## About the Role

Cisco is seeking a FinOps Practitioner to support Splunk Cloud FinOps in improving financial accountability across public cloud and AI consumption. The role focuses on turning cloud and token-based spend into clear financial insight that supports gross margin decisions and better cost outcomes.

This position works closely with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to connect technical choices with business impact. It is an individual contributor role with no direct reports and is based remotely within the United States, with a requirement for reliable internet access and the ability to work independently.

A key part of the role is to strengthen commitment management, cost visibility, forecasting, and executive reporting. The team is also expanding into AI enablement, including applying AI to FinOps work and improving cost management for token-based services.

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead analysis and execution of AWS Savings Plan purchases, including coverage, sizing, utilization, and overcommitment risk.
– Translate public cloud and AI token-based spend into financial insights that support gross margin management.
– Partner with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to identify and drive cloud cost optimization opportunities across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
– Build forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and executive-level reporting.
– Track spending trends, savings, and risk indicators in a way that is clear and actionable for stakeholders.
– Contribute as an individual contributor without direct people management responsibility.

## Required Skills

– Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
– 5+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years of related experience with a master’s degree.
– At least 3 years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, or enterprise cloud cost management.
– Hands-on AWS cost management experience.
– Experience analyzing AWS Reservations and Savings Plans, including purchase sizing, coverage, utilization, and overcommitment risk.
– Experience building cloud forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and analyses in advanced Excel or Google Sheets, including pivot tables and complex formulas.
– Ability to obtain a FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional credential within 90 days of hire.

## Preferred Skills

– Experience managing cloud costs in Azure or GCP in addition to AWS.
– Experience with Cloudability, CloudHealth, Flexera, or similar enterprise cloud cost-management platforms.
– Experience using Amazon Athena, SQL, Python, business intelligence tools, or cloud billing APIs for cost analysis and reporting.
– Experience with AI or token-based consumption, or applying AI to FinOps analysis, anomaly detection, forecasting, automation, or reporting.
– Experience leading cross-functional FinOps initiatives in large, complex enterprises, especially in infrastructure architecture, software engineering, SRE, or DevOps environments.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– AWS
– Azure
– GCP

### FinOps Platforms
– Cloudability
– CloudHealth
– Flexera

### Data & Analytics
– Amazon Athena
– SQL
– Python
– Cloud billing APIs

### Reporting & BI
– Business intelligence tools
– Excel
– Google Sheets

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Manage AWS Savings Plan purchases to improve commitment coverage.
– Balance commitment coverage with utilization and overcommitment risk.
– Support cloud gross margin management through financial analysis of public cloud and AI spend.
– Drive cloud cost optimization across multiple cloud providers.
– Build forecasting, budgeting, and cost modeling capabilities.
– Produce dashboards and executive-ready reporting on spend, savings, and risk.
– Support improved financial accountability for cloud and AI consumption.
– Contribute to AI-related FinOps work and cost management for token-based services.

## Benefits

– Medical, dental, and vision insurance
– 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
– Paid parental leave
– Short- and long-term disability coverage
– Basic life insurance
– Paid holidays
– Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
– Paid birthday day off
– Year-end holiday shutdown
– Paid wellness days
– Vacation time off
– Paid sick time
– Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family issues
– Optional paid volunteer days
– Annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles
– Restricted stock unit grants, subject to eligibility

## Useful Links

– Company Website: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4478744807
– Careers: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4478744807

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to shape cloud financial management at the intersection of AWS, Azure, GCP, and AI consumption. It is well suited to someone who enjoys working across engineering and finance to turn complex spending patterns into practical business decisions. The position also includes meaningful ownership of Savings Plans analysis, forecasting, and executive reporting. For candidates interested in growing FinOps work into AI-enabled cost management, this team has a clear area of expansion.