Software Engineer 3 - Cloud FinOps

What success looks like in this role: Position Overview: As a Cloud FinOps Engineer you are responsible for collecting and analyzing financial information related to the organization's cloud expenses, seeking ways to improve the accuracy of budgets and forecasts, and saving the cost of assigned departments and projects. You will work as part of a team to implement and maintain FinOps practices and methodologies, with a focus on analyzing cloud usage and spending data to identify areas for cost optimization. In addition, you are responsible for overseeing the planning and implementation of cloud strategies for services within our various cloud environments, including guidance on deployment best practices, governance, and cost-management policies. You are required to possess excellent math, accounting, and analytical skills to succeed. In terms of academic qualifications, cost analysts have a bachelor's degree with strong business or financial training, such as finance, accounting, or business administration. Responsibilities: Analyze cloud data to identify cost optimization and usage opportunities and create specific recommendations; review those recommendations with clients Monitor and report on cloud usage against budget and forecast, explore trends in cloud spend Create reports, dashboards and alerts to track spending and usage trends and the potential impact of cost optimizations Closely partner with Engineering teams to understand Cloud business processes and cost drivers Where needed, assist in implementing, maintaining and governing the FinOps service Work with the technical teams (both internal and client) to ensure proper tagging and allocation of cloud resources for accurate cost tracking and reporting (both initially and ongoing) Monitor cloud consumption at the account level to detect, investigate, and escalate anomalies and unplanned spikes. Work with the Finance Controller to ensure cloud billing data is processed and billed correctly You will be successful in this role if you have: 1 years of experience in Cloud FinOps engineering analysis and Cloud cost optimization 2 years in cloud operations role managing Cloud environments, budgets, forecasts and implementing financial controls. LI-HS1 This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government. Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law. This commitment includes our efforts to provide for all those who seek to express interest in employment the opportunity to participate without barriers. If you are a US job seeker unable to review the job opportunities herein, or cannot otherwise complete your expression of interest, without additional assistance and would like to discuss a request for reasonable accommodation, please contact our Global Recruiting organization at GlobalRecruitingunisys.com or alternatively Toll Free: 888-560-1782 (Prompt 4). US job seekers can find more information about Unisys' EEO commitment here. Unisys is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Females/ Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/ Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity