Cloud Cost/Finance Ops Engineer

Job Description:

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a highly experienced and technically proficient Senior FinOps Engineer to drive significant cloud cost savings and financial accountability across our organization.

The successful candidate will embed a culture of cost optimization within engineering teams and architect forward-looking, financially responsible cloud strategies.

As a member of a multi-cloud configuration team, the selected individual will be required to be part of an agile scrum team and be knowledgeable in numerous development tools and technologies.

Work you’ll do:

• Establish, evangelize, and govern FinOps policies and best practices across multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Lead efforts to optimize cloud commitments (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans) and advise on optimal pricing models for new and existing workloads.
• Serve as the technical expert and architectural advisor for cloud cost optimization, reviewing new and existing designs to ensure cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
• Identify architectural waste and inefficiencies, providing clear, documented remediation plans (e.g., rightsizing, storage tiering, resource lifecycle management).
• Design and build automated tools, scripts, and processes to enforce FinOps governance, detect cost anomalies, and automate remediation actions (e.g., using Python, Terraform, Cloud APIs).
• Develop custom dashboards and data visualizations using cloud-native tools or third-party platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Grafana) to monitor key financial and operational metrics.
• Partner with development teams to refactor and re-architect critical applications for improved cloud efficiency.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 to 10+ years of experience in the following areas:
  • AWS Billing
  • Deep development/engineering skills
  • Solution architecture expertise
  • FinOps best practices in designing, implementing, and governing cost-efficient cloud solutions
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, and/or Oracle Cloud Cost Management

Bonus points if you have:

• Engineering background with the attitude to solve complex problems without static solutions

Security clearance:

• TS/SCI with Poly security clearance required