## About the Role

Cisco is hiring a FinOps Practitioner to support Splunk Cloud FinOps in turning public cloud and AI consumption into measurable business outcomes. The role focuses on cloud cost visibility, commitment management, and financial accountability across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will work closely with engineering, finance, architecture, and product stakeholders to connect technical choices with cloud gross margin performance. This position is centered on commitment analysis, cost optimization, forecasting, and reporting, with a growing focus on AI enablement and token-based services.

The role is an individual contributor position with no direct reports. It is remote and available to candidates in listed U.S. locations, with an application window expected to close on 10/29/2026.

## Key Responsibilities

– Lead analysis and execution of AWS Savings Plan purchases to improve commitment coverage while managing utilization and overcommitment risk.
– Translate public cloud and AI token-based spending into financial insights that support Splunk Cloud gross margin.
– Drive cloud cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP in partnership with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams.
– Build forecasts, dashboards, and executive-ready reporting that clarify spend trends, savings, and risk.
– Contribute to measurable improvements in Savings Plan coverage, commitment decisions, and realized cost efficiencies.
– Operate as an individual contributor with no direct reports.

## 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 experience with AWS cost management.
– 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 using 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.
– Ability to work independently in a remote environment with a reliable internet connection.

## Preferred Skills

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

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– AWS
– Azure
– GCP

### FinOps Platforms
– Cloudability
– CloudHealth
– Flexera

### Data, Analysis & Reporting
– Amazon Athena
– SQL
– Python
– Business intelligence tools
– Cloud billing APIs

### Productivity Tools
– Excel
– Google Sheets
– Pivot tables
– Complex formulas

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Analyze and optimize AWS Savings Plan purchases.
– Improve commitment coverage while managing utilization and overcommitment risk.
– Build cloud forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and reporting.
– Convert cloud and AI token-based spend into actionable financial insights.
– Support cloud gross margin through cost visibility and financial accountability.
– Improve cost efficiency across multi-cloud environments.

## 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
– RSU grants may be available, subject to continued employment and vesting requirements
– 10 paid holidays per year
– 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
– 1 paid birthday day off
– Paid year-end holiday shutdown
– 4 paid wellness days per year
– 16 days of paid vacation per year for non-exempt employees
– Flexible vacation program for exempt employees
– 80 hours of sick time on hire date and each January 1, with up to 80 hours carried forward
– Additional paid time away for family emergencies
– Up to 10 paid volunteer days per year
– Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to policy

## Useful Links

– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4478744807
– Application: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4478744807

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the chance to own a high-impact FinOps function focused on AWS commitments, multi-cloud optimization, and financial reporting for cloud and AI consumption. It brings direct exposure to engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams, with work that ties technical decisions to gross margin outcomes. The position also includes an emerging AI enablement component, including token-based cost management. For candidates with strong cloud financial management experience, it provides a broad, strategic scope in a remote U.S.-based role.