Cloud FinOps Engineer

Role Description The FinOps Engineer drives financial accountability and cost optimization across Carrier’s cloud environments by combining technical expertise with financial insight. This role develops automation, dashboards, and governance controls that enhance visibility into cloud spend and enable teams to make informed, data-driven decisions. Working closely with Cloud Governance, Finance, and Engineering teams, the FinOps Engineer ensures efficient use of AWS and GCP resources through proactive optimization, standardized tagging, and automated reporting. Key Responsibilities Build and maintain automation and analytics that track, forecast, and optimize cloud spend across AWS, Azure, GCP. Develop dashboards and reports using Apptio and custom data pipelines. Implement tagging standards, cost allocation models, and budget guardrails in collaboration with Governance teams. Automate identification and remediation of cost anomalies, idle resources, and underutilized assets. Partner with Finance and Product teams to establish showback and chargeback models aligned to business segments and projects. Support FinOps governance initiatives, including policy enforcement, exception handling, and continuous improvement cycles. Contribute to the development of enterprise FinOps playbooks, metrics, and best practices that mature cost accountability across the organization. Provide recommendations on pricing models, reserved instances, savings plans, and committed use discounts to maximize efficiency. Required Qualifications 5+ years of experience in cloud cost optimization, platform governance, or cloud engineering roles. Strong working knowledge of AWS, GCP and/or Azure billing, cost management, and tagging frameworks. Hands-on experience with automation using Cloud Custodian, Terraform, Python, or similar scripting tools. Experience with cloud reporting and visualization tools (e.g., Apptio Cloudability, Cost Explorer, Looker Studio, Power BI). Understanding of FinOps principles and lifecycle (Inform, Optimize, Operate). Ability to analyze large datasets and present insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Preferred Qualifications Certified FinOps Practitioner (FOCP) or equivalent FinOps certification. Experience building automated cost optimization workflows or bots. Familiarity with multi-account governance models (AWS Control Tower, GCP Resource Hierarchy). Exposure to ServiceNow or other ITFM (IT Financial Management) integration tools. Strong communication skills and ability to bridge technical, financial, and operational discussions. Benefits We are committed to offering competitive benefits programs for all of our employees and enhancing our programs when necessary. Have peace of mind and body with our health insurance Make yourself a priority with flexible schedules and leave Policy Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Program. Our commitment to you Our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork and ultimately drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We strive to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback and always challenging ourselves to do better. This is The Carrier Way.