Senior FinOps SRE: Cloud Cost & AI Platform Automation

Nextens; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) with match

Wellbeing platform

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Nextens is seeking a FinOps Site Reliability Engineer to bridge engineering, operations, and financial governance by embedding cost optimization into infrastructure design, automation, and monitoring. You will optimize cloud spend across Azure and AWS while maintaining reliability.

The ideal candidate is cloud-native with hands-on Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, automation, and AI platform experience, capable of leading cost optimization initiatives and mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Proven experience implementing cloud automation and observability solutions.
• Experience leading cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or Generative AI platform capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives across Azure and AWS.
• Drive optimization initiatives involving compute, storage, AI workloads, networking, and managed services.
• Support enterprise AI, Generative AI, and machine learning platforms.
• Implement governance, monitoring, and financial accountability for AI services and GPU-enabled environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation solutions.
• Build CI/CD and GitOps capabilities that improve platform delivery and consistency.
• Eliminate manual processes through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Promote engineering efficiency through reusable patterns, templates, and tooling.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across cloud, FinOps, and platform initiatives.
• Lead technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and platform modernization efforts.
• Drive adoption of engineering, governance, and operational excellence standards.

Skills

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Observability

FinOps

AI platforms

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Observability tooling

Job description

Nextens is seeking a FinOps Site Reliability Engineer to bridge engineering, operations, and financial governance by embedding cost optimization into infrastructure design, automation, and monitoring. You will optimize cloud spend across Azure and AWS while maintaining reliability.

The ideal candidate is cloud-native with hands-on Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, automation, and AI platform experience, capable of leading cost optimization initiatives and mentoring engineers.