Senior Systems Engineer - FinOps

Job Summary

Driving cloud cost optimization and financial accountability, the full-time Senior Systems Engineer - FinOps will manage automation for tagging compliance, budget guardrails, and workload efficiency across Snowflake and AWS services while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a hybrid work environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead FinOps engineering by analyzing and optimizing cost, usage, and performance across Snowflake, AWS EMR, and AWS data services
• Design and implement automation for cost governance, including anomaly detection and budget controls, supported by unified cost dashboards
• Partner with Finance to enable cost transparency through forecasting, budgeting, and delivering actionable cost insights to leadership

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Ali Cloud)
• 3+ years of Snowflake cost optimization experience
• Strong scripting and automation experience (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Proven experience managing large-scale cloud budgets and driving cost savings