AWS FinOps Consultant
Infrastructure
South Africa
Are you one of those people who loves finding value in the details?
Do you speak cloud, finance, and engineering — fluently?
We’re looking for a FinOps Practitioner who’s not just great with numbers but knows how to turn AWS cost data into smart, actionable strategies for our clients.
If helping teams save money, improve visibility, and work smarter with their cloud spend sounds like your kind of challenge — keep reading.
Type: Permanent – Remote in South Africa
Salary: Up to R100K (depending on experience)
Area: South Africa
What you’ll be doing
You’ll work closely with our AWS clients to bring order, clarity, and savings to their cloud environments. That means:
- Building dashboards and custom reports using AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and QuickSight.
- Digging deep into cloud spend, spotting trends, and identifying where things can be optimised (rightsizing, reserved/spot instances, storage tiers, etc.).
- Proposing smart, high-impact cost-saving strategies backed by solid ROI.
- Running FinOps training sessions and creating repeatable playbooks for teams.
- Helping clients set budgets, track forecasts, and put cost guardrails in place.
- Automating optimisation tasks using AWS-native tools like Lambda and CloudFormation.
- Keeping the momentum going with regular check-ins, reports, and strategy reviews.
What we’re looking for
- Real-world experience in FinOps, cloud cost optimisation, or cloud ops (especially in AWS).
- Solid understanding of AWS pricing, billing models, and cost management tools.
- Confidence to work across both tech and finance teams — you’re the translator and connector.
- A natural with data — spotting patterns, telling the story, and making it easy for others to understand.
- Experience with AWS tools (Cost Explorer, Budgets, Cost Anomaly Detection) and platforms like CloudHealth or Apptio is a bonus.
- FinOps certification or AWS Solutions Architect cert? That’ll earn you extra points.
What success looks like
- Your clients see where their AWS spend is going — and trust your advice.
- Your optimisation plans lead to real, measurable savings.
- FinOps becomes a natural part of every project and conversation.
- Your dashboards and alerts are helping teams make smarter decisions, faster.
Sound like your kind of role?
We’d love to hear from you — even if you don’t tick every single box.