Job Specifications
RWE Supply & Trading GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time / part time , permanent
Functional area: IT / Digital
Remuneration: tariff/non-tariff
Department Insights
Join our AWS Platform team as a Senior FinOps Analyst/Engineer. You will be part of a dynamic team that maintains and develops the AWS platform for RWE. We take pride in our work, motivated to help our customers and each other. We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
The role
As a Cloud FinOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in driving financial efficiency and transparency across our AWS platform, directly contributing to our company's growth and sustainability. You will help build out the RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) FinOps practice on the foundations already in place, focusing on rate and workload optimization, dashboarding, and documentation. We aim to elevate the FinOps culture within the organization, creating KPIs to enable benchmarking and assisting teams with budgeting and forecasting.
Your Responsibilities
Optimization & Analytics
Rate and workload optimization
RI and SP recommendations and purchases
Analysis of usage costs to identify trends and potential savings
Identifying and combining data sources to enhance findings and recommendations
FinOps Culture and Education
Building and maintaining the FinOps culture in RWEST
Creating educational material to help RWEST understand and maximize FinOps
Defining FinOps best practices
Financial Monitoring and Reporting
Implementing financial monitoring to detect anomalies
Creating reports as required by both App and finance teams
Collaboration and Support
Building relationships with both the App and finance teams to help them understand cloud spend
Promoting transparency, openness, and knowledge sharing within the team
Providing support to other team members and troubleshooting day-to-day issues
Your Powerful Skills
Strong understanding of the FinOps framework and its capabilities
Proven track record of cost savings – preferably with AWS
Experience with purchasing Reserved Instances and Saving Plans – AWS
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with finance, operations, and application teams
Analytical and problem-solving skills to analyse cloud usage data and identify cost optimization opportunities, including budgeting and forecasting
Knowledge of pricing mechanisms and cost models for cloud services
Proactively staying updated with industry trends and innovations
Advantageous, But Not Required
FinOps certification
Membership in the FinOps Foundation
AWS CUDOS dashboards and or AWS QuickSight
Experience with IaC (Terraform)
Experience with Git, managing code check-in, code reviews, and maintaining a standardized repository structure
Experience creating and managing cloud-native CI/CD pipelines
Academic degree in mathematics, computer science, natural science, or a comparable field
Proficiency in spoken and written German
Benefits You Can Rely On
Modern company culture with flat hierarchies and strong team spirit
Diverse team with opportunities for continuous learning and development
Innovative environment in a dynamic, growing energy market
High potential DevOps team with strong management support
Agile setup working on impactful projects
Excellent compensation and benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and performance bonuses
rwe.com/career
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RWE Supply & Trading is the interface between RWE and the energy markets around the world. Approximately 2000 employees from over 70 different countries trade electricity, gas, commodities and CO2 emission allowances. The trading entity also ensures the commercial optimisation of RWE’s power plant dispatch and markets electricity from RWE.
About the Company
RWE is leading the way to a clean energy world. With its investment and growth strategy Growing Green, RWE is contributing significantly to the success of the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the energy system. Around 20,000 employees work for the company in almost 30 countries worldwide. RWE is already one of the leading companies in the field of renewable energy. RWE is investing billions of euros in expanding its generation portfolio, in particular in offshore and onshore wind, solar energy and batteries. It i...
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