AWS FinOps Engineer: Cloud Cost Optimization

The Nature Conservancy; Arlington (VA); Presencial; USD 81.000 - 129.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health benefits

401(k) plan with an 8% employer match

Parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

The Nature Conservancy is seeking an AWS FinOps Engineer to drive cloud financial management, cost optimization, and governance across our AWS environment from our Arlington, VA location. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and business partners to maximize value and enable scalable, cost-efficient solutions.

Responsibilities include building dashboards, forecasts, and reports; automating FinOps controls via IaC and CI/CD; and guiding architecture reviews to ensure cost

Formación

• 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 FinOps, Cloud Financial Management, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or related disciplines.
• Experience managing costs in enterprise AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud economics, budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation methodologies.
• Experience implementing enterprise FinOps 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.

Responsabilidades

• Implement and mature FinOps practices across AWS environments using 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, 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 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 FinOps 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.

Conocimientos

AWS

FinOps

Cost optimization

Automation

Stakeholder communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Herramientas

Terraform

Descripción del empleo

The Nature Conservancy is seeking an AWS FinOps Engineer to drive cloud financial management, cost optimization, and governance across our AWS environment from our Arlington, VA location. You will collaborate with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and business partners to maximize value and enable scalable, cost-efficient solutions.

Responsibilities include building dashboards, forecasts, and reports; automating FinOps controls via IaC and CI/CD; and guiding architecture reviews to ensure cost