AWS Finops Analyst

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not provided

Arcadia is dedicated to happier, healthier days for all. We transform diverse data into a unified fabric for health. Our platform delivers actionable insights for our customers to advance care and research, drive strategic growth, and achieve financial success. For more information, visit arcadia.io.

This role is focused on enhancing Arcadia’s cloud cost management practices by utilizing cloud management and administration skills, along with data analysis to maintain Arcadia’s cloud spend, identify anomalies, and drive new cost-optimization opportunities. The ideal candidate combines strong cloud administration skills with a passion for data analysis and building a structure around complex cloud utilization patterns.

What Success Looks Like

In 3 Months:

• Establish a reliable cadence for forecasting, anomaly detection, and reporting.
• Provide a detailed optimization roadmap aligned with product and infrastructure growth.
• Validate first quarter of cost savings or avoidance attributable to actions taken.
• Demonstrate progress on automating monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Update tagging and other metadata for accurate cost allocation.
• Independently complete data analysis projects, such as enhancing cloud budgets, improving anomaly detection and alerting, or implementing new cost dashboards and reports.
• Lead cloud cost review meetings and own cost-related reporting for internal stakeholders.

In 6 Months:

• Work towards mastering understanding of Arcadia’s cloud architecture and usage. Start exploring automation for routine reporting tasks.
• Engage in advanced training sessions or workshops relevant to your role.
• Lead monthly and quarterly review meetings related to cloud costs, optimization, and budget allocation.
• Roll out at least one cross-functional initiative that results in measurable cost reduction.
• Establish governance for tagging, budgeting, and spend accountability in AWS.
• Continue to implement automation in reporting and savings opportunity identification.
• Fully own and operate a cost-optimized, automated, multi-cloud financial operations environment.

In 12 Months:

• Automate reporting for a multi-cloud architecture.
• Identify and lead cost optimization projects and improvement strategies.
• Enhance/design new tools and dashboards for self-service cost exploration.
• Establish personal and professional goals for the next phase of your career with the company.
• Be seen as a strategic partner across the business for cloud cost planning and accountability.
• Deliver a year-end executive summary on cost trends, savings realized, and next-year forecast.
• Provide mentoring or onboarding support for future FinOps hires as needed.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing AWS Usage and Costs: Regularly monitor and analyze AWS usage and costs.
• Forecasting and Budgeting: Develop and maintain accurate cloud cost forecasts and budgets.
• Anomaly Detection: Identify and investigate anomalies in cloud spending.
• Cost Optimization: Recommend and implement cost optimization strategies.
• Reporting: Create and deliver regular reports on cloud costs and optimization efforts.
• Tagging and Metadata: Ensure proper tagging and metadata are applied to AWS resources.
• Automation: Automate reporting and cost-related tasks.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate cloud cost trends and optimization opportunities to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Not provided

Application Instructions

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