Remote Role: Cloud Cost Engineer _NY/NJ/FL- Contract
Job Title: Cloud Cost Engineer Location: NY/NJ/FL (Remote) Job Type: Contract About the Role We’re looking for a Cloud Cost Engineer to own and optimize the cost efficiency of mainly our AWS infrastructure, from EKS clusters to storage, networking, and data services but your role may extend to Snowflake, Chronosphere, and more. You’ll combine engineering depth with financial insight, helping teams run scalable, reliable systems at the right cost. This role partners closely with SRE, Infrastructure, and Finance to improve visibility, automate savings, and embed FinOps principles into our cloud operations. Required 4–6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure or platform engineering with strong AWS expertise. Knowledge of EKS (Kubernetes) and its resource management internals. Proficiency with Terraform or CloudFormation. Skilled with AWS Cost Explorer, Athena, CloudWatch, and Billing/Usage Reports (CUR) or a third party tool like CloudZero or FinOut. Hands-on experience optimizing: EC2, EBS, S3, RDS, EKS, and CloudFront costs Savings Plans / Reserved Instances management Spot Fleet / EC2 Auto Scaling / Graviton migrations Programming experience (Python, Go, or Bash) for automation and data analysis. Strong data analysis skills — SQL, Athena, or cost data exports. ⭐ Preferred Experience deploying FinOut, CloudZero or AWS Compute Optimizer. Familiarity with FinOps Framework principles (Inform, Optimize, Operate). Exposure to AWS Budgets and Service Control Policies (SCPs) AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or FinOps Certified Practitioner. Thanks and Regards NANI Email: [email protected] Apply tot his job