FinOps Senior Site Reliability Engineer II

LexisNexis Risk Solutions; Yamato (FL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Wellbeing platform

Headspace app subscription

Employee assistance program

Paid time off and volunteering leave

Annual incentive bonus eligibility

Job summary

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a FinOps Site Reliability Engineer to embed cost governance into infrastructure, automation, and observability. The role focuses on optimizing cloud spend across Azure and AWS while maintaining reliability and performance in a cloud-native environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in SRE/platform/cloud roles, hands-on Azure/AWS/Kubernetes/Terraform, and experience leading FinOps and AI platform support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform or Cloud Engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform.
• Proven track record leading cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
• Experience supporting AI, ML or Generative AI platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives across Azure and AWS.
• Develop IaC and cloud automation solutions.
• Build CI/CD and GitOps capabilities to improve platform delivery.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance on cloud, FinOps and platform initiatives.
• Drive governance, monitoring, and financial accountability for AI services.
• Lead technology evaluations, PoCs and platform modernization efforts.

Skills

Cloud cost optimization

FinOps

Kubernetes

Terraform

Azure

AWS

Automation

Observability

AI platforms

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

About the role

A FinOps Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) bridges the gap between engineering, operations, and financial governance by embedding cost optimization into infrastructure design, automation, monitoring, and operational processes. A FinOps SRE proactively identifies waste, improves resource utilization, automates cost controls, and enhances visibility into cloud spending while maintaining service reliability and performance. The ideal candidate is a cloud-native SRE with strong experience in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, automation, AI platforms, and cloud financial management.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives across Azure and AWS.
• Drive optimization initiatives involving compute, storage, AI workloads, networking, and managed services.
• Support enterprise AI, Generative AI, and machine learning platforms.
• Implement governance, monitoring, and financial accountability for AI services and GPU-enabled environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation solutions.
• Build CI/CD and GitOps capabilities that improve platform delivery and consistency.
• Eliminate manual processes through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Promote engineering efficiency through reusable patterns, templates, and tooling.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across cloud, FinOps, and platform initiatives.
• Lead technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and platform modernization efforts.
• Drive adoption of engineering, governance, and operational excellence standards.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Proven experience implementing cloud automation and observability solutions.
• Experience leading cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or Generative AI platform capabilities.
• FinOps Certification (Nice to have).

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan.
• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs.
• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits.
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts.
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice.
• Annual incentive bonus eligibility.
• U.S. National Base Pay Range: $104,900 - $174,700. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

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