Remote Cloud FinOps Strategist — Cost Optimization

Peraton; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst to lead cloud financial operations across a large AWS environment, including GovCloud. You will turn usage data into actionable insights for engineering and finance, driving cost visibility, accountability, and optimization.

The role focuses on consolidating cost reporting, chargeback models, and fiscal-year projections while aligning with governance and SDLC practices. Remote-friendly role with EST hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience; a Master's degree with 6 years of experience, or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years of experience.
• 5+ years of financial analysis experience, with at least 3 years focused on cloud cost management on AWS.
• Proven experience implementing resource right-sizing at scale, with quantified cost outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience producing consolidated cost reports, chargeback models, and fiscal year projections.
• Proven experience participating in cloud architectural reviews and providing cost estimates for proposed designs.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in financial reporting and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Analyze usage data from AWS Cost Explorer and related tools to identify right-sizing opportunities across EC2, RDS, EBS, ELB, and containers.
• Develop prioritized right-sizing recommendations with quantified savings and partner with engineering owners to implement.
• Identify idle, orphaned, and overprovisioned resources and coordinate remediation with engineering teams.
• Manage Reserved Instance and Savings Plan strategy, including coverage analysis and lifecycle management.
• Reduce storage costs through S3 lifecycle policies, appropriate EBS types, and snapshot management.
• Establish a continuous optimization process to integrate cost efficiency into cloud operations.

Skills

Cloud FinOps

Cost optimization

Financial reporting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree (8+ yrs)

Master's degree (6+ yrs)

High school diploma + 12 yrs exp

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

Billing dashboards

GovCloud

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst to lead cloud financial operations across a large AWS environment, including GovCloud. You will turn usage data into actionable insights for engineering and finance, driving cost visibility, accountability, and optimization.

The role focuses on consolidating cost reporting, chargeback models, and fiscal-year projections while aligning with governance and SDLC practices. Remote-friendly role with EST hours.