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HUB LOCATIONS: Bloomington, IL; Richardson, TX; Dunwoody, GA; Tempe, AZ

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Are you passionate about AWS, analytics, AI, and solving complex business challenges? Do you enjoy turning cloud data into actionable insights that save millions of dollars? We're looking for an experienced AWS FinOps Analyst with an inquisitive mindset and a passion for innovation to help lead the evolution of enterprise cloud financial management.

As a member of our centralized FinOps organization, you'll be at the center of driving a culture of cost optimization, operational efficiency, and AI-powered decision making across one of the largest AWS environments in the enterprise. This highly visible role combines cloud engineering, data analytics, finance, automation, and artificial intelligence while partnering with leaders across the enterprise.

This is an opportunity to directly influence how cloud investments are optimized while helping shape the future of FinOps for AI and AI for FinOps.

This position offers an opportunity to:

• Influence enterprise-wide cloud financial strategy across a multi-million-dollar AWS environment.
• Partner directly with senior leaders across Engineering, Information Security, Finance, Architecture, and Cloud Platform organizations.
• Drive next-generation AI for FinOps capabilities including intelligent anomaly detection, optimization recommendations, automated reporting, and decision support.
• Help optimize AWS pricing strategies through Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, commitment management, and consumption optimization.
• Design intelligent automation that safely eliminates cloud waste and improves operational efficiency.
• See the measurable impact of your work by helping manage and optimize over nine figures of annual cloud spend.
• Be part of a highly collaborative, innovative team that encourages experimentation, continuous learning, and new ideas.

As an AWS FinOps Analyst, you will:

• Own AWS cloud spend analytics by delivering actionable visibility into cost drivers, trends, forecasts, and anomalies.
• Lead AI for FinOps initiatives, including:
  • Intelligent anomaly detection
  • Optimization recommendations
  • Natural-language insights
  • Executive reporting automation
  • Decision-support solutions
• AI Cost Visibility & Token Economics- Establish and operationalize cost models (token, model, agent level) and enable enterprise-level AI cost transparency.
• Partner with cloud platform teams to optimize Reserved Instance coverage, Savings Plans strategies, commitment utilization, and overall cloud consumption.
• Identify infrastructure waste—including idle, orphaned, overprovisioned, and misconfigured resources—and quantify the financial impact of optimization opportunities.
• Build executive dashboards, forecasting models, KPIs, and self-service reporting leveraged by leadership and thousands of engineers.
• Develop analytics that leverage AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR), AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost Optimization Hub, AWS Trusted Advisor, and related services.
• Build trusted partnerships with engineering teams, cloud architects, finance organizations, data teams, and cloud governance stakeholders.
• Translate complex cloud consumption patterns into clear financial narratives and actionable business recommendations.
• Champion a culture of continuous cost optimization, accountability, and operational excellence.

• Strong experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience using AWS native cost management and billing services such as:
  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)
  • AWS Cost Optimization Hub
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles and cloud financial management.
• Familiarity with: CI/CD pipelines and shift-left engineering practices.
• Advanced SQL skills with experience analyzing large cloud billing datasets.
• Experience building executive dashboards and analytics using Amazon QuickSight.
• Experience working with APIs, Python, SQL, infrastructure tooling, or workflow orchestration platforms.
• Strong analytical, conceptual thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical cloud concepts to engineering and business stakeholders.
• Curiosity, creativity, and willingness to challenge conventional thinking.
• Comfortable experimenting with new ideas and learning from failure to drive innovation.

Preferred Qualifications

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent FinOps certification.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, or other AWS certifications.
• Experience with LLM/token-based pricing models (OpenAI, Claude, Bedrock APIs).
• Governance & Automation – Implement policy-based controls, anomaly detection, and automated enforcement for AI cost management
• Experience developing AI-enabled analytics or automation solutions.
• Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock, generative AI, prompt engineering, or AI governance concepts.
• Experience integrating AWS APIs and cloud automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of forecasting, statistical modeling, or anomaly detection techniques.
• Familiarity with Cloudability.

Because work-life balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!

• Potential starting salary range: $107,000 - $142,000. Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience. High end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience
• Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary

At State Farm, we offer more than just a paycheck. Check out our suite of benefits designed to give you the flexibility you need to take care of you and your family!

• Get Paid! On top of our competitive pay, you are eligible for an annual raise and bonus.
• Stay Well! Focus on you and your family’s health with our robust health and wellbeing programs. State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium, and we offer multiple healthcare plan options, including a high deductible plan. All medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care, AND you and your family have access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals, and much more!
• Develop and Grow! Take advantage of educational benefits like industry leading training programs, top-notch tuition assistance programs, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
• Plan Ahead! Plan for those big moments in life with benefits like fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, national discount programs, interactive monthly financial workshops, free financial coaching, and more. You can also start a savings account or consider financing through our State Farm Federal Credit Union!
• Take a Little “You” Time! You will have access to our generous time off policies designed so you can plan around holidays, family events, volunteering, or just to take a relaxing day off. With the opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave, paid holidays, celebration day, life leave (40 hours/year), bereavement leave, and community service/education support days, there will be plenty of time for you!
• Give Back! We offer several ways to give back through our Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and the Employee Assistance Fund.
• Finish Strong! Plan for retirement using free financial advisors and a 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.

Visit our State Farm Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations, and the hiring process of joining the State Farm team!

• Strong experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience using AWS native cost management and billing services such as:
  • AWS Cost Explorer
  • AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)
  • AWS Cost Optimization Hub
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles and cloud financial management.
• Familiarity with: CI/CD pipelines and shift-left engineering practices.
• Advanced SQL skills with experience analyzing large cloud billing datasets.
• Experience building executive dashboards and analytics using Amazon QuickSight.
• Experience working with APIs, Python, SQL, infrastructure tooling, or workflow orchestration platforms.
• Strong analytical, conceptual thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical cloud concepts to engineering and business stakeholders.
• Curiosity, creativity, and willingness to challenge conventional thinking.
• Comfortable experimenting with new ideas and learning from failure to drive innovation.

Preferred Qualifications

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent FinOps certification.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect, Data Analytics, or other AWS certifications.
• Experience with LLM/token-based pricing models (OpenAI, Claude, Bedrock APIs).
• Governance & Automation – Implement policy-based controls, anomaly detection, and automated enforcement for AI cost management
• Experience developing AI-enabled analytics or automation solutions.
• Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock, generative AI, prompt engineering, or AI governance concepts.
• Experience integrating AWS APIs and cloud automation frameworks.
• Knowledge of forecasting, statistical modeling, or anomaly detection techniques.
• Familiarity with Cloudability.