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Nintex ยท 9 hours ago

Staff FinOps Engineer - US

Nintex is a leader in process intelligence and automation, trusted by numerous organizations worldwide. They are seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer responsible for analyzing cloud and SaaS expenses, optimizing costs, and implementing FinOps practices to enhance financial oversight and efficiency in cloud usage.

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Responsibilities

Closely partner with Engineering teams to analyze cloud and SaaS data, spend trends to identify cost optimization and improved usage opportunities and create specific recommendations
Responsible for and input into the design and adherence to quality controls centered around FinOps
Work with the teams to ensure proper tagging and allocation of cloud resources for accurate cost tracking and reporting (both initially and ongoing)
Create FinOps focused knowledge articles/documentation and promote FinOps best practices/concepts to arm and empower teams
Recommend and/or implement strategies to optimize costs, such as right-sizing resources, purchasing reserved instances or savings plans, and shutting down unused resources
Provide input into and assist with the monitoring and reporting on cloud usage against budget and forecast, explore trends in cloud and SaaS spend. Assist with detecting, investigating, and escalating anomalies and unplanned spikes
Create reports, dashboards and alerts to track spending and usage trends and the potential impact of cost optimizations
Where required, assist in implementing, maintaining and governing the FinOps practice
Keep up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to FinOps
Implement a mechanism to attribute cloud and SaaS spends back to individual departments, projects, or teams
Recommend and/or implement automatic cost optimization strategies, such as shutting down non-production environments outside of working hours
Recommend and/or implement governance mechanisms to prevent wasteful resources
Collaborate with cloud and SaaS service providers to understand pricing models and discount opportunities
Where appropriate, negotiate contracts and pricing with vendors to ensure cost-effectiveness
Input into the mediation between competing technical priorities across teams

Qualification

Cloud FinOps engineeringCloud cost optimizationFinancial analysisSQL queryingPublic cloud knowledgeExcel skillsPowerPoint skillsCost management toolsContainerized environmentsAutomation languagesCost savings mindsetAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsPresentation skills

Required

2+ years of experience in Cloud FinOps engineering analysis and Cloud cost optimization
4+ years in cloud operations role managing Cloud environments, budgets, forecasts and implementing financial controls
Strong principles of financial analysis
Proven analytical skills and experience with cost optimization
Working knowledge of the public cloud providers
Ability to query, transform, analyze and summarize data efficiently and accurately
Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations
Excellent SQL querying, Excel and PowerPoint skills
Understanding of cloud cost management tools
Experienced in containerized environments, microservices, Terraform and serverless
Experience in one or more automation/development languages (PowerShell, Command Line Interface, Python)
Solid understanding of application architecture, network technologies, and infrastructure architecture
Experience working on multi-million-dollar environments
Cost savings and cost optimization mindset
Ability to drive savings

Preferred

FinOps Certified Practitioner/Associate/Professional from FinOps Foundation

Benefits

Global Gratitude and Recharge Days
Flexible, paid time off policy
Employee wellness programs and counseling resources
Meaningful peer recognition and awards
Paid parental leave
Invention/patenting assistance
Community impact, paid volunteer time, and opportunities
Intercultural learning and celebration
Multiple tools through which to learn and grow, and an incredible global community

Company

Nintex enables enterprise it professionals to more easily create and manage simple to sophisticated business processes.

H1B Sponsorship

Nintex has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (2)
2023 (1)
2021 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$135M
Key Investors
Harcourts ParamountThoma Bravo
2021-10-05Acquired
2019-11-13Corporate Round
2018-02-09Private Equity

Leadership Team

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Eric Emans
Chief Financial Officer
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Christian Lucarelli
Vice President, Global Partner Sales & Strategy
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