FinOps Practitioner (Remote)

The application window is expected to close on: 10/29/2026 This position is remote and can be performed from listed locations within the United States. This role requires reliable internet connection and the ability to work independently in a remote environment. Meet the Team Splunk Cloud FinOps helps Cisco turn public cloud and AI consumption into measurable business value through cost visibility, commitment management, and financial accountability. Our U.S.-based team includes three FinOps practitioners, a Scrum Master, two engineers, a technical lead, and a Senior FinOps Manager. We work across engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams to connect technical decisions with cloud gross margin outcomes. The team is highly collaborative, innovative, fast-paced, and deeply skilled in cloud technology and financial management. Our next area of growth is AI enablement, both applying AI to FinOps work and building stronger cost management for token-based services. Your Impact Lead the analysis and execution of AWS Savings Plan purchases to improve commitment coverage while managing utilization and overcommitment risk. Translate public cloud and AI token-based spend into financial insights that support Splunk Cloud gross margin. Drive cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP by partnering with engineering, finance, architecture, and product teams. Build forecasts, dashboards, and executive-ready reporting that make spending trends, savings, and risks clear and actionable. Measure success through sustained improvement in Savings Plan coverage, sound commitment decisions, and realized cost efficiencies while operating as an individual contributor with no direct reports. Minimum Qualifications Bachelors + 5 years of related experience, or Masters + 3 years of related experience, Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, economics, computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field. Minimum of 3 years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, or enterprise cloud cost management, including hands-on AWS cost management. Hands-on experience analyzing AWS Reservations and Savings Plans, including purchase sizing, coverage, utilization, and overcommitment risk. Hands on experience building cloud forecasts, budgets, cost models, dashboards, and analyses using advanced Excel or Google Sheets capabilities, including pivot tables and complex formulas. Ability to obtain a FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional credential within 90 days of hire. Preferred Qualifications Experience managing cloud costs in Azure or GCP in addition to AWS. Experience with Cloudability, CloudHealth, Flexera, or comparable enterprise cloud cost-management platforms. Experience using Amazon Athena, SQL, Python, business intelligence tools, or cloud billing APIs for cost analysis and reporting. Experience managing AI and token-based consumption or applying AI to FinOps analysis, anomaly detection, forecasting, automation, or reporting. Experience leading cross-functional FinOps initiatives in a large, complex enterprise, especially within infrastructure architecture, software engineering, SRE, or DevOps environments. Why Cisco? At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere. We are Cisco, and our power starts with you. Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada: The starting salary range posted for this position is $96,800.00 to $148,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process. U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time. U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies. Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid. The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below: New York City Metro Area: $128,000.00 - $205,700.00 Non-Metro New York state & Washington state: $125,400.00 - $182,800.00 * For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined. ** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements. Cisconians power the future. We make impact as a team, innovating fast and fearlessly to create meaningful solutions on a large scale. The depth and breadth of our technology doesn't just benefit our customers – it also means limitless opportunities for us to experiment and learn. We understand the power each of our unique backgrounds bring when we work together. Because of that, we have a global network of thinkers, doers, experts, and curious creators who help one another do their life’s best work.

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