Senior FinOps Analyst

AtlassianSydneyOn-siteFull-time4 days ago

Atlassian is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst to join its FinOps team in Sydney, focusing on cost efficiency across AWS and GCP environments. The role involves using cost data and cloud engineering experience to drive cost optimization, requiring 4+ years of experience and SQL or Python skills.

What you'll do

Own cost and usage insights for teams and domains, identifying usage optimisation opportunities and making clear, evidence-backed recommendations
Work with engineering teams to find viable rate optimisation commitments, and contribute to conversations with cloud vendors on pricing and billing
Lead cost efficiency discussions with engineering and finance teams
Support cost allocation and attribution (tagging, showback and chargeback) so spend maps to services and teams, and connect it to product and customer outcomes through unit economics
Design data models, reports and dashboards that give multiple stakeholders visibility of costs and opportunities
Set standards for how we query our data, and build analytical models that keep working as the data changes
Use AI tooling to speed up analysis and make our cost insights easier to act on
Validate cost savings, including where there are complex considerations and trade-offs
Plan and deliver training for engineers, improve our team documentation, and mentor more junior analysts
Work as part of a fast-growing, multi-disciplinary, high impact FinOps team, with exposure and visibility across Atlassian engineering teams and senior leaders

What you need

Must-have

SQLPythonCloud technologyData modelingData visualization

Nice-to-have

GCP cost and usage dataAWSDatabricksBigQueryTableauVendor managementAI workloads costFinOps Certified PractitionerGoogle Cloud Professional certification

Soft skills

CollaborationCommunicationMentoringTrainingAnalytical thinking

FinOpsCloud Cost OptimizationAWSGCPData AnalysisSQLPythonSaaSSoftware DevelopmentSenior

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