AWS FinOps Engineer: Cost Optimization & Cloud Analytics

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm is seeking an AWS FinOps Engineer in McLean, VA to transform cloud financial operations at scale. You will join a team spanning engineering, finance, and data to shape spend strategy in a large enterprise AWS environment.

You will design cost monitoring solutions, build automated pipelines, and create dashboards with AWS QuickSight to drive informed decisions. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to optimize costs and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, IS, or related field.
• 3+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, FinOps, or similar roles.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience including EC2.
• Experience building dashboards with AWS QuickSight.
• Strong SQL skills with large datasets.
• Experience with Athena/Redshift or similar analytics platforms.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or another programming language.
• Experience with ETL pipelines and data lakes/warehouses.
• Understanding cloud cost drivers and optimization strategies.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, finance, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and enhance scalable cloud cost monitoring, allocation, and optimization solutions.
• Develop automated pipelines to ingest, transform, and analyze cloud billing and usage data.
• Create dashboards and reporting using AWS QuickSight for stakeholder decision-making.
• Partner with engineering to implement cost-efficient cloud architectures and FinOps best practices.
• Identify opportunities for automated cost savings via rightsizing, scheduling, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, etc.
• Develop and maintain tagging standards and cost allocation frameworks.
• Integrate cloud cost data into internal reporting, analytics, and finance platforms.
• Build forecasting, anomaly detection, and cloud cost governance solutions.
• Continuously improve automation, visibility, and operational efficiency in cloud finances.

Skills

FinOps & Cloud Financial Management

Forecasting & Anomaly Detection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field

Tools

AWS QuickSight

Athena

Redshift

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm is seeking an AWS FinOps Engineer in McLean, VA to transform cloud financial operations at scale. You will join a team spanning engineering, finance, and data to shape spend strategy in a large enterprise AWS environment.

You will design cost monitoring solutions, build automated pipelines, and create dashboards with AWS QuickSight to drive informed decisions. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to optimize costs and governance.