Lead Cloud Platform Developer for Business Information Company

Work with the different software development and engineering teams to identify optimization opportunities to maximize ROI on cloud resources and work towards making cloud infrastructure cost-efficient

Work to fully understand the client’s product and the way it is architected and deployed in the cloud, and the associated costs for each portion of the environment

Partnering with architects and engineers to advise on architecture and resource optimization, waste management, capacity management, KPI development

Monitor and identify increases in Cloud costs and other usage anomalies and be able to investigate the source of these increases

Tracking utilization of cloud reservation/savings plans and working with teams to re-purpose freed up capacity

Evaluating and investigating data patterns and anomalies to derive insightful knowledge that can inform strategic and operational decisions

Recommend savings opportunities related to cloud commitment purchases (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot, Committed/Sustained use) and track utilization of these commitments

Determine areas of efficiency and develop plans for optimization

Develop, modify and maintain cloud costs and utilization reports, dashboards, and cost usage alerting and forecasting

Implement dashboards and automated reporting for cost and cost compliance

Partake in creating, maturing, automating and governing Cost Optimization policies and best practice

Reporting of KPIs and recommended savings opportunities

Partner with engineering teams to ensure cost improvements are working

3+ years of relevant experience

Understanding AWS cloud infrastructure, cost reporting, and cost optimization at scale in AWS

AWS EKS Experience, Containerization

Expertise with tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Report, AWS Budgets, CloudHealth

Experience creating cost optimization dashboards, models and reports for engineering teams that utilize cloud services

Be detail-oriented and excited about turning data into insights

Work independently and as part of a team on multiple concurrent projects

Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Strong desire to work with new and upcoming technologies