FinOps Practitioner

Cisco•Austin, NC

5d•$93,400 - $206,700•Remote

About The Position

The FinOps Cloud team is dedicated to maximizing the business value of our cloud investments by driving financial accountability and optimizing cloud spend across the organization. We sit at the strategic intersection of engineering, finance, and business units, fostering deep collaboration to ensure efficient resource utilization, predictable cloud costs, and data-driven decision-making at scale. Our team, comprised of a Scrum Master, an Engineering Team Lead, two Engineers, and two FinOps Practitioners, thrives on a culture of support, partnership, and innovation. We are passionate about building automation-first and API-first solutions to serve our diverse internal customer base, tackling complex challenges across nine-figure cloud spend at massive scale. If you're excited about making a tangible impact on how a leading technology company manages and optimizes its cloud infrastructure, this is the team for you.

Requirements

3 - 5+ years of hands-on AWS cost management expertise required, with additional Azure or GCP knowledge preferred.
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
Experience in a FinOps or cloud financial management role at a company with eight to nine figure annual cloud spend.
Deep knowledge of cloud billing models, including hands-on purchasing and management of Reservations (RIs), Committed Use Discounts (CUDs), and Savings Plans (SPs).
Advanced data analysis and Excel/Google Sheets proficiency, including pivot tables, complex formulas, and data visualization.

Nice To Haves

Experience with programming languages such as Python or GoLang preferred.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional FinOps initiatives that deliver measurable cost savings.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure architecture, software engineering, SRE, or DevOps practices.
Strong proficiency with cloud cost management tooling platforms such as CloudZero, CloudHealth, or Cloudability.
Skilled in creating dashboards and reports to support monthly reviews, track key KPIs, and drive cost visibility through actionable metrics.

Responsibilities

Analyze on-demand cloud spend patterns and strategically apply Reservations (RIs), Savings Plans (SPs), and Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) to maximize coverage while minimizing risk of overcommitment or unused capacity.
Lead dedicated monthly reviews with Engineering, Product Management, and Finance teams to advance FinOps principles, incorporating FinOps deliverables into roadmaps and helping guide engineers to solve FinOps problems based on risk and business value.
Partner closely with Cloud Architecture, Product, and Engineering teams to understand architecture strategy and identify optimization opportunities that materially impact Splunk's operating margins.
Create dashboards, metrics, and reporting to enable cost visibility and accountability across the organization, relied on by hundreds of engineers spanning multiple products.
Monitor daily cloud spend and investigate anomalies that create variances from forecasts, while continuously identifying, developing, and improving the FinOps metrics used across the business.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off program for exempt employees
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles
Performance-based incentive pay for sales roles
Restricted stock units