Cloud Cost/Finance Ops Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p> </p> <p><strong>Job Description</strong>:</p> <p>Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cloud Cost/Finance Engineer to serve as the key liaison between enterprise cloud platform teams and application stakeholders operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. In a diverse, multi-cloud ecosystem, the role is responsible for ensuring cloud services are secure, consumable, scalable, and aligned with mission requirements.</p> <p>You will translate technical cloud capabilities and security requirements into actionable roadmaps and adoption strategies. As the "Voice of the Customer" for the Cloud Engineering teams and a “Champion of Cloud Best Practices” for application teams, you will help drive modernization, cloud-native adoption, and consistent operational excellence across the enterprise.</p> <p><strong>Work you’ll do</strong>:</p> <ul> <li> <ul> <li>Establish, evangelize, and govern FinOps policies and best practices across multi-cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).</li> <li>Lead efforts to optimize cloud commitments (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans) and advise on optimal pricing models for new and existing workloads.</li> <li>Serve as the technical expert and architectural advisor for cloud cost optimization, reviewing new and existing designs to ensure cost-effectiveness and efficiency.</li> <li>Identify architectural waste and inefficiencies, providing clear, documented remediation plans (e.g., rightsizing, storage tiering, resource lifecycle management).</li> <li>Design and build automated tools, scripts, and processes to enforce FinOps governance, detect cost anomalies, and automate remediation actions (e.g., using Python, Terraform, Cloud APIs).</li> <li>Develop custom dashboards and data visualizations using cloud-native tools or third-party platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Grafana) to monitor key financial and operational metrics.</li> <li>Partner with development teams to refactor and re-architect critical applications for improved cloud efficiency.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Here’s what you’ll need</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree</li> <li>5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:<br> <ul> <li>Financial reporting and compliance</li> <li>Tableau</li> <li>Auditing</li> <li>Budgeting</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Security clearance</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.</li> </ul> <p>#clearancejobs</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="d