Job description
- 12 month + contract
- Can be located in either Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney CBD
- Hybrid working - 3 days onsite
- Must be an Australian citizen to be eligible for this role
- Must have baseline clearance and ability to get NV1.
A FinOps Analyst will manage AWS financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimisation, while being proficient in AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of AWS pricing models, extensive experience with AWS services, strong skills in cloud cost management, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams to align AWS usage with business objectives and financial goals
Mandatory / Non negotiable Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience in managing AWS financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
- Highly proficient in using AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
- Deep understanding of AWS pricing models, including Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances.
- Extensive experience with AWS services, including Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, S3, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Glue, Lambda, and Kinesis. Ability to interact with these services to obtain and analyze data.
- Proficiency in scripting/coding to retrieve, manipulate, and collate platform data, automate logic and queries, and deploy changes via pipelines. Understanding of how these skills apply to cloud services, tagging, and their functions.
- Strong skills in cloud cost management, monitoring, reporting, and optimization. Ability to investigate, identify, and resolve/recommend cost activities using FinOps practices and processes.
- Ability to generate and analyze financial reports within AWS to provide insights and recommendations for cost savings and efficiency improvements.
- Experience working with cross functional teams, including but not limited to engineering, operations, and finance teams to align AWS usage with business objectives and financial goals.
- Knowledge of industry best practices for FinOps, including cost allocation, chargeback/showback, and AWS financial governance.
- Government Clearance: Must have baseline clearance and ability to get NV1.
- Citizenship Requirement: Must be an Australian citizen to be eligible for this role.
To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Gizaille Shaheen on 03 86804305 or email: [email protected] and quote the above job reference number.
