Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer

FinOps Weekly; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer to lead cloud financial operations across a multi-environment AWS platform supporting federal permitting modernization. You will own forecasting, cost reporting, and optimization, interfacing with government stakeholders and ensuring compliance with FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST standards.

Responsibilities include monthly FinOps reporting, rightsizing, and enforcing budget controls, while tracking AI/ML costs and implementing auto-suspend policies for

Qualifications

• 8+ years professional experience in cloud/FinOps roles.
• Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations and cost attribution.
• Vendor and stakeholder reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly FinOps reporting including forecasts, actuals, and chargeback views.
• Manage AWS cost controls using Budgets, Cost Explorer, and TrustAdvisor.
• Prepare rightsizing recommendations and present actions to Government stakeholders.
• Enforce auto-suspend policies for non-production environments.
• Track AI/ML usage costs including Bedrock token consumption.
• Maintain compliance with FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST policies.

Skills

FinOps

AWS cost management

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Cloud cost optimization

FedRAMP/NIST security compliance

Public Trust readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8 years

Master’s degree + 6 years

PhD + 3 years

Associate’s degree + 10 years

HS diploma + 12 years

Tools

AWS Budgets

Cost Explorer

Cost Anomaly Detection

Trusted Advisor

Databricks cost mgmt

Bedrock token cost models

Job description

Peraton is hiring a Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer to support the DOI USGS Permitting Modernization and Cloud Infrastructure program. This role serves as the primary financial operations authority for a multi-environment AWS platform supporting software developers, business analysts, and Government staff working on permitting modernization.

The position owns cloud cost management across the full FinOps lifecycle, from forecasting and reporting through optimization and budget enforcement. It operates in a high-visibility federal environment and supports the WARP platform, a cloud-native AWS system used to streamline permitting, authorizations, and registrations.

The role works within a distributed environment that includes cloud infrastructure, AI/ML services, and data-driven workflows. It also involves regular engagement with Government stakeholders and support for compliance requirements tied to federal cloud operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce monthly FinOps reporting, including cloud and AI consumption forecasts, actuals, unit economics, and chargeback views.
• Manage AWS cost controls using AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, Cost Anomaly Detection, and Trusted Advisor.
• Prepare quarterly rightsizing recommendations and present optimization actions to Government stakeholders.
• Implement and enforce auto-suspend policies for non-production environments to reduce idle spend.
• Track AI/ML usage costs, including Amazon Bedrock LLM inference and token consumption.
• Issue Limitation of Funds notifications at the 75% consumption threshold and provide 60-day advance notice before funding exhaustion.
• Maintain compliance with FedRAMP Moderate, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, and applicable DOI security and financial policies.
• Complete required DOI security training, rules of behavior, and non-disclosure requirements.

Required Skills

• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Ability to perform all work within the United States.
• One of the following education and experience combinations:
  • Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of professional experience
  • Master’s degree and 6 years of professional experience
  • PhD and 3 years of professional experience
  • Associate’s degree and 10 years of professional experience
  • High school diploma or equivalent and 12 years of professional experience
• 5+ years of cloud engineering experience, including at least 2 years in cloud financial management (FinOps).
• Knowledge of FinOps Foundation best practices for cloud and AI, including Tokenomics, FOCUS, and tagging strategies.
• Experience with AWS cost attribution, budgets, and financial reporting in a multi-account, multi-environment AWS Organization.
• Ability to build recurring cloud consumption reports and cost optimization deliverables for Government or enterprise clients.
• Advanced proficiency with AWS cost management tools, including Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, Cost Anomaly Detection, and Trusted Advisor.
• Understanding of Amazon Bedrock or other token-based AI/LLM cost models.
• Experience with Databricks or a similar data platform cost management.
• Ability to present financial data clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience supporting U.S. federal government programs with FedRAMP, FISMA, or NIST SP 800-53 requirements.
• One or more of the following certifications, or ability to obtain within 90 days:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • FinOps Certified Engineer
  • FinOps Certified AI Value

Preferred Skills

• Experience with FinOps for AI/ML cost management, including token metering and inference optimization.
• Familiarity with Databricks cluster cost governance and workspace administration.
• Familiarity with AWS Organizations, tag policies, and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
• Familiarity with AWS compute services, including EC2, Lambda, Fargate, and ECS/EKS, and their cost drivers.
• Familiarity with ETL pipelines and medallion architecture cost considerations.
• Experience with third-party cloud financial management tools such as IBM Cloudability and Flexera.
• Prior experience on a DOI, USGS, or other Department of the Interior program.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum using GitLab or Atlassian Jira/Confluence.
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-37 (RMF), or NIST SP 800-64 (SDLC security).
• Experience with cloud governance frameworks in multi-AZ or multi-region AWS deployments.
• Background in data engineering or analytics platforms such as Databricks or AWS Glue.
• Familiarity with federal acquisition regulations, especially reporting and notification requirements under T&M contract vehicles.

Cloud Providers

• AWS
• Amazon Bedrock

FinOps Platforms

• AWS Budgets
• AWS Cost Explorer
• AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• IBM Cloudability
• Flexera
• CloudCheckr

AWS Services

• EC2
• Lambda
• Fargate
• ECS
• EKS
• AWS Organizations
• Service Control Policies (SCPs)
• Tag policies

FinOps Responsibilities

• Forecast cloud and AI consumption and compare forecasts against actual usage.
• Produce unit economics and Government-facing chargeback reporting.
• Monitor spending and detect anomalies using AWS cost management tools.
• Identify underutilized or over-provisioned resources and recommend rightsizing actions.
• Enforce budget controls and financial guardrails across the AWS environment.
• Reduce idle spend through automation of non-production environment suspension.
• Track and manage AI/ML consumption costs for Amazon Bedrock and related token-based workloads.
• Support funding oversight by issuing Limitation of Funds notifications and advance warning of budget exhaustion.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Health savings account
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employee assistance program
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Paid time off for vacation
• Company-paid holidays
• Eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on position

Useful Links

• Company Website: https://peraton.com
• Benefits: https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to own FinOps for a mission-critical AWS environment supporting federal permitting modernization. It combines cloud financial management, AI/ML cost tracking, and stakeholder-facing reporting in a regulated government setting. The position is well suited to candidates with deep AWS and FinOps experience who want to apply those skills to a visible public-sector program.