Cloud finops engineer

Global Business Ser. 4u; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyota Connected seeks a cloud cost optimization specialist to build dashboards in Tableau or Power BI, analyze data from cloud accounts, and automate cost reporting. You'll partner with product and finance to drive cost visibility and governance.

You will work in a hybrid Plano environment from day one, applying FinOps practices, writing SQL/Python for automation, and collaborating with engineering on cost-saving initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud cost management tools and advisory platforms.
• Ability to visualize cloud usage and costs to tell data-driven stories.
• Strong collaboration with engineering, finance, and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Automate cloud cost reporting and alerting.
• Identify cloud cost anomalies and optimize spend.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define cost metrics and governance.
• Implement cost optimization recommendations with engineering teams.
• Present data-driven insights to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud cost mgmt

Data visualization

SQL

Python

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

GCP Billing

Azure Cost Management

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Job Description. This idinvidual will be responsible for building dashboards in tableau or power-bi. They will work to use analytical skills to analyze data from accounting, automating processes with the team. Communicate with internal customers (other product groups locally)

Location-plano-hybrid day one onsite

12 months contracts

Job Description. This idinvidual will be responsible for building dashboards in tableau or power-bi. They will work to use analytical skills to analyze data from accounting, automating processes with the team. Communicate with internal customers (other product groups locally)

Provide visibility into cloud cost drivers to the Engineering, Finance, and Executive teams—giving them enough information to make appropriate trade-offs between costs and business needs

• Automate cost reporting, alerting and visualization for various cloud cost metrics
• Identify and alert on cloud cost anomalies in a timely fashion
• Think independently to solve difficult data problems
• Collate, analyze, and prioritize cloud optimization recommendations and calculate potential savings
• Provide expert knowledge of cloud cost optimization strategies (e.g. rightsizing, power scheduling, etc.)
• Collaborate with cross-functional product and finance teams within Toyota Connected to understand business needs and for cost optimization to develop key metrics and reporting
• Ensuring optimization recommendations go through the appropriate governance process and get actioned
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to implement cost optimization recommendations and best practices
• Utilize data to tell compelling stories by visualizing cloud usage, driving cloud cost optimization practices within product engineering teams
• Operate in a highly iterative Agile development environment
• Stay up to date with industry trends and regulations related to FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization
• 1-4 years of experience with native and 3rd party public cloud cost management & advisory tools (AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Trusted Advisor, GCP Billing, GCP Recommender, Azure Cost Management & Billing, Azure Advisor, Azure Pricing Calculator, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of the Amazon ecosystem is a plus
• Experience with data analysis and data visualization tools (AWS QuickSight, DataStudio, BigQuery, PowerBI, Tableau, etc.)
• Experience with SQL Queries and Python, Go, or similar scripting language to create automations
• Strong understanding of financial systems and processes in a cloud-based environment
• Demonstrates competency with cloud-based technologies such as AWS, Google Cloud, and/or Azure
• Hands on experience utilizing public cloud APIs, Dashboards, and automation
• Expertise in cloud optimizations, including reservations, savings plans, right-sizing, lifecycle management and rearchitecture
• Experience in how to organize and analyze data, apply formulas, and get different slices of data, such as price per product/department
• Ability to convey finance terms to engineering teams and vice versa
• Experience with cloud-based financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting tools
• Ability to learn and apply modern technologies, programming practices, patterns, and methods
• Solutions-oriented with an ability to keep an open mind while finding agreeable solutions
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Experience working in an Agile environment using frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban,or similar
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks/assignments
• Ability to develop healthy working relationships and collaborate with customers, peers, and leaders
• Exhibits integrity and high standards in work quality

Added Bonus If You Have

• FinOps Certified Practitioner
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Finance, Accounting, or related fied