Cloud FinOps Lead – AWS Cost Optimization (Remote)

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) plan

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Cloud FinOps Analyst to manage cloud financial operations for a large, multi-tenant AWS environment, including GovCloud accounts. The role focuses on cost visibility, accountability, and optimization across engineering and business teams, with consolidation of cost reporting and forecasting for leadership.

The position is remote with a typical 8am–5pm EST schedule. You will partner with finance, engineering, platform, and program teams to establish FinOps practices and drive

Qualifications

• 5+ years of financial analysis with cloud cost management on AWS.
• Experience delivering consolidated cost reports and cost allocation.
• Ability to model cost impacts of architectural changes before commitments.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Analyze cost and usage data to identify right-sizing and optimization opportunities.
• Develop and maintain consolidated monthly cost reports across accounts and programs.
• Design and implement cost allocation tagging and chargeback/showback models.
• Forecast fiscal-year spend and monitor budget utilization against plan.
• Collaborate with finance, engineering, and program teams to govern cloud spend.
• Automate recurring cost analysis and reporting using Python or SQL.

Skills

Cloud cost management

FinOps

AWS

Python

SQL

Budget forecasting

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, IT, or related field

Master's degree (preferred for advanced roles)

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Budgets

Apptio Cloudability

CloudHealth

Kubecost/OpenCost

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Cloud FinOps Analyst to manage cloud financial operations for a large, multi-tenant AWS environment, including GovCloud accounts. The role focuses on cost visibility, accountability, and optimization across engineering and business teams, with consolidation of cost reporting and forecasting for leadership.

The position is remote with a typical 8am–5pm EST schedule. You will partner with finance, engineering, platform, and program teams to establish FinOps practices and drive