Cloud Cost/Finance Ops Engineer

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Job Description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Cost/Finance Engineer to serve as

the key liaison between enterprise cloud platform teams and application

stakeholders operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. In a diverse,

multi-cloud ecosystem, the role is responsible for ensuring cloud services are

secure, consumable, scalable, and aligned with mission requirements.

You will translate technical cloud capabilities and security requirements into

actionable roadmaps and adoption strategies. As the "Voice of the Customer" for

the Cloud Engineering teams and a “Champion of Cloud Best Practices” for

application teams, you will help drive modernization, cloud-native adoption, and

consistent operational excellence across the enterprise.

Work you’ll do:

* * Establish, evangelize, and govern FinOps policies and best practices across

multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

* Lead efforts to optimize cloud commitments (e.g., Reserved Instances,

Savings Plans) and advise on optimal pricing models for new and existing

workloads.

* Serve as the technical expert and architectural advisor for cloud cost

optimization, reviewing new and existing designs to ensure

cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

* Identify architectural waste and inefficiencies, providing clear,

documented remediation plans (e.g., rightsizing, storage tiering, resource

lifecycle management).

* Design and build automated tools, scripts, and processes to enforce FinOps

governance, detect cost anomalies, and automate remediation actions (e.g.,

using Python, Terraform, Cloud APIs).

* Develop custom dashboards and data visualizations using cloud-native tools

or third-party platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Grafana) to monitor key

financial and operational metrics.

* Partner with development teams to refactor and re-architect critical

applications for improved cloud efficiency.

Here’s what you’ll need:

* Bachelor’s degree

* 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:

* Financial reporting and compliance

* Tableau

* Auditing

* Budgeting

Security clearance:

* Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.

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of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,

Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District

of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in

these locations is shown below.

Compensation

for roles at Accenture Federal

Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited

to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal

Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on

benefits here.

[https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/your-future-rewards-benefits] We accept

applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine,

Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia,

Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$111,800—$221,800 USD

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