About the role

What will you do at RELX?

About the role

A FinOps Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) bridges the gap between engineering, operations, and financial governance by embedding cost optimization into infrastructure design, automation, monitoring, and operational processes. A FinOps SRE proactively identifies waste, improves resource utilization, automates cost controls, and enhances visibility into cloud spending while maintaining service reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate is a cloud-native SRE with strong experience in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, observability, automation, AI platforms, and cloud financial management.

Responsibilities

Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives across Azure and AWS.
Drive optimization initiatives involving compute, storage, AI workloads, networking, and managed services.
Support enterprise AI, Generative AI, and machine learning platforms.
Implement governance, monitoring, and financial accountability for AI services and GPU-enabled environments.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation solutions.
Build CI/CD and GitOps capabilities that improve platform delivery and consistency.
Eliminate manual processes through automation and self-service capabilities.
Promote engineering efficiency through reusable patterns, templates, and tooling.
Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across cloud, FinOps, and platform initiatives.
Lead technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and platform modernization efforts.
Drive adoption of engineering, governance, and operational excellence standards.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
Proven experience implementing cloud automation and observability solutions.
Experience leading cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or Generative AI platform capabilities.
FinOps Certification (Nice to have)
Working for you:
We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Health

Benefits

Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

Retirement

Benefits

401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $104,900 - $174,700. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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Which skills does this role require?

Site Reliability EngineeringFinOpsCloud optimizationAzureAWSKubernetesTerraformObservabilityAutomationInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDGitOpsGenerative AIMachine learningCloud financial managementCloud EngineeringDevOpsMachine LearningCloud Cost OptimizationPlatform EngineeringGPUFinancial GovernanceResource UtilizationCloud InfrastructureSystems EngineeringTechnical MentorshipPlatform ModernizationEngineering EfficiencyLLMs

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