AWS FinOps Engineer / Cloud Financial Analyst
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Aligned Technology Group
Baltimore, MD, US
Summary
The role focuses on optimizing and governing AWS cloud spend through rightsizing, tagging strategies, and cost anomaly detection. The engineer will deliver monthly optimization reports and educate customer teams on FinOps best practices.
Job Description
Position Overview
Aligned Technology Group is seeking a FinOps Engineer / Cloud Financial Analyst to help customers optimize and govern their AWS cloud spend. This role combines technical AWS expertise with financial analysis to identify cost savings opportunities, implement cloud financial management best practices, and drive operational efficiency across complex AWS environments.
Responsibilities
- Identify and implement AWS cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing, Reserved Instances, and Savings Plans
- Establish and enforce cloud cost allocation and tagging strategies
- Configure cost anomaly detection, alerting, and reporting capabilities
- Analyze recommendations from AWS Trusted Advisor and AWS Cost Optimization Hub
- Deliver monthly cost optimization reports and executive recommendations
- Educate customer teams on FinOps best practices and cloud financial management
- Support implementation of FinOps Foundation frameworks and standards
- Collaborate with engineering and finance teams to improve cloud governance
Qualifications
- 3+ years of AWS cloud operations, FinOps, or cloud financial management experience
- Strong understanding of AWS billing, Cost Explorer, CUR, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances
- Experience with cloud cost optimization and governance programs
- Knowledge of AWS Organizations and multi-account environments
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- FinOps Certified Practitioner preferred
- AWS certification preferred
Aligned Technology provides it's clients with value added services needed to successfully design, implement, and maintain agile practices that better align their efforts with the strategic goals and objectives of the company.
When it comes to implementing agile techniques, we take a holistic approach to identifying the systemic problems that may be currently inhibiting your productivity or quality, as these problems will only be amplified once you attempt to move to a more agile process. We then set out to define meaningful, measurable and achievable goals that will provide you with the expected results you are looking for.
Our mission is to collaborate with our clients to understand what the organization truly needs, and to make sure those agile practices are providing the expected ROI. We also ensure that whatever we do fits the culture of the organization and ties back with the clients core values.
Founded
2005
Company size
2-10 employees
Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Raleigh, North Carolina
Aligned Technology provides it's clients with value added services needed to successfully design, implement, and maintain agile practices that better align their efforts with the strategic goals and objectives of the company.
When it comes to implementing agile techniques, we take a holistic approach to identifying the systemic problems that may be currently inhibiting your productivity or quality, as these problems will only be amplified once you attempt to move to a more agile process. We then set out to define meaningful, measurable and achievable goals that will provide you with the expected results you are looking for.
Our mission is to collaborate with our clients to understand what the organization truly needs, and to make sure those agile practices are providing the expected ROI. We also ensure that whatever we do fits the culture of the organization and ties back with the clients core values.
Founded
2005
Company size
2-10 employees
Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Raleigh, North Carolina
