AWS FinOps Analyst

About Role

LUMIQ is seeking an AWS FinOps Analyst to lead cloud financial management and cost optimization initiatives across LUMIQs internal AWS environments and client AWS accounts . The role is critical in enabling cost transparency, governance, and value realization while ensuring scalability, security, and performance.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS billing, pricing, and cost optimization services , and will work closely with engineering, DevOps, platform, and client teams to embed FinOps best practices into AWS architectures and delivery models .

Responsibilities:

AWS Cost Management & Optimization -

• Own end-to-end AWS cost monitoring and optimization for LUMIQ and client AWS accounts .
• Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives using:
• EC2 rightsizing and Graviton adoption
• Savings Plans and Reserved Instances optimization
• Spot Instances for fault-tolerant workloads
• S3 storage class optimization and lifecycle policies
• RDS, Redshift, and DynamoDB cost tuning
• Optimize costs across data, analytics, and AI/ML workloads running on AWS.

AWS FinOps Governance & Reporting -

• Define and enforce AWS tagging strategies , cost allocation models, and account structures.
• Build and manage chargeback / showback models for internal teams and clients.
• Prepare monthly AWS cost reports, forecasts, and variance analysis for leadership and client stakeholders.
• Set up and manage AWS Budgets, Cost Anomaly Detection, and alerts .

Stakeholder & Client Collaboration -

• Partner with engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to influence cost-efficient AWS architecture decisions.
• Support client-facing discussions by providing AWS cost insights, optimization roadmaps, and ROI-driven recommendations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients on AWS pricing models and FinOps best practices .

Tooling, Automation & Accelerators -

• Leverage AWS-native tools:
• AWS Cost Explorer
• AWS Budgets
• AWS Cost & Usage Reports (CUR)
• AWS Compute Optimizer
• Contribute to automation of cost controls using AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, and IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) .
• Help build reusable AWS FinOps playbooks, dashboards, and optimization frameworks for LUMIQ offerings.

Continuous Improvement & Enablement -

• Stay current with AWS pricing changes, new services, and optimization features .
• Enable teams through best practices, documentation, and training on cost-efficient AWS usage.
• Support LUMIQs AWS Competency, Well-Architected, and FinOps practice maturity initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications

• 25 years of hands-on experience in AWS FinOps / AWS Cost Optimization / Cloud Financial Management
• Strong expertise in AWS pricing and billing models
• Practical experience with:
• EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, Redshift
• Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances
• Experience creating executive-level AWS cost dashboards and reports
• Strong analytical, financial, and communication skills
• Having AWS Cloud / FinOPs Practitioner certificate and Exposure to data engineering, analytics, or AI/ML workloads on AWS will be an added advantage