Remote Cloud FinOps Architect: Cost Optimization Lead

Zoho; United States; Remote; USD 6,900 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

Fyerx is seeking an experienced Cloud FinOps / Cost Optimization Specialist to lead financial governance and unit economics for a multi-million dollar public cloud infra. You will analyze cloud telemetry, audit waste, negotiate pricing limits, and systematically reduce expenditures without impacting performance.

The role requires 5–9 years in related fields and FinOps certification; remote contract work with international scope.

Qualifications

• 5 to 9 years of core systems engineering, IT financial management, or cloud DevOps experience.
• 3+ dedicated years actively designing governance structures within Cloud FinOps models.
• Strong technical mastery of cloud billing architectures, data analytics (SQL, Athena), and cost management engines.
• Mandatory certification: FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern Cloud FinOps frameworks across AWS, Azure, and GCP, establishing cost-allocation structures and unit economics guardrails.
• Analyze cloud billing telemetry and usage trends to identify idle resources and unoptimized pathways.
• Orchestrate commitment management lifecycles with Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances for discounts.
• Build automated cost governance alerts and forecasting models with policy-as-code rules.
• Lead cross-functional cloud cost efficiency sprints with DevOps/SRE teams for remediation tasks.
• Establish multi-tenant cost visibility dashboards (CloudHealth, Vantage, AWS Cost Explorer).
• Coordinate cloud vendor pricing and enterprise agreement reviews for negotiations.

Skills

Cloud FinOps

Cost optimization

SQL

Athena

Policy as code

Python

Bash

Terraform

Kubernetes

Tools

CloudHealth

Vantage

AWS Cost Explorer

Terraform

Job description

Fyerx is seeking an experienced Cloud FinOps / Cost Optimization Specialist to lead financial governance and unit economics for a multi-million dollar public cloud infra. You will analyze cloud telemetry, audit waste, negotiate pricing limits, and systematically reduce expenditures without impacting performance.

The role requires 5–9 years in related fields and FinOps certification; remote contract work with international scope.