Senior FinOps Analyst (Remote) – Cloud Cost Architect

Atlassian Corp.; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

At Atlassian, a Senior FinOps Analyst role in Sydney (remote eligible) focuses on driving cost efficiency for our cloud environments across AWS and GCP. You will own cost and usage insights, partner with engineering and finance, and build scalable models and dashboards to drive disciplined spending.

You will educate teams on cost opportunities, validate savings, and lead cost allocation discussions while mentoring junior analysts in a fast-growing FinOps team.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as technical business analyst, data analyst or FinOps analyst.
• Proficient in SQL or Python to query complex data sources.
• Knowledge of cloud technology and how it is consumed and billed.
• Experience turning data into recommendations for engineering or finance stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with GCP cost and usage data, such as billing exports, committed use discounts and reservations.

Responsibilities

• Own cost and usage insights for the teams and domains you partner with, identifying usage optimisation opportunities and making clear, evidence-backed recommendations that teams can adopt
• Work with engineering teams to find viable rate optimisation commitments, and contribute to conversations with cloud vendors on pricing and billing
• Lead cost efficiency discussions with engineering and finance teams
• Support cost allocation and attribution (tagging, showback and chargeback) so spend maps to services and teams, and connect it to product and customer outcomes through unit economics
• Design data models, reports and dashboards that give multiple stakeholders visibility of costs and opportunities
• Set standards for how we query our data, and build analytical models that keep working as the data changes
• Use AI tooling to speed up analysis and make our cost insights easier to act on
• Validate cost savings, including where there are complex considerations and trade-offs
• Plan and deliver training for engineers, improve our team documentation, and mentor more junior analysts
• Work as part of a fast-growing, multi-disciplinary, high impact FinOps team, with exposure and visibility across Atlassian engineering teams and senior leaders

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Tools

Databricks

BigQuery

Tableau

Job description

At Atlassian, a Senior FinOps Analyst role in Sydney (remote eligible) focuses on driving cost efficiency for our cloud environments across AWS and GCP. You will own cost and usage insights, partner with engineering and finance, and build scalable models and dashboards to drive disciplined spending.

You will educate teams on cost opportunities, validate savings, and lead cost allocation discussions while mentoring junior analysts in a fast-growing FinOps team.