Sr. Cloud Optimization Specialist

Sr. Cloud Optimization Specialist

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Job Description

Working as a Sr. Cloud Optimization Specialist atVerisk means beingpart of and contributing to a large, dynamic, and innovative community. In this role you will be working with cutting-edge technology and continuously developing new skills and capabilities. You will focuson our customers, their success, and the desire to serve them while being responsible and assuming accountability for everything you touch.

Purpose of the role

• Identify and recommend cost optimization opportunities in the cloud.
• Drive change to cloud costs from the center.

Primary Goals to Be Assured

• Learn and support existing FinOps practices for AWS.
• Assist in development of FinOps practices for Azure.
• Assist in ongoing development of a self-service environment for cloud cost transparency.

Specific Responsibilities

• Present cloud financials and cloud cost optimization opportunities.
• Estimate cloud costs for migrations to the cloud.
• Research AWS cloud service offerings on an ongoing basis to present new angles for cost optimization of each cloud service.
• Develop Athena SQL to identify costs by tag as requested by the Business Units and transfer knowledge to do the same.
• Leverage the AWS CLI to retrieve metadata to identify additional information necessary for cost transparency.
• Support the Densify product and interpret analysis to suggest actionable items.
• Develop processes to identify cost transparency in Azure.
• Create KPIs as a measure of cost optimization in the cloud.
• Learn the financial side of FinOps to facilitate an interdisciplinary approach to cloud cost optimization.
• Support the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) platform in Athena and QuickSight.
• Propose and implement new CUR architecture to address challenges in managing the large dataset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in support of technology infrastructure or system architect.
• 5+ years of experience troubleshooting technology problems.
• 5+ years of experience in understanding CPU, memory, and performance metrics.
• 2+ years of experience writing SQL.
• Cloud experience preferred.
• AWS QuickSight experience preferred.
• Python experience preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to build relationships to drive change.

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Additional Information

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability.

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