GO TO SEARCHLead AWS Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer
Amazon Web Services, AWS Cloud Adoption Framework, AWS Cost Explorer, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Amazon S3, Containerization, Python, AWS Budgets, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic Infrastructure, Smartsheet
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We're seeking a Lead AWS Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer to become part of our remote team.
The perfect fit would be someone who has hands-on DevOps or SRE experience, as well as an in-depth understanding of cost analysis and optimization in large AWS environments. A passion for data analysis is a must. The role involves collaborating with different teams across the organization to enhance the visibility of cloud spending. This will be done by creating a data-driven approach for alerting, reporting, and optimizing cloud costs.
Responsibilities
- Discovery of optimization opportunities that maximize ROI on cloud resources and the pursuit of making cloud infrastructure cost-efficient
- Comprehensive understanding of the client’s product, how it's architected and deployed in the cloud, and the associated costs for each segment of the environment
- Provision of advice on architecture and resource optimization, waste management, and capacity management
- Investigation and monitoring of increases in Cloud costs and other usage anomalies
- Tracking of cloud reservation/savings plans use and collaboration with teams to re-allocate freed up capacity
- Extraction of insightful knowledge from data patterns and anomalies to guide strategic and operational decisions
- Recommendation and tracking of savings opportunities related to cloud commitment purchases and commitments
- Formulation of plans for optimization and automation of cost and cost compliance reporting
- Creation, maturation, automation, and governance of Cost Optimization policies and best practices
- Reporting of KPIs and recommended savings opportunities
- Partnership with engineering teams to ensure cost improvements are effective
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in AWS cloud cost optimization and management
- A minimum of 1 year of relevant leadership experience
- In-depth knowledge of AWS Cloud Adoption Framework, AWS Cost Explorer, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, and Amazon S3
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis and automation
- Experience with containerization technologies for cloud deployment
- A strong understanding of cloud cost optimization best practices and strategies
- The ability to track and manage cloud reservation/savings plans and commitments
- The capability to develop, modify, and maintain cloud costs and utilization reports, dashboards, and cost usage alerting and forecasting
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (B2+)
Nice to have
- Familiarity with AWS Budgets, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic Infrastructure, and Smartsheet
- Experience with AWS Spot Instances and Committed/Sustained use
- Knowledge of cloud commitment purchases like Reserved Instances and Savings Plans