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Gorilla Logic · 3 weeks ago

Cloud Cost Engineer- GP, Remote: Colombia - Costa Rica, Fulltime.

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
date4+ years exp

Gorilla Logic is looking for a Cloud Cost Engineer to own and optimize the cost efficiency of their AWS infrastructure. The role involves collaborating with various teams to improve visibility, automate savings, and implement FinOps principles in cloud operations.

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Responsibilities

Build and maintain AWS cost dashboards (FinOut or CloudZero) with service-level and team-level breakdowns
Implement and enforce cost allocation tagging policies across accounts and namespaces
Develop real-time spend monitoring and anomaly detection
Identify and drive compute, storage, and network optimizations, including: ○ EC2 right-sizing and Savings Plans coverage
EKS cluster node mix optimization (Spot/On-Demand balance)
S3 lifecycle policies and Glacier transitions
EBS volume cleanups and resizing
RDS/Aurora instance class tuning
Partner with Capacity Engineering to enhance cluster auto-scaling, node pooling, and container rightsizing strategies
Automate optimization tasks via Terraform or Cloud Custodian
Champion FinOps culture across engineering teams — shared responsibility for cloud efficiency
Partner with Finance to translate cloud metrics into business KPIs (cost per customer, cost per request)
Develop internal documentation and runbooks for cost-aware engineering practices

Qualification

AWS expertiseTerraformCost optimizationEKS (Kubernetes)Data analysis (SQL)FinOps principlesProgramming (Python)AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectFinOps Certified Practitioner

Required

4–6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering with strong AWS expertise
Knowledge of EKS (Kubernetes) and its resource management internals
Proficiency with Terraform or CloudFormation
Skilled with AWS Cost Explorer, Athena, CloudWatch, and Billing/Usage Reports (CUR) or a third party tool like CloudZero or FinOut
Hands-on experience optimizing: EC2, EBS, S3, RDS, EKS, and CloudFront costs
Savings Plans / Reserved Instances management
Spot Fleet / EC2 Auto Scaling / Graviton migrations
Programming experience (Python, Go, or Bash) for automation and data analysis
Strong data analysis skills — SQL, Athena, or cost data exports

Preferred

Experience deploying FinOut, CloudZero or AWS Compute Optimizer
Familiarity with FinOps Framework principles (Inform, Optimize, Operate)
Exposure to AWS Budgets and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or FinOps Certified Practitioner

Company

Gorilla Logic

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Gorilla Logic provides custom application development services on the ground and in the cloud to many of the world's leading
dateFounded in 2002
location
Boulder, Colorado, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
https://www.gorillalogic.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
Sverica Capital
2018-10-25Private Equity

Leadership Team

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Roberto Billa
Chief Financial Officer
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