Managed Services Cloud Engineer – FinOps

Thinkahead Consultant Psychologist Pty Ltd

Managed Services Cloud Engineer supporting cloud financial management and optimization across AWS, Azure, OCI, and/or GCP. Collaborating with clients to enhance visibility and cost efficiency.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $115,000 - $125,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonServiceNowSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze cloud spend, usage trends, allocation accuracy, anomalies, and optimization opportunities across AWS, Azure, OCI, and/or GCP using native tooling and approved third-party FinOps platforms.
Identify, quantify, prioritize, and help drive optimization opportunities including rightsizing, idle resource cleanup, storage optimization, licensing alignment, commitment-based savings, and scheduling strategies.
Develop financially grounded findings and recommendations that translate technical observations into clear business value for engineering, finance, procurement, and operational stakeholders.
Create dashboards, reports, budgets, forecasts, showback and chargeback views, executive summaries, and recurring service review content for internal and customer-facing use.
Support cost allocation and tagging activities including governance standards, mapping logic, reporting accuracy, inherited tag strategies, and handling of non-taggable resources.
Partner with CloudOps, platform, application, finance, procurement, and client stakeholders to support implementation of recommendations and validate realized outcomes.
Support onboarding of new clients, accounts, subscriptions, projects, and billing data sources into approved FinOps tooling, reporting workflows, and governance structures.
Perform data validation and reconciliation across billing exports, connectors, cost datasets, and reporting models to improve trust in reported values.
Use spreadsheets, reporting tools, scripting, automation, and process standardization to reduce manual effort, improve repeatability, and increase delivery quality and scale.
Maintain timely ticket updates, work documentation, meeting follow-ups, and internal or customer communications in accordance with service delivery expectations.
Stay current on cloud pricing models, FinOps best practices, and service capabilities while helping refine how the organization delivers cloud cost optimization and advisory services.
Provide occasional after-hours support for client meetings, reporting deadlines, change windows, critical incidents, or urgent cost-related issues when required.
Other job duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum Required - Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, finance, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and practical experience.
3+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud engineering, cloud operations, infrastructure support, cloud cost management, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated experience supporting multi-account, multi-subscription, or enterprise cloud environments.
Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud provider; strong Azure or AWS experience preferred, with GCP exposure considered a plus.
Experience using cloud cost management, billing analysis, or reporting platforms, whether native cloud tools or approved third-party solutions.
Experience in a customer-facing, stakeholder-facing, consulting, or service delivery role with responsibility for presenting findings and recommendations.
Strong analytical, spreadsheet, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a shared services or multi-client environment.
Preferred - Experience working in a managed services, consulting, or outsourced service delivery environment.
Experience supporting more than one public cloud provider in a FinOps or cost optimization capacity.
Relevant certifications such as FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications.
Experience with platforms such as Harness CCM, Apptio Cloudability, CloudZero, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or PowerShell.
Experience with forecasting, budgeting, allocation methodologies, showback or chargeback models, commitment planning, and savings realization tracking.
Familiarity with ticketing and workflow platforms such as ServiceNow, Jira, or similar tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
401(k)
Paid company holidays
Paid time off
Paid parental and caregiver leave
Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.

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Hard Skills & Tools

FinOpscloud engineeringcloud operationscloud cost managementdata validationreportingbudgetingforecastingscriptingautomation

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillsstakeholder managementmulti-priority managementcustomer-facing experienceconsulting experienceservice deliveryorganizational skillscollaboration

Certifications

FinOps Certified PractitionerAWS certificationAzure certificationGCP certification