Cloud Platform FinOps Engineer

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud FinOps Engineer to help drive cloud financial excellence across our cloud environments. This role combines cloud engineering, financial management, cost optimization, governance, and automation to ensure that cloud investments deliver maximum business value.

The Cloud FinOps Engineer will partner closely with application teams, cloud architects, finance, procurement, and business leaders to provide transparency into cloud spending, improve forecasting accuracy, optimize cloud consumption, and establish a culture of cost accountability across the enterprise.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze cloud spend trends and usage patterns across AWS, Azure, and OCI
• Identify and prioritize cost optimization opportunities through rightsizing, modernization, automation, and commitment management.
• Monitor and drive execution of optimization initiatives to ensure savings are realized.

• Establish and maintain cloud cost allocation and chargeback/show back models.
• Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to support forecasting, budgeting, and monthly variance analysis.
• Provide reporting dashboards and executive-level insights into cloud financial performance.
• Assist in developing cloud financial governance standards and operating procedures.

• Analyze and optimize Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and cloud commitment programs.

• Design and automate cloud cost reporting, anomaly detection, forecasting, and optimization workflows.
• Develop dashboards and metrics to increase visibility into cloud consumption and waste.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed FinOps practices into CI/CD pipelines and cloud delivery processes.

• Consult with application and product teams on cloud solution design decisions.

• Educate application owners, technical teams, and business stakeholders on Cloud FinOps principles.
• Present cloud financial metrics, opportunities, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Finance, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of cloud engineering, cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or FinOps experience.
• Strong understanding of cloud pricing, billing, and consumption models.
• Experience working with cloud financial management and governance processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Cloud Practitioner.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator or Azure Solutions Architect.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Domain expertise of cloud infrastructure solutions focusing on IaaS, business continuity, disaster recovery, security, operations excellence, and standardization
• Familiarity with security and compliance best practices in the cloud
• Experience managing enterprise-scale cloud environments.
• Experience with cloud migration programs and modernization initiatives.
• Familiarity with software asset management and cloud licensing optimization.
• Broad hands-on experience across AWS services, with deeper expertise in the following areas/services:
  • IAM administration and policy writing (with a strong understanding of The Principle of Least Privilege)
  • AWS Organizations for a large multi-account corporate environment
  • Managing guardrails for AWS Organization Units with SCP
  • Strong understanding of VPC network concepts such as subnets, routing, name services, security groups, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu), configuration management (Chef or Ansible) version control systems (Git), and CICD pipelines (GitLab) for full lifecycle management of AWS infrastructure & guardrails.
• One or more of the following languages: HCL, JSON, Python, Ruby, PowerShell, Bash, Node.js
• Knowledge of PaC (OPA/Rego) is a plus
• Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team
• Applies values, business strategy, policies, precedents, and experience to make complex decisions with uncertain consequences
• Challenges conventional thinking and traditional ways of operating and invites stakeholders to identify issues and opportunities

Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Requires daily interaction with Team members on meeting calls or in person
• Requires sitting or standing in cubical and meeting rooms
• Employee is regularly required to look at computer screen

Work Environment: (The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.)

• The employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together - are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.

Culture powers us and the possibilities.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

Need accommodation? Just let us know - we’ve got you.