Remote Senior Cloud FinOps & Analytics Engineer

Pearson; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to drive cloud cost analytics and FinOps insights. You will analyze multi-cloud spend, build dashboards, and collaborate with global teams to optimize cloud billing and governance. Strong Excel and cloud platform experience required; automation and data modeling are key to success.

This role is remote-friendly with competitive compensation. The position reports into Engineering and IT Finance, with involvement in quarterly cost reviews, KPI setting, and

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or master's degree in computer science, MIS, or data analytics.
• +5 years of experience in IT (Business Analytics, Project Management, IT Finance).

Responsibilities

• Produce insightful reports for multi-cloud platforms for management.
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to drive data insights.
• Support FinOps with goals, KPIs, data retrieval and modeling.
• Partner with Cloud Governance to map data processes for a single data source.
• Analyze and forecast cloud hosting costs.
• Provide cost optimization recommendations.
• Create and maintain month-end and quarter-end reports.
• Use Agile for planning and execution.
• Leverage tools to enable data-driven decisions.
• Gather requirements for automation projects and assess fit and costs.

Skills

Self-starting

Financial principles

Business analytics

Cross-functional teamwork

Apps environment

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Cloud platforms

Education

Undergraduate or master's degree in computer science, MIS, or data analytics

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

IBMCloud

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to drive cloud cost analytics and FinOps insights. You will analyze multi-cloud spend, build dashboards, and collaborate with global teams to optimize cloud billing and governance. Strong Excel and cloud platform experience required; automation and data modeling are key to success.

This role is remote-friendly with competitive compensation. The position reports into Engineering and IT Finance, with involvement in quarterly cost reviews, KPI setting, and