Cloud & AI FinOps Engineer: Cost Optimization

The Hartford; Hartford, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford seeks a Sr Cloud Engineer to advance the enterprise cloud program across AWS, GCP, and Azure cost-management domains. You will translate cloud usage into actionable insights, optimize deployments, and partner with finance, product, and engineering teams to maximize value and accountability.

You will own cost analytics, budgeting, forecasting, and governance, leveraging tools like Apptio Cloudability and AWS Cost Explorer, while ensuring security and governance standards across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, architecture, operations, development, IT finance, business analytics, or FinOps, including substantial hands-on responsibility for AWS cost and usage management.
• Demonstrated experience operating cloud financial management processes at enterprise scale, including allocation, budgeting, forecasting, anomaly management, optimization, and savings realization.
• Strong knowledge of AWS pricing, billing, invoicing, cost allocation, and optimization mechanics, including AWS Organizations, consolidated billing, Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and AWS Marketplace.
• Experience using SQL, Python, advanced Excel, or comparable tools to analyze large datasets, automate recurring work, and produce forecasts, recommendations, and financial models.

Responsibilities

• Administer and improve cloud financial management platforms and cost tools.
• Monitor cloud cost trends, investigate anomalies, and coordinate root-cause analysis.
• Develop cost estimates, unit-cost models, and scenarios for workloads migrating to or expanding in the cloud.
• Lead or participate in governance, reporting, and optimization initiatives across teams.

Skills

AWS cost management

Cloud cost optimization

Data analysis

Python

SQL

Excel

Tools

IBM Apptio Cloudability

AWS Cost Explorer

Cost and Usage Reports

Job description

The Hartford seeks a Sr Cloud Engineer to advance the enterprise cloud program across AWS, GCP, and Azure cost-management domains. You will translate cloud usage into actionable insights, optimize deployments, and partner with finance, product, and engineering teams to maximize value and accountability.

You will own cost analytics, budgeting, forecasting, and governance, leveraging tools like Apptio Cloudability and AWS Cost Explorer, while ensuring security and governance standards across