Principal Cloud FinOps Engineer

2 Days ago • 7 Years +

About the job

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Who are we?

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008.

About the role

As a FinOps Engineer, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing our cloud spend. You will be reporting to Head of FinOps and work closely with VP of Technology Strategy, engineering leaders in the organisation. You will be responsible for reporting cloud cost consumption and bring financial transparency across our cloud services. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, hands-on experience with AWS cloud platforms, and a solid understanding of FinOps principles.

Responsibilities

Work directly with various engineering, products and finance teams
Strong understanding of FinOps governance, tooling and cost reporting including unit cost calculations.
Close collaboration with different external public cloud providers to manage hosting costs.
Establish principes on cost visibility reports and dashboards using cloud native and third-party tools.
Implement and monitor cost anomaly in complex architecture in a large-scale deployment.
Work with financial teams on production-related budgets and forecasts.
Create financial models to calculate TCO of new products/projects.
Partner with the development, support and DevOps and Info Sec teams to encourage financial responsibility.
Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in cloud cost optimization and FinOps methodologies.

Qualifications:

7+ years of experience as a Cloud FinOps Engineer
A cloud engineer with a strong knowledge of public Cloud Operating Model, Observability, Cloud infrastructure, Networking Architecture, Containers and Microservices
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification preferred.
FinOps Certified Engineer or Practitioner – Desirable.

About our culture

Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.