General Dynamics Information Technology

Cloud Cost Analyst – Cloud FinOps

General Dynamics Information Technology

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $97,968 - $132,250 per year

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About the role

  • Collaborate with architects and clients to establish cloud economics tools and platforms based on Federal and Industry Cloud FinOps best practices
  • Develop agency and program-specific framework for FinOps principals, personas (roles), domains (areas of focus) and roadmap for Cloud FinOps to provide financial recommendations for cloud usage
  • Create and present financial models and reports
  • Continuously monitor cost of services and perform Total Cost of Ownership studies
  • Lead technical and financial analysis to help Business and Product Owners determine the impact of cloud hosting by identifying cost savings design options and usage trends that impact projected spending
  • Maintain current knowledge of relevant AWS optimization techniques, best practices, policies, and procedures to share in meetings with NIAID leadership, product teams, and infrastructure engineers
  • Help develop the billing and analytics engines of the centralized decision-making portal

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s and 5+ years of related experience
  • 5+ years of experience with Cloud Systems (AWS)
  • 3+ years of Cloud Financial/Economics experience
  • 5+ years of experience working with senior business and product owners to develop business cases, perform value and TCO analysis, and identify and implement cost optimization techniques for cloud infrastructure and applications
  • Experience in developing and presenting reports that quantify the cost benefits of different design options for running applications in cloud
  • Experience using AWS native optimization tools, such as AWS Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, and/or Amazon QuickSight
  • Must be able to obtain NIH Public Trust
Benefits
  • a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
  • dental plan options
  • a vision plan
  • a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
  • full flex work weeks where possible
  • a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
  • 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year
  • paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire
  • the GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
  • short and long-term disability benefits
  • life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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Hard Skills & Tools
Cloud Financial/EconomicsTotal Cost of Ownership analysiscost optimization techniquesfinancial modelingreportingAWS optimization techniquescloud economicsfinancial recommendationsdata analysiscost savings design options
Soft Skills
collaborationpresentation skillsleadershipcommunicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsstakeholder engagementstrategic thinking
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeNIH Public Trust