Cloud FinOps Engineer: Optimize Cloud Costs & AI Usage

GXO Logistics, Inc; Northampton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company sponsored pension scheme

Private medical & dental insurance

24/7 online GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Cashback cards

Saving scheme

MyBenefits platform

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc is seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer to optimise cloud spend and provide financial visibility across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. You will own cost management, reporting, forecasting and AI expenditure analysis to maximise business value.

The role is a full-time position with standard hours Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00 and some travel to Northampton or London offices. A strong FinOps background and hands-on delivery experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a FinOps Cloud Engineering role.
• Experience producing dashboards, monthly cost packs, budget variance analysis, forecasting reports, anomaly analysis and executive summaries.
• Cloud cost management and FP&A related tasks.
• Certifications in Google Cloud, AWS or Azure desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own cloud cost management and financial visibility across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, delivering accurate reporting, forecasting and strategic insights that help GXO optimise spend while supporting innovation and growth.
• Lead AI expenditure and usage analysis, providing transparency into model, API, token and agent consumption to ensure AI services are delivered cost-effectively and aligned to business value.
• Champion FinOps best practice through effective cost allocation, show back and chargeback mechanisms, partnering with technology and finance stakeholders to improve accountability and cloud financial governance.
• Identify trends, risks and optimisation opportunities through forecasting, budgeting and anomaly detection, helping to control expenditure, improve efficiency and maximise return on cloud and AI investments.

Skills

FinOps Cloud Engineering

Cloud cost management

Data analysis

Dashboard reporting

Tools

Google Cloud

AWS

Azure

Job description

GXO Logistics, Inc is seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer to optimise cloud spend and provide financial visibility across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. You will own cost management, reporting, forecasting and AI expenditure analysis to maximise business value.

The role is a full-time position with standard hours Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00 and some travel to Northampton or London offices. A strong FinOps background and hands-on delivery experience are essential.