Verisk · 1 day ago
Cloud FinOps Senior Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years expVerisk is a leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry. They are seeking a Cloud FinOps Senior Engineer to identify cost optimization opportunities in the cloud and drive change to cloud costs while supporting existing FinOps practices for AWS and Azure.
AnalyticsFinancial ServicesHealth CareInformation ServicesInsurancePublic RelationsRisk Management
Responsibilities
Research into AWS cloud service offerings on an ongoing basis to present new angles for cost optimization of each cloud service
Lead initiatives to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through rightsizing, reserved instances, and workload scheduling
Lead architecture reviews with a strong focus on cloud best practices, providing technical leadership across enterprise initiatives including platform rationalization, infrastructure modernization, and data architecture optimization
Serve as a strategic advisor to engineering, product, and finance teams on cloud cost implications, trade-offs and best practices
Maintain deep awareness of cloud pricing models, FinOps best practices, and emerging technologies such as Generative AI, Agentic AI and Model Context Protocols (MCPs)
Leverage the AWS CLI to retrieve metadata to identify additional information necessary for cost transparency
Support the Densify product and interpret analysis to suggest actionable items
Develop processes to identify cost transparency in AWS and Azure
Create KPIs as a measure of cost optimization in the cloud
Mentor engineers and technical leads on design best practices and emerging technologies
Support the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) platform in Athena and PowerBI
Learn the financial side of FinOps to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to cloud cost optimization
Learn and influence on the ongoing development of our mature, homegrown FinOps solution
Propose and implement new CUR architecture to address challenges in managing the large dataset
Present cloud financials and cloud cost optimization opportunities
Estimate cloud costs for migrations to the cloud
Qualification
Preferred
7+ years of experience in support of technology infrastructure or system architect
5+ years of experience in understanding CPU, memory, and performance metrics
2+ years of experience writing SQL
Demonstrated experience integrating and thoughtfully applying AI to enhance workflows, decision-making, and problem-solving, including the use of AI-enabled tools, automation, insight generation, and evaluation of AI's broader impact on the function or industry
Strong communication and presentation skills
Ability to build relationships to drive change
Proactive and self-driven mindset
AWS cloud experience preferred
FinOps and/or AWS Certifications preferred
Python experience preferred
Benefits
Health Insurance
A Retirement Plan
Disability benefits
A Paid Time Off program
Company
Verisk
Verisk Analytics is a data analytics and risk assessment firm for the insurance sector.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.4B2025-08-07Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2023-03-03Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Lee Shavel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Eli Schwarz
Chief Strategy Officer @ Verisk Marketing Solutions
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