IT Analyst IV

Cloud FinOps/Financial Management LeadGuide customers on how to invest, store, process, analyze, and explore Cloud billing data on the AWS and Azure Cloud Platforms. Build scalable, flexible, and customized solutions for our customers and company. Owns and manages end to end cost management of all cloud infrastructure services including oversight and negotiation of vendor discount programs, savings plans, reserved instances and rate cards. Develops and manages to a Cost Management roadmap that drives additional cost transparency, providing stakeholders with metrics and information to enable cost effective decision making. Owns cost and usage analysis, trending, and forecasting, buying strategies, and best practices for cloud adoption. Uses sophisticated analytical thought to monitor cloud consumption trends and develops, recommends, and gains consensus with stakeholders to optimize cloud costs. Stays up to date on cost savings programs and strategies as well as industry trends. Gathers insights and develops new opinions and recommendations around cloud optimization and present solutions to leadership. Participates in the annual budgeting process to ensure proper budgeting of cloud infrastructure spend and partners with Finance in developing cost allocation methodologies. Partner with Procurement and Global IT to realize procurement synergies and best leverage vendor partnerships. Administers cloud cost management tools and creates and implements effective metrics and monitoring processes for cost data accuracy and visibility. Leads projects, develops detailed work plans, and coordinates resources across the organization; works with teams in an iterative and Agile framework when necessary. Acts as a mentor and influences the quality of work for colleagues with less experience. Create governance on cloud spending. Lead regularly cadenced calls providing expert advice and consulting on cloud financial management activities. Analyze data and produce quantitative financial models to track and forecast spend, efficiency, savings, and other metrics. Configure and manage cloud cost optimization tools. Create and maintain internal documentation on FinOps and cost optimization processes and customer environments. Ability to analyze and produce meaningful insights from large datasets. Experience with 3rd party cloud cost optimization tools (CloudCheckr, CloudHealth, Cloudability, etc.). Support customers in cost optimization activities and understanding their cloud costs, and how they relate to their business goals. Provide data driven cost optimization opportunities for customer and internal teams. Make data-driven decisions on long-term commitments, reserved capacity, and other optimizations. Create and maintain internal documentation on FinOps and cost optimization processes and customer environments.What We Are Looking For (Skills and Competencies)Effective communicator with ability to drive consensus among stakeholders from entry level to executive level that represent various departments with competing goals. Ability to work with multiple internal teams to provide the best experience for our customers. Ability to analyze and produce meaningful insights from large datasets. Ability to manage time efficiently to deliver on multiple projects simultaneously. Strong analytical background with an aptitude for understanding technology. Experience with Excel and Power BI reporting. Experience with at least one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) billing and cost management tools and processes. Design, deploy, and support cost-efficient cloud solutions. Research cloud cost abnormalities and provide insights into its financial impact and solutions for supporting needed changes for correction. Identify areas of high influence that can be implemented centrally to increase the overall efficiency of our cloud spend. Work with lines of businesses to implement savings opportunities within their cloud footprints and applications. Create and implement actionable plans for the highest cost applications, working with application and division leads to drive savings. Provide technical leadership and guidance around architectural best practices that help elevate Cost Optimization. Exceptional interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to document solutions and present ideas to cross-functional teams. Meticulous attention to detail. Solid understanding of AWS and Azure solutions and services. A solid understanding of what comprises a scalable, robust, supportable design. A passion to drive cost savings strategies. Ability to work in a flexible work environment that embraces rapid change, emphasizes continuous learning, and attacks new challenges. Ability to work as part of an integrated team that is geographically dispersed, as well as work independently as required.