Arctic Wolf · 5 hours ago

Lead FinOps Specialist

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

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Responsibilities

Conduct in-depth analyses of cloud spend across services and environments to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend optimizations.

Develop predictive financial models to project cloud spend based on usage trends, application growth, and strategic initiatives.

Utilize tools like AWS QuickSight, CloudWatch, and Cost Explorer to track, analyze, and project spend for various breakdowns of cloud spend.

Partner with R&D, finance, and business teams to align cloud cost initiatives with organizational goals and operational requirements.

Own cost anomaly detection, alerting, and response processes, partnering with engineering teams to confirm root causes and validate resolutions.

Partner with finance teams to develop cost forecasts and projections, compare forecasts to actual spend and understand causes where there are differences.

Oversee commitment-based discounts (CSPs, RIs, etc.), managing procurement, monitoring usage, and optimizing renewals.

Audit and enforce comprehensive cloud cost governance policies, ensuring adherence across business units and instilling cost-conscious practices.

Iterate on cost management processes by implementing new tools, refining existing workflows, and incorporating feedback to keep pace with evolving cloud technologies and usage patterns.

Act as a team representative in cross-functional initiatives.

Maintain and administer our cloud cost reporting platform.

Manage cloud vendor discount plan commitments and purchases.

Qualification

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Cloud cost reportingData analysisAWS cloud servicesFinancial modelingAWS QuickSightCost optimizationStakeholder collaborationCost anomaly managementForecastingSavings plan managementPolicy creationContinuous improvementPythonSQLBI toolsCloud expense managementCapacity planning

Required

Fluent in data, finance, and tech.

Excellent written and oral communication skills and a proactive nature.

Strong analytical skills with experience using data analysis tools.

Practical knowledge and experience with AWS products and services, pricing models and cost management capabilities.

Proficient in gathering information from various sources, combining, analyzing, presenting the results and linking them to the larger context and business outcomes.

Strong attention to detail, ability to identify discrepancies and outliers.

Experience designing reporting and monitoring to ensure awareness of cost trends and drivers.

Have developed and maintained complex models to explain and accurately predict cost.

Experience in cloud expense reporting and management using FinOps disciplines within a cloud platform.