AWS FinOps Engineer: Cloud Cost Optimization & Governance

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Flexible spending accounts

401(k) plan with an 8% employer match

Parental leave

Paid time off

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Employee assistance program

Other life and work well-being

Flexible work environment

Job summary

FinOps Weekly in the United States seeks an AWS FinOps Engineer to improve cloud financial management, cost optimization, and governance across AWS environments. You will partner with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and procurement to align cloud spending with business priorities.

This role combines AWS technical expertise with automation and FinOps best practices, applying Inform-Optimize-Operate lifecycle to deliver cost visibility, budgets, forecasts, and scalable cost controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years of AWS cloud experience.
• 3+ years in Cloud FinOps, Cloud Financial Management, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or related discipline.
• Experience managing costs in enterprise AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Implement FinOps practices across AWS using Inform, Optimize, and Operate.
• Analyze cloud spend and identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Produce cost reporting, dashboards, forecasts, and executive insights.
• Build automated cost monitoring, anomaly detection, chargeback/showback, and governance controls.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, unit-cost measures, and scenario analyses.

Skills

AWS cloud experience

Cloud FinOps

Cost forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Organizations

Cost & Usage Reports (CUR)

Savings Plans

Reserved Instances

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

APIs

Scripting

Job description

FinOps Weekly in the United States seeks an AWS FinOps Engineer to improve cloud financial management, cost optimization, and governance across AWS environments. You will partner with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and procurement to align cloud spending with business priorities.

This role combines AWS technical expertise with automation and FinOps best practices, applying Inform-Optimize-Operate lifecycle to deliver cost visibility, budgets, forecasts, and scalable cost controls.