FinOps Engineer, Cloud & Kubernetes Optimization
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FinOps Engineer helping Allstate, an insurance and protection company, optimize cloud and Kubernetes spending. Building automation, analytics, and cost-management practices for engineering and product teams.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze cloud and Kubernetes usage to identify idle capacity, inefficient workloads, cost anomalies, and optimization opportunities
- Partner with engineering and product teams to evaluate recommendations, explain expected impact, and support implementation
- Build lightweight scripts, API integrations, and repeatable workflows to reduce manual analysis and connect relevant data sources
- Develop reports, dashboards, forecasts, and cost insights to help teams understand spending trends and plan future cloud usage
- Support cloud commitment planning, reservations, savings programs, and other cloud-cost efficiency strategies
- Expand FinOps practices through standards, documentation, education, and tools that enable product and engineering teams to own their cloud costs
- Collaborate with cloud, Kubernetes, engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams
- Translate cloud-usage data into practical recommendations and measurable outcomes
Requirements:
- Hands-on experience working with at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience analyzing or optimizing cloud infrastructure, containerized applications, or Kubernetes-based workloads
- Working knowledge of cloud billing, usage, cost allocation, forecasting, or cost-optimization concepts
- Ability to use Python or another scripting language for basic automation, API calls, data preparation, or systems integration
- Experience using data to identify trends, investigate issues, and develop clear, actionable recommendations
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical and financial information to engineering, finance, product, and leadership audiences
- Experience with FinOps, cloud financial management, technology business management, or cloud-cost optimization
- Familiarity with Apptio Cloudability, VMware CloudHealth, Finout, Adaptive6, or cloud-native cost-management platforms
- Experience with Kubernetes cost allocation, workload rightsizing, autoscaling, cluster efficiency, or shared-cost analysis
- Experience using SQL, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Datadog, or similar analytical and observability tools
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, developer portals, or engineering automation workflows
- Exposure to unit economics, AI cost governance, token consumption, model-selection economics, or FinOps Foundation practices and certifications
- Successful completion of a background investigation
- Must be authorized to work in the United States; Allstate generally does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position
- Reliable internet with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload
- Dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, with appropriate desk and seating
Benefits:
- Comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse
- Monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs for employees eligible to work from home
- Dedicated, private workspace requirements for home working
- Opportunity to shape FinOps capabilities and build practical solutions
- Flexibility to test new ideas, recommend tools, and build practical solutions
- Exposure to unit economics, AI cost management, and token-based consumption
- Continuous learning opportunities
- Meaningful work supporting causes and protecting families and belongings
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