What You'll Do
Develop and manage a comprehensive strategy for reducing AWS costs while maintaining performance and scalability. Identify savings opportunities across EC2, ECS, and Aurora deployments through continuous analysis and tuning.
Implement consistent tagging frameworks to track spending by domain, team, region, and product line. Use this data to improve accountability and drive cost-aware development practices.
Optimize infrastructure components including Kafka clusters, OpenSearch storage, and network usage to reduce waste and improve efficiency. Enforce cost controls through automated policies for non-production environments.
Set up proactive monitoring with anomaly detection and budget alerts to catch unexpected spend early. Create clear, actionable dashboards using AWS Cost Explorer, Athena, and QuickSight to give teams real-time insight into their usage.
Collaborate with engineering units to guide architectural decisions that balance performance, reliability, and cost. Integrate financial governance into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Infrastructure as Code to ensure long-term compliance and visibility.
Requirements
- Fluency in both English and Spanish
- At least 4 years of direct experience managing AWS infrastructure in live production settings, with a focus on cost reduction
- Solid understanding of EC2, EBS, RDS, S3, EKS, Lambda, and CloudFront services
- Proven expertise with AWS Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and multi-account management via AWS Organizations
- Experience applying FinOps principles and building cost models
- Proficiency with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
- Ability to query and analyze cost data using SQL, Athena, or Python
- Familiarity with AI-driven tools for workflow automation and spend pattern recognition
- Adaptability in fast-moving technical environments with a focus on execution
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS certification in Solutions Architect, DevOps, or Advanced Networking
- Background in regulated industries, such as PCI or SOC2 compliance
- Hands-on experience with cloud cost platforms like CloudHealth or CloudCheckr, or deep use of native AWS tools
- Basic Portuguese skills or interest in learning
- A lighthearted approach and ability to collaborate with humor
Benefits
Work in a high-energy environment designed to accelerate professional growth. Contribute to meaningful projects with real impact across the Americas. Join a distributed team of dedicated professionals committed to excellence and continuous improvement.
