Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer

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Position Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Cloud Cost Optimization Engineer to help monitor, analyze, and take steps to reduce our cloud infrastructure spending. This role will work cross-functionally with leadership, IT, finance, and development teams to ensure cost efficiency without compromising performance or scalability. Maxar is currently leveraging AWS as our cloud provider but may be expanding into other clouds soon.
Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze cloud usage and billing data to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Review cloud system architectures for potential savings opportunities.
• Work with teams to discuss cost savings opportunities and work with reporting teams to show potential savings to upper management.
• Recommend governance practices including tagging, budgets, and resource tracking, and report/visualize improvements when adopted.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports on cloud spend trends and forecasts.
• Recommend and help implement resource rightsizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances.
• Identify unused or underutilized resources (e.g., EC2, RDS, EBS, S3) and propose remediation actions.
• Work with engineering teams to design cost-efficient cloud architectures.
• Educate internal teams on cloud pricing models and best practices.
• Monitor cloud spend with tools such as Trusted Advisor, Cost Explorer, CUR data, 3rd Party tools, and internally developed tools for anomalies or spending spikes.
• Support FinOps initiatives by making cost data available to the development lifecycle.
• Work with finance to act as an AWS cost SME to help them correctly process invoices.

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Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience working with AWS cloud services billing tools

Preferred Skills:

• Strong understanding of cloud pricing models, including AWS's cost savings vehicles (EDP's, PPA's, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot, etc.)
• Understanding of FinOps principles and cloud financial management practices.
• Ability to interpret cloud usage reports and recommend actionable cost optimizations.
• Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and/or scripting languages (e.g., Python or Bash) for cost analysis.
• Experience with cloud provider native cost management tools (e.g. Cost Explorer, Trusted advisor, etc.)
• Experience with third-party cloud cost management tools (e.g., Flexera, Apptio, or others) is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• AWS Solutions Architect certification (Associate or professional).
• Experience with GCP, Azure, or other cloud provider

In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $92,000.00 - $154,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
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Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.