FinOps Engineer

MSR Technology Group; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Quarterly on-site travel

Job summary

MSR Technology Group in Dallas, TX seeks an experienced FinOps engineer to own automation and cloud-cost optimization. The role combines AWS engineering with FinOps to mature the team's practices.

You will automate VPC endpoint cleanup, drive Kinesis on-demand tuning, enforce S3 lifecycle policies, and lead Graviton migrations for Lambdas, with Python automation and Git workflows. Responsibilities include building dashboards in Cloudability and querying Athena cost data to optimize spend and

Qualifications

• Balanced 50/50 background in AWS engineering and FinOps.
• Hands-on cloud cost optimization experience (actual savings).
• Python (hard requirement) for automation and integrations, including AWS Lambda.
• AWS cost tools: Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor.
• Cloudability for dashboards/reporting.
• Knowledge of AWS services in scope: VPC endpoints, Kinesis, S3 lifecycle policies, Graviton, tagging.
• Comfortable with merge requests and Git-based workflows across app teams.

Responsibilities

• Take over FinOps automation work and mature the engineering side of the team.
• Automate cleanup of unused VPC endpoints and create merge requests across app teams.
• Drive Kinesis on-demand optimization and S3 lifecycle policy enforcement, incl. AI agent support.
• Lead Graviton migrations for workloads/Lambdas at enterprise scale.
• Build automation around cloud tagging standards.
• Write Python automation/integrations (Lambdas via templates).
• Build Cloudability dashboards with AI/token usage reporting tied to consumers.
• Query Athena cost and usage tables as needed.

Skills

AWS engineering

FinOps

Python automation

Lambda automation

Cost optimization

Git-based workflows

Tools

Cost Explorer

Trusted Advisor

Cloudability

Kinesis

S3 lifecycle policies

Job description

Location: Dallas, TX - Remote (onsite quarterly with covered travel)

Duration: 12 Months Contract on W2 (No C2C/1099)

Direct Client Need

Job Summary:

• Take over FinOps automation work and mature the engineering side of the team
• Automate cleanup of unused VPC endpoints and create merge requests across app teams
• Drive Kinesis on-demand optimization and S3 lifecycle policy enforcement (incl. supporting the AI agent that flags buckets and opens merge requests)
• Lead enterprise-level Graviton migrations for workloads/Lambdas
• Build automation around cloud tagging standards
• Write Python automation/integrations (e.g., Lambdas deployed through templates)
• Build reporting/dashboards in Cloudability, including AI/token usage tied back to consumers
• Query Athena cost and usage tables as needed

Must-Haves (Concepts & Tools):

• Balanced 50/50 background in AWS engineering and FinOps
• Hands-on cloud cost optimization experience (actually implementing savings, not just reporting)
• Python (hard requirement) for automation and integrations, including AWS Lambda
• AWS cost tools: Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor
• Cloudability for dashboards/reporting
• Working knowledge of AWS services in scope: VPC endpoints, Kinesis, S3 lifecycle policies, Graviton, tagging
• Comfortable working through merge requests/Git-based workflows across app teams

Nice-to-Haves:

• Basic SQL, specifically querying Athena cost and usage (CUR) tables
• Cloudability Premium (automating compute Savings Plans and RI strategies)
• Turbonomic for automated optimization
• Experience across the full FinOps lifecycle
• Experience with AI/token usage tracking and chargeback/showback reporting