Cloud FinOps - Sr. Engineer

Company: Verisk
Job type: Full-time

Job Description
The Verisk Cloud FinOps team is look for a Cloud FinOps - Sr. Engineer to support and augment its mature Cloud FinOps service. Position is responsible for support and admin of RedShift, PowerBI, and Athena which house our cost transparency data, as well as presenting cloud spend and cloud cost optimization recommendations. Looking for a collaborative team member that can educate and learn in both finance and cloud.
Key Responsibilities
Analyze cloud costs across the Verisk Enterprise and recommend ways to optimize spend.
Strong problem-solving skills used to identify cost savings where there are complex trade-offs.
Expose cloud cost transparency in new ways.
Strong communication and leadership skills used to effectively present opportunities for cost optimization.
Ability to prioritize recommendations that make the biggest financial impact.
Leverage PowerBI and write Athena SQL to prepare ad-hoc analysis of the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)
Support Redshift node
Present cloud finances to business unit leadership regularly
Interpret Densify rightsizing recommendations and support Densify project.
Implement Densify rightsizing as part of the CI/CD pipeline.
Purchase Savings Plans and Reserved Instances as warranted after collaboration with Business Units
Drive change in DevOps habits to consider cost as a dimension of application architecture design.
Growth Opportunity:
Position offers a unique opportunity to grow in technology, finance, leadership, and in building customer relationships. Position is on a mature Cloud FinOps team that drives change across all business lines at Verisk.
Location: Jersey City, NJ office (hybrid) or remote

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