FinOps Specialist

flexerasoftware; EE. UU.; A distancia; USD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Flexera Software is seeking a FinOps-focused professional to help customers optimize cloud spending across AWS and Azure through analysis, guidance, and practical demonstrations. You will collaborate with sales and product teams to drive cost optimization and demonstrate savings opportunities.

With 2+ years in FinOps or cloud engineering, you will use native cost tools and APIs to gather data, analyze usage, and communicate actionable insights.

Formación

• At least two years of experience in FinOps or engineering at a cloud provider, consultancy, or organization operating AWS or Azure at scale.
• Hands-on experience with native cloud cost tools such as AWS Cost Explorer and Cost and Usage Reports or Azure Cost Management and Billing.
• Familiarity with third-party cloud management tools or internally built cost applications.
• Ability to use APIs and queries to gather and manipulate data, with strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Clear writing and communication skills, including the ability to make complex cost concepts actionable.
• Curiosity, integrity, a constructive attitude, and the ability to solve problems and create repeatable approaches.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with sales colleagues to deliver product demonstrations and explain how optimization services address cloud cost challenges.
• Analyze cloud usage and spending to identify savings opportunities, then communicate findings in reports and conversations.
• Advise on AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, Azure Reservations and Savings Plans, and Spot capacity on both platforms.
• Support sales and customer operations teams with questions about cloud rate optimization.
• Scope and configure savings analyses for customers’ cloud environments.
• Work with product colleagues on new optimization capabilities, reporting improvements, and automation.

Conocimientos

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Data interpretation

Curiosity & problem solving

Herramientas

AWS Cost Explorer

Cost & Usage Reports

Azure Cost Management & Billing

SQL

Athena

Power BI

Descripción del empleo

Role overview

Help customers and prospective customers make cloud spending more efficient through analysis, practical guidance, and clear demonstrations of optimization options. This FinOps role focuses on commitment-based discounts across AWS and Azure, and also works with product and customer-facing teams to improve analysis tools and services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with sales colleagues to deliver product demonstrations and explain how optimization services address cloud cost challenges.
• Analyze cloud usage and spending to identify savings opportunities, then communicate findings in reports and conversations.
• Advise on AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, Azure Reservations and Savings Plans, and Spot capacity on both platforms.
• Support sales and customer operations teams with questions about cloud rate optimization.
• Scope and configure savings analyses for customers’ cloud environments.
• Work with product colleagues on new optimization capabilities, reporting improvements, and automation.

Requirements

• At least two years of experience in FinOps or engineering at a cloud provider, consultancy, or organization operating AWS or Azure at scale.
• Hands-on experience with native cloud cost tools, such as AWS Cost Explorer and Cost and Usage Reports or Azure Cost Management and Billing.
• Familiarity with third-party cloud management tools or internally built cost applications.
• Ability to use APIs and queries to gather and manipulate data, with strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Clear writing and communication skills, including the ability to make complex cost concepts actionable.
• Curiosity, integrity, a constructive attitude, and the ability to solve problems and create repeatable approaches.

Nice to have

• Experience with both AWS and Azure, identity and access management, or analyst and presales engineering work.
• SQL, Athena, QuickSight, Power BI, Azure Synapse, or command-line skills.