AWS FinOps Analyst
IT
Remote
USD 130k-150k / year
AWS FinOps Analyst
Location: Remote (East Coast Preferred) or Lebanon, NJ
Compensation: 130,000 - 150,000
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced AWS FinOps Analyst to lead cloud financial management and optimization initiatives across a large-scale AWS environment. This role will partner with Cloud Engineering, Platform Operations, Finance, and Executive stakeholders to improve cloud cost visibility, governance, and efficiency while supporting business growth.
The ideal candidate combines deep AWS technical expertise with strong financial acumen and a proven ability to identify, quantify, and execute cloud cost optimization opportunities. You will help drive FinOps maturity, maximize Reserved Instance and Savings Plan utilization, conduct AWS Well-Architected Reviews, and deliver measurable cloud savings through data-driven decision making.
What You'll Do
- Analyze enterprise AWS spending and identify opportunities to optimize cloud costs across compute, storage, databases, networking, containers, and serverless services.
- Lead AWS FinOps initiatives focused on cost transparency, accountability, forecasting, and governance.
- Conduct AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews, with an emphasis on the Cost Optimization Pillar.
- Develop business cases, ROI analyses, and executive-level recommendations for cloud optimization opportunities.
- Improve utilization and coverage of Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans.
- Create and maintain cloud financial dashboards, KPIs, and reporting for technology and business stakeholders.
- Design and support chargeback and showback models to improve cost ownership across application teams.
- Partner with Cloud Business Office, Platform Engineering, Finance, and Application teams to drive operational and financial accountability.
- Evaluate cloud consumption trends and provide forecasting, budgeting, and optimization guidance.
- Establish FinOps best practices and governance frameworks across multiple cloud value streams.
- Support Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives and cloud modernization efforts using Terraform and AWS native services.
Minimum Qualifications
- FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) and/or FOCUS Certified.
- 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud financial management, FinOps, or cloud cost optimization.
- Strong experience with AWS cost management services including:
- AWS Cost Explorer
- Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Cost Management tools
- Experience implementing cloud governance frameworks and financial accountability models.
- Strong understanding of:
- Cost allocation methodologies
- Chargeback and showback models
- Cloud financial management
- Unit economics and cloud cost analysis
- Experience working directly with executive stakeholders, business leaders, and cloud engineering teams.
- Hands-on AWS expertise across core platform services.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with CloudHealth, Cloudability, Apptio, or similar cloud cost management platforms.
- Expertise optimizing:
- EC2
- EKS
- ECS
- RDS
- Lambda
- S3
- EBS
- EFS
- Experience with resource rightsizing, utilization analysis, and cloud capacity planning.
- Strong Terraform experience.
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
- Ability to influence stakeholders across multiple business units and technology organizations.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate technical findings into business outcomes.