Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer: AWS Cost Optimization Lead

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 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