Design and implement FinOps operating models aligned with industry standards from the FinOps Foundation
Define governance frameworks for cloud cost accountability
Build collaboration models across Finance, Engineering, and Product teams
Establish chargeback/showback mechanisms
Build and implement dashboards and reporting frameworks for cloud spend
Develop KPIs and financial metrics including: Cost per customer, Cost per transaction, Unit economics, Cloud gross margin
Enable forecasting and budgeting for cloud consumption
Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise clients
Conduct cloud cost maturity assessments
Lead executive-level reviews and FinOps strategy workshops
Provide best practices for scaling cloud financial management

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience in in cloud financial management, FinOps, cloud architecture, or cloud consulting or other relevant experience, OR a Master’s degree and 4 years, OR a Ph.D. and 1 year, OR 10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree
Hands-on experience with enterprise cloud platforms such as: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
Experience analyzing cloud billing data and usage metrics
Strong understanding of: cloud pricing models, cost optimization strategies, SaaS infrastructure economics
Ability to communicate technical financial concepts to executive stakeholders.
Certification from the FinOps Foundation such as FinOps Certified Practitioner
Cloud platform certifications such as: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals, Google Cloud Digital Leader
Experience with FinOps and cloud cost tools such as: Cloudability, CloudHealth, CloudBolt
Background in enterprise consulting or managed services.

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations
seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave
health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
retirement planning (401(k))
paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)

Cloud FinOps Practitioner

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