Cloud Optimization Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Cloud Optimization Engineer to join a global Digital Foundation Solutions team focused on building and maintaining a secure, scalable enterprise cloud platform. This person will can sit in San Diego, Wilton CT, or San Jose CA. They will be working on a hybrid schedule, about 2 days a week onsite.

This role will work across engineering, finance, and business teams to drive cloud cost transparency, financial accountability, and resource optimization across public, private, and on-prem environments. The ideal candidate will use FinOps practices, data analysis, and automation to identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining performance and reliability.

Role & Responsibilities Manage and optimize hybrid cloud spend across public, private, and on-prem environments. Use Flexera to monitor cloud costs, usage, and billing accuracy. Analyze cloud workloads to identify cost drivers, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities. Provide recommendations around rightsizing, reservations, scheduling, and storage. Build and automate dashboards, data pipelines, cost models, alerts, and reporting. Deliver monthly cloud cost, utilization, performance, and financial reporting. Develop cloud spend forecasts and support annual budgeting. Partner with engineering teams to improve cost-performance trade-offs. Establish tagging, cost allocation, governance standards, and cost controls. Drive FinOps best practices, KPIs, and adoption across technical and business teams. Translate technical cloud usage into financial insights that support business decisions.

Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Management, Data Analytics / Science Accounting, or related field
• 5+ years’ experience in FinOps, with focus Cloud Financial management
• Hands on experience with cloud platform (Azure/GCP) and cost management tools
• Strong understating of cloud pricing models and commitment management
• Analytical mindset with ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Understanding of capex and opex budget tracking and oversight
• Experience with Flexera

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.