Responsibilities
- Design and execute Clara’s AWS cost optimization strategy, moving beyond simple monitoring to proactive financial engineering.
- Implement standardized tagging strategies for precise cost allocation by domain, squad, country, and product.
- Optimize AWS Kafka clusters, OpenSearch storage strategies, and networking/data transfer costs to ensure lean operations.
- Define and implement automated shutdown policies for non-production environments and configure advanced anomaly detection and budget alerts.
- Build executive and operational dashboards using AWS Cost Explorer, Athena, or QuickSight to provide real-time visibility into cloud spend.
- Partner with engineering teams to design cost-efficient architectures and establish long-term cloud financial governance standards.
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience in production environments, with a proven track record in cloud cost optimization initiatives.
- Strong technical knowledge of EC2, EBS, RDS, S3, EKS, Lambda, and CloudFront.
- Mastery of AWS Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and multi-account environment management via AWS Organizations.
- Experience implementing FinOps best practices and strong understanding of cost modeling.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Terraform.
- Ability to analyze cost data using SQL, Athena, or Python.
- Working proficiency in English and Spanish.
- Experience or interest in AI tools to automate workflows and detect spending patterns.
Nice to Have
- AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps, or Advanced Networking).
- Experience in regulated environments (PCI, SOC2).
- Experience with cloud cost management and optimization platforms (CloudHealth, CloudCheckr, or native AWS cost tools).
- Basic proficiency in Portuguese or a desire to learn it.
- A good sense of humor.
Additional Information
- Working proficiency in English and Spanish.
- Experience or interest in AI tools to automate workflows and detect spending patterns.
