Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer
Peraton · UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE, US
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## Responsibilities - Serve as the primary **FinOps financial operations authority** for a multi-environment **AWS** cloud platform supporting **50+ software developers**, **20 business analysts**, and Government stakeholders. - Own end-to-end cloud cost management following the **FinOps Foundation** framework: **Inform → Optimize → Operate**. - Produce **monthly FinOps reports** (cloud + AI consumption forecasts vs. actuals, unit economics, and Government-facing chargeback views aligned to contract deliverables). - Configure and manage **AWS Budgets**, **Cost Explorer**, **Cost Anomaly Detection**, and **Trusted Advisor** to monitor spend, identify anomalies, and enforce financial guardrails. - Develop and maintain **quarterly rightsizing recommendation packages** (identify underutilized/over-provisioned resources and present actionable optimization strategies). - Implement and enforce **auto-suspend policies** for non-production environments to reduce idle consumption costs (as directed by the customer). - Manage **AI/ML cost tracking** for **Amazon Bedrock** (LLM inference and token consumption) using FinOps for AI disciplines. - Issue **Limitation of Funds** notifications to the Contracting Officer at the **75% consumption** threshold and provide **60-day advance warning** before funding exhaustion. - Maintain compliance with **FedRAMP Moderate**, **FISMA**, **NIST SP 800-53**, and applicable DOI security and financial policies. - Complete required annual **DOI IT Security Awareness Training** and follow DOI Rules of Behavior and non-disclosure agreements. ## Work Location - **Remote** ## Qualifications ### Basic Qualifications - **U.S. Citizenship required**; must be able to obtain and maintain a **Public Trust** clearance; work must be performed **within the United States** (no international work). - Education + experience (one of the following): - Bachelor’s + **8** years - Master’s + **6** years - PhD + **3** years - Associate’s + **10** years - High school diploma/equivalent + **12** years - **5+ years** hands-on cloud engineering experience, including **2+ years** focused on **cloud financial management (FinOps)**. - Demonstrated knowledge of **FinOps Foundation best practices** for cloud and AI (including **tokenomics**, **FOCUS**, and **tagging strategies**). - Experience managing **AWS cost attribution**, **budgets**, and **financial reporting** in a **multi-account, multi-environment** AWS Organization. - Proven ability to build and deliver recurring cloud consumption reports and cost optimization deliverables for Government or enterprise clients. - Advanced proficiency with AWS cost management tools: **Cost Explorer**, **AWS Budgets**, **Cost Anomaly Detection**, **Trusted Advisor**. - Understanding of **Amazon Bedrock** (or other LLM/AI token-based cost models). - Experience with **Databricks** (or similar) for data platform cost management. - Ability to present financial data clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Experience supporting U.S. federal programs with **FedRAMP/FISMA/NIST SP 800-53** compliance. - One or more certifications (or able to obtain within **90 days**): - **AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional** - **AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional** - **FinOps Certified Engineer** ### Preferred Qualifications - FinOps for AI/ML cost management experience (token metering, inference optimization). - Databricks cluster cost governance and worksp
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