[Remote] FinOps Engineer / Cloud Financial Analyst | Remote Contract Opportunity | Fastwater Staffing
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HIKINEX is seeking a FinOps Engineer / Cloud Financial Analyst to support a confidential client in optimizing AWS cloud spending. The role involves analyzing cloud costs, identifying optimization opportunities, and implementing FinOps best practices to enhance cloud efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and optimize AWS cloud costs across multi-account environments
- Identify savings opportunities through rightsizing, Reserved Instances (RI), and Savings Plans
- Monitor cloud spending using AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
- Develop and maintain cost allocation and tagging strategies
- Generate insights using AWS Cost & Usage Reports (CUR)
- Utilize AWS Trusted Advisor and Cost Optimization Hub to improve cloud efficiency
- Collaborate with engineering and finance teams on cloud cost optimization initiatives
- Support governance across AWS Organizations
Skills
- 3+ years of AWS Cloud Operations or FinOps experience
- Hands-on experience with AWS Cost Optimization & Rightsizing
- Hands-on experience with Reserved Instances (RI) & Savings Plans
- Hands-on experience with Cost Allocation & Tagging
- Hands-on experience with AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
- Hands-on experience with AWS Trusted Advisor / Cost Optimization Hub
- Hands-on experience with AWS Cost & Usage Reports (CUR)
- Hands-on experience with AWS Organizations (Multi-Account Environments)
- Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship
- Must be willing to undergo fingerprinting as part of the onboarding process
- Must successfully complete a government background investigation (CJIS-type clearance)
- FinOps Certified Practitioner certification
- One or more AWS Certifications
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