Senior FinOps Engineer - Remote Cloud Cost & AI Automation

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

FinOps Weekly is seeking a Sr. FinOps Engineer to advance cloud financial management across AWS, AliCloud, and Azure. The role emphasizes automation, tagging compliance, budget controls, anomaly guardrails, and AI-enabled cost optimization.

You will partner with Engineering, Finance, Product, Architecture, Security, and Procurement to deliver measurable cloud savings and governance for AI/GenAI workloads.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT experience with cloud expertise.
• Experience with AWS, AliCloud, and Azure.
• Strong OS scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash).
• Proven track record in FinOps or cloud cost optimization strategies.
• Familiarity with AI/ML cost management and stakeholder leadership.

Responsibilities

• Analyze cloud usage and resource utilization to identify cost-improvement opportunities.
• Build automation for tagging, budget controls, anomaly guardrails, and workload optimization.
• Design and implement AI-enabled FinOps capabilities to improve cost visibility.
• Establish FinOps governance for AI/ML and GenAI workloads.
• Implement cost trend analysis and anomaly detection tools.
• Support forecasting, chargeback/showback, and unit economics efforts.
• Collaborate with Finance and business teams to align cloud spend with budget.

Skills

Cloud cost optimization

Multi-cloud platforms

Python scripting

Bash scripting

GenAI cost mgmt

Stakeholder leadership

Job description

FinOps Weekly is seeking a Sr. FinOps Engineer to advance cloud financial management across AWS, AliCloud, and Azure. The role emphasizes automation, tagging compliance, budget controls, anomaly guardrails, and AI-enabled cost optimization.

You will partner with Engineering, Finance, Product, Architecture, Security, and Procurement to deliver measurable cloud savings and governance for AI/GenAI workloads.