Senior Cloud Finance Engineer

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); In loco; USD 130.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Health savings account

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Employee assistance program

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid time off for vacation

Company-paid holidays

Overtime eligibility

Descrizione del lavoro

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cloud Finance Engineer to support the DOL ITOM program, focusing on translating cloud architecture reviews into accurate cost estimates and improving spending visibility. You will develop recurring financial reporting, chargeback models, and fiscal year projections, collaborating with finance, IT, and engineering to align cloud cost management with budget objectives.

This role requires U.S.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience, or higher with related field.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• 5+ years of financial or business analysis experience.
• 3+ years of cloud cost management experience and cost estimation.

Mansioni

• Participate in cloud architectural reviews and provide financial analysis.
• Prepare detailed cost estimates for cloud resources.
• Produce monthly cloud spend reports and usage trends.
• Design chargeback models for cost allocation by business unit.
• Develop fiscal year projections and burndown charts; monitor budget utilization.

Conoscenze

Cloud cost management

Financial analysis

Cost estimation

Excel skills

Scripting (bash/python)

Public Trust clearance

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree + 8+ years

Master’s degree + 6+ years

High school diploma/GED + 12+ years

Strumenti

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management

Google Cloud Billing

Microsoft Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

# Senior Cloud Finance Engineer## About the RolePeraton is seeking a Senior Cloud Finance Engineer to support the DOL ITOM program. This role focuses on reviewing cloud architecture from a financial perspective and translating those reviews into accurate cost estimates for cloud resources.The position is designed to improve cloud spending visibility, support planning and forecasting, and help teams make financially informed decisions. It works across finance, IT, and engineering to align cloud cost management with broader business and budget objectives.In this role, you will also develop recurring financial reporting, build chargeback models, and track budget utilization through fiscal year projections and burndown analysis. The work supports cloud governance, cost control, and informed decision-making across the program.## Key Responsibilities– Participate in cloud architectural reviews and provide financial analysis to support cost estimation – Prepare detailed cost estimates for cloud resources – Produce monthly financial reports covering cloud spend, usage trends, and optimization opportunities – Design and implement chargeback models for cloud cost allocation by business unit – Develop fiscal year spending projections and maintain burndown charts – Identify cost savings opportunities and recommend optimization actions – Analyze cloud spending patterns to support strategic decisions – Collaborate with finance, IT, and engineering teams on cloud financial planning – Support compliance with financial policies, cloud governance frameworks, and industry best practices – Use cloud cost management tools and Excel to monitor, analyze, and report on cloud expenditures## Required Skills– Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience, master’s degree with 6+ years of experience, or high school diploma/GED with 12+ years of related experience – U.S. citizenship – Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance – 5+ years of experience in financial or business analysis – At least 3 years of experience focused on cloud cost management – Experience preparing cost estimates for cloud resources – Experience participating in cloud architectural reviews – Experience creating chargeback models and fiscal year projections – Strong understanding of application architecture, design, and networking for cloud-hosted applications – Experience building and modifying complex Excel workbooks and formulas – Understanding of scripting and object-oriented programming is encouraged## Cloud Platforms & Technologies### Cloud Providers – AWS – Azure – Google Cloud### FinOps Platforms – AWS Cost Explorer – Azure Cost Management – Google Cloud Billing### Collaboration Tools – Microsoft Excel## FinOps Responsibilities– Support cloud architectural reviews with financial analysis and cost estimation – Deliver monthly reporting on cloud spend, usage trends, and optimization opportunities – Build chargeback models to allocate costs to business units – Create fiscal year projections and burndown charts – Identify opportunities to reduce cloud spending – Analyze spend patterns to inform financial decision-making – Use cloud cost management tools to monitor and report on cloud expenses – Support compliance with cloud governance and financial policies## Benefits– Medical insurance – Dental insurance – Vision insurance – Life insurance – Health savings account – Short-term disability – Long-term disability – Employee assistance program – Parental leave – 401(k) – Paid time off for vacation – Company-paid holidays – May be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus depending on the position## Useful Links– Benefits: https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits## Why You Might Be InterestedThis role offers the opportunity to apply cloud finance expertise in a position that combines architectural review, cost estimation, reporting, and forecasting. It is well suited to professionals who enjoy working across finance, IT, and engineering to improve cost visibility and support better spending decisions. The position also includes responsibility for chargeback modeling, budget tracking, and cloud cost analysis across multiple major cloud platforms.