Remote AWS FinOps Engineer: Cost Optimization & Analytics

Koniag Government Services; Chantilly (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Commuter benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a skilled AWS FinOps Engineer to optimize cloud spend and deliver cost visibility for a government audience. This is a remote role with opportunities to work on mission-critical projects using advanced analytics.

Ideal candidates will forecast, build dashboards, and automate governance while collaborating with engineering and finance to drive cost-efficient cloud usage across AWS services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud cost optimization, FinOps, or cloud engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cost tooling (Cost Explorer, CUR, Budgets) and at least one FinOps platform or BI tool.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and scripting (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
• Proven ability to translate technical usage into financial insight and to communicate with engineers and finance leaders.
• Working knowledge of FinOps principles and the Inform, Optimize, Operate lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and monitor spend using Cost Explorer, CUR, and Budgets.
• Identify idle/orphaned resources and quantify savings.
• Manage Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and Spot usage to maximize discount.
• Build dashboards and show back/chargeback reporting for engineering, finance, and leadership.
• Forecast, budget, and variance analysis with Finance on planning cycles.
• Detect anomalies and lead remediation of unexpected spend.
• Enforce tagging standards and account structure for cost mapping.
• Automate controls with Terraform/CloudFormation and scripting; integrate cost checks into CI/CD.
• Advise on cost-efficient architecture including Kubernetes/EKS and serverless.
• Define FinOps KPIs and lead stakeholder reviews.

Skills

AWS FinOps

Cost optimization

Cost tooling

Python

Bash

CI/CD

Kubernetes/EKS

SQL

Forecasting

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, Statistics, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubecost

Kubernetes

Athena

Power BI

Tableau

QuickSight

CloudHealth

Cloudability

CloudZero

Job description

Koniag IT Systems, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a skilled AWS FinOps Engineer to optimize cloud spend and deliver cost visibility for a government audience. This is a remote role with opportunities to work on mission-critical projects using advanced analytics.

Ideal candidates will forecast, build dashboards, and automate governance while collaborating with engineering and finance to drive cost-efficient cloud usage across AWS services.