Job Details

Description & Requirements

The Cloud Cost Optimization Analyst ensures cloud activities are undertaken in a fiscally responsible manner, partnering with stakeholders and engineering teams to maximize savings and optimize cloud environments. We're looking for a data-driven analyst to join our team and become the advocate of responsible cloud spending. This person will play a critical role in optimizing our multi-cloud environment, root out wasteful spending, track optimizations to completion, and ensure sustained cost reductions. This role also entails delivering cost analysis/usage reports to key personnel, ensuring budget compliance and transparency. A combination of the ability to understand numbers, analyze data and communicate optimally is critical for success in this role.

Per contract requirements, staff working on this project must be a US Citizen or US Legal Resident (green card holders).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Analyze, recommend, implement, and refine discount strategies for maximum savings.
2. Analyze complex, multi-cloud cost and performance datasets to facilitate cost and rate optimization.
3. Identify optimization opportunities and reduce waste, tracking opportunities to resolution.
4. Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to support them with FinOps tools, processes, and data.
5. Partner with cloud architects and engineers to identify, define, and implement cost optimization opportunities at the project and platform level.
6. Provide cost/analysis/usage reports to key personnel on a set cadence.
7. Conduct training and awareness programs for teams to enhance cloud cost consciousness and encourage responsible cloud usage.
8. Create accurate forecasting of cloud spend.
9. Stay updated with the latest cloud cost management best practices, industry trends, and compliance requirements.
10. Drive a culture of cost accountability.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ Years of experience in IT analysis, with a strong foundation in cloud services or related technologies.
• Experience navigating cloud terminology and concepts relevant to major providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Knowledge of financial analysis in Excel.
• Excellent relationship building and people skills.

Preferred knowledge and experience

• Experience in cloud optimization or in related roles within a cloud-centric environment is preferred.
• Experience working with a large volume of data from multiple sources, performing analysis and presenting a point of view to key stakeholders.
• Experience with forecasting and budgeting.
• Experience in leading/managing projects.

Certifications

• Relevant AWS, Azure & GCP certifications are preferred.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) is preferred.

Soft Skills

• Able to work in fast-paced environments.
• Proactive, can-do attitude whose actions work toward continuous process improvement.
• Superior analytical, troubleshooting, knowledge sharing, collaborative and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication ability (verbal, written, and presentation) and an effective team player.
• Must exercise effective judgment and follow established procedures.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Minimum Salary

$73,780.00

Maximum Salary

$104,160.00

Compensation:
$73,780-$104,160 per year

Remote: Yes