Software Engineer

LUMIQ is seeking an AWS FinOps Analyst to lead cloud financial management and cost optimisation initiatives across LUMIQ's internal AWS environments and client AWS accounts. The role is critical in enabling cost transparency, governance, and value realisation while ensuring scalability, security, and performance. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS billing, pricing, and cost optimisation services and will work closely with engineering, DevOps, platform, and client teams to embed FinOps best practices into AWS architectures and delivery models.

Responsibilities:

• AWS Cost Management and Optimisation: Own end-to-end AWS cost monitoring and optimisation for LUMIQ and client AWS accounts.
• Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives using EC2 rightsizing and Graviton adoption. Savings plans and reserved instance optimisation. Spot Instances for fault-tolerant workloads o S3 storage class optimisation and lifecycle policies o RDS, Redshift, and DynamoDB cost tuning. Optimise costs across data, analytics, and AI/ML workloads running on AWS.
• AWS FinOps Governance and Reporting - Define and enforce AWS tagging strategies, cost allocation models, and account structures. Build and manage chargeback / showback models for internal teams and clients. Prepare monthly AWS cost reports, forecasts, and variance analysis for leadership and client stakeholders. Set up and manage AWS Budgets, Cost Anomaly Detection, and alerts. Stakeholder and Client Collaboration - Partner with engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to influence cost-efficient AWS architecture decisions. Support client-facing discussions by providing AWS cost insights, optimisation roadmaps, and ROI-driven recommendations. Act as a trusted advisor to clients on AWS pricing models and FinOps best practices.
• Tooling, Automation and Accelerators: Leverage AWS-native tools: AWS Cost Explorer. AWS Budgets. AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR). AWS Compute Optimiser Contribute to automation of cost controls using AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, and IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation). Help build reusable AWS FinOps playbooks, dashboards, and optimisation frameworks for LUMIQ offerings.
• Continuous Improvement and Enablement: Stay current with AWS pricing changes, new services, and optimisation features. Enable teams through best practices, documentation, and training on cost-efficient AWS usage. Support LUMIQ's AWS Competency, Well-Architected, and FinOps practice maturity initiatives.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years of hands-on experience in AWS FinOps / AWS cost optimisation/cloud financial management.
• Strong expertise in AWS pricing and billing models.
• Practical experience with the following: EC2 S3 RDS, Lambda, EKS, and Redshift. Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances.
• Experience creating executive-level AWS cost dashboards and reports.
• Strong analytical, financial, and communication skills.
• Preferred Qualifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, FinOps Certified Practitioner, Exposure to data engineering, analytics, or AI/ML workloads on AWS.