FinOps Practitioner (Remote)

FinOps Weekly; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote role with listed U.S. locations

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a FinOps Practitioner to support Splunk Cloud FinOps with cloud cost visibility, commitment management, and financial accountability. The role emphasizes AWS Savings Plans, cost analysis, and optimization to drive cloud gross margin outcomes.

As an individual contributor, you will partner with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to translate spend into actionable financial insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related experience or Master’s degree with 3+ years.
• 3+ years in FinOps or cloud financial management.
• Hands-on AWS cost management experience.
• Experience with AWS Savings Plans, reservations, coverage and risk.
• Ability to obtain a FinOps credential within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and execution of AWS Savings Plan purchases to improve commitment coverage.
• Translate cloud and AI spend into financial insights for gross margin.
• Drive cloud cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Build forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and executive reports.
• Support sound commitment decisions and sustain savings improvements.

Skills

AWS cost management

FinOps

Excel/Sheets

Dashboards/Reporting

SQL/Python

Forecasting/Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Master’s degree + 3 years experience

Tools

Cloudability

CloudHealth

Flexera

Amazon Athena

SQL

Python

Job description

## Job Description## About the RoleCisco is hiring a FinOps Practitioner to support Splunk Cloud FinOps with cloud cost visibility, commitment management, and financial accountability. The role focuses on turning public cloud and AI consumption into measurable business value, with an emphasis on AWS Savings Plans, cloud spend analysis, and cost optimization.This position works across engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to connect technical decisions with cloud gross margin outcomes. It is an individual contributor role with no direct reports and includes responsibility for translating spend into actionable financial insight.The team is also expanding into AI enablement, including applying AI to FinOps work and improving cost management for token-based services.## Key Responsibilities– Lead analysis and execution of AWS Savings Plan purchases to improve commitment coverage while managing utilization and overcommitment risk. – Convert public cloud and AI token-based spend into financial insights that support Splunk Cloud gross margin. – Partner with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to drive cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP. – Build forecasts, dashboards, and executive-level reporting that clearly communicate spend trends, savings, and risks. – Support sound commitment decisions and help deliver sustained improvements in savings plan coverage and cost efficiency. – Operate as an individual contributor without direct reports.## Required Skills– Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field. – Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of related experience, or master’s degree plus 3 years of related experience. – At least 3 years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, or enterprise cloud cost management. – Hands-on AWS cost management experience. – Experience analyzing AWS Reservations and Savings Plans, including purchase sizing, coverage, utilization, and overcommitment risk. – Experience building cloud forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and analyses using advanced Excel or Google Sheets functions, including pivot tables and complex formulas. – Ability to obtain a FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional credential within 90 days of hire.## Preferred Skills– Experience managing cloud costs in Azure or GCP in addition to AWS. – Experience with Cloudability, CloudHealth, Flexera, or similar enterprise cloud cost management platforms. – Experience with Amazon Athena, SQL, Python, business intelligence tools, or cloud billing APIs for cost analysis and reporting. – Experience managing AI and token-based consumption or applying AI to FinOps analysis, anomaly detection, forecasting, automation, or reporting. – Experience leading cross-functional FinOps initiatives in a large enterprise, especially in infrastructure architecture, software engineering, SRE, or DevOps environments.## Cloud Platforms & Technologies### Cloud Providers – AWS – Azure – GCP### FinOps Platforms – Cloudability – CloudHealth – Flexera### Data & Analytics – Amazon Athena – SQL – Python – Cloud billing APIs### Reporting & BI – Business intelligence tools – Dashboards – Executive reporting### Collaboration Tools – Excel – Google Sheets – Pivot tables – Complex formulas## FinOps Responsibilities– Analyze and manage AWS Savings Plan purchases. – Improve commitment coverage while controlling utilization and overcommitment risk. – Translate cloud and AI spend into financial insights that inform gross margin outcomes. – Drive cloud cost optimization across multiple cloud providers. – Build forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and reporting for spend visibility. – Support AI-related cost management for token-based services.## Benefits– Remote role with the ability to work from listed U.S. locations. – Medical, dental, and vision insurance. – 401(k) with Cisco matching contribution. – Paid parental leave. – Short- and long-term disability coverage. – Basic life insurance. – Restricted stock units, subject to continued employment and eligibility. – Paid holidays, including a floating holiday for non-exempt employees. – Paid birthday day off and year-end holiday shutdown. – Paid personal wellness days. – Vacation time off, including Cisco’s flexible vacation program for exempt employees. – 80 hours of sick time provided on hire date and each January 1. – Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward. – Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues. – Optional paid volunteer time. – Annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles.## Useful Links– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4478744808 – Application: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4478744808## Why You Might Be InterestedThis role offers the opportunity to work on cloud financial management in a highly collaborative environment with direct exposure to engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams. The work is centered on AWS commitment management, multi-cloud cost optimization, and executive reporting, which makes it well suited to candidates who enjoy both analysis and cross-functional influence. It also includes an expanding focus on AI-related FinOps work, including token-based cost management. The position is remote and offers a structured benefits package along with potential bonus eligibility.