Cloud FinOps Engineer (Cloud CoE)

Job Title: Cloud FinOps Engineer (Cloud CoE) Location: Buffalo Grove, IL (Note: Candidate preference for Remote or Hybrid must be clearly stated on the resume) Work Arrangement: Hybrid / Remote (Preference for local/hybrid candidates in Buffalo Grove, IL) Employment Type: Contract Duration: 5+ months (July 30, 2026 to December 31, 2026) Pay Range: $40.56/hr. to $44.31/hr. on W2 | $51.43/hr. to $57.60/hr. on C2C Domain: Healthcare | Enterprise Cloud Financial Management Application Deadline: July 10, 2026 SKILLS REQUIRED Primary (Must-Have): ✔️Cloud Billing, Forecasting, & Financial Reporting: Extensive experience managing enterprise cloud consumption, anomaly detection, spend variance, and forecasting. ✔️FinOps Platforms & Cloud-Native Tools: Deep hands-on experience utilizing AWS Cost Explorer, Azure FinOps, and related cloud-native cost management tools. ✔️Python Scripting: Strong proficiency in Python for writing automation scripts to parse billing data, generate reports, or automate resource lifecycle management. ✔️Data Visualization: Hands-on expertise building robust, executive-ready cloud cost dashboards and KPIs using PowerBI. ✔️Cloud Foundations: Comprehensive understanding of cost allocation, tagging strategies, and consumption models across multi-cloud environments (AWS and Azure). Secondary (Good to Have): ✔️FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional credential. ✔️Prior experience operating within a centralized Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) or shared services framework. ✔️Direct experience navigating cloud cost management within heavily regulated environments (Healthcare domain expertise is highly preferred). ✔️Experience assisting application teams through large-scale migrations or modernization programs. POSITION OVERVIEW We are seeking a Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer to join our centralized Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE). In this role, you will be instrumental in driving financial accountability, cost optimization, and deep spend transparency across our enterprise cloud platforms. This position combines hands-on technical execution—such as Python scripting and PowerBI dashboarding—with strategic engineering governance. You will partner directly with application delivery, cloud platform engineering, finance, and leadership teams to ensure cloud consumption remains highly efficient, secure, and tightly aligned with business outcomes. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES ✔️Cloud Financial Management & Governance: Establish, mature, and operationalize enterprise FinOps standards covering cost allocation, tagging schemas, ownership models, and showback/chargeback constructs. Ensure cloud cost governance is embedded into early-stage architecture intake and design processes. ✔️Cost Optimization & Value Realization: Lead proactive optimization initiatives across cloud environments, including infrastructure rightsizing, right-typing of compute/storage services, identifying idle resources, and optimizing savings instruments (Commitments, Reservations, Savings Plans). ✔️Cost Transparency & Reporting: Build and maintain clear cloud cost metrics and PowerBI dashboards. Translate massive datasets into executive-ready insights regarding spend trends, anomalies, and portfolio-level efficiency indicators. ✔️Advisory & Enablement: Act as a dedicated FinOps advisor to engineering pods during intake, migration, and ongoing production phases. Conduct office hours, develop training materials, and cultivate a cost-aware engineering culture. ✔️Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Platform Engineering, Security, and Enterprise Architecture to ensure cost-efficient, compliant cloud designs while collaborating with portfolio teams to manage strategic financial forecasting. BENEFITS Medical | Dental | Vision | 401(k) EEOC Compliance We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. DISCLAIMER AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.