Cloud Service Provider Costing Specialist

Role overview

Develop defensible cloud cost estimates and financial comparisons to support enterprise migration, modernization, and hosting decisions. The role focuses primarily on Microsoft Azure, translating infrastructure configurations, workload needs, and purchasing terms into cost models, total cost of ownership analyses, forecasts, and optimization recommendations for both technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

- Build detailed Azure estimates, financial models, and TCO analyses for application and infrastructure workloads. - Compare the cost implications of on-premises hosting, Azure VMware Solution, Azure IaaS and PaaS, and other commercial cloud options. - Assess current infrastructure, utilization, application needs, and architecture to establish baselines and forecast future consumption. - Analyze consumption charges, licensing, reservations, savings plans, data transfer, discounts, and cloud purchasing agreements. - Work with engineers and architects to understand sizing, migration, and modernization choices and recommend cost improvements. - Document model assumptions and risks, validate estimates, and present clear comparisons and business cases to stakeholders.

Requirements

- Six or more years of experience in cloud financial management, IT infrastructure costing, cloud pricing analysis, or a related technical-financial field. - University degree or four years of equivalent experience in place of formal education. - Hands-on experience independently preparing detailed Azure pricing estimates and enterprise cloud cost or TCO models. - Practical knowledge of Azure consumption pricing, Microsoft licensing, reservations, savings plans, data transfer charges, and purchasing arrangements. - Ability to translate infrastructure configurations, workload requirements, and architecture into consumption forecasts. - Advanced Excel skills and experience with Azure Pricing Calculator, Azure Cost Management, Azure Migrate, or comparable tools.

Nice to have

- Experience with Microsoft Enterprise Agreements or Cloud Solution Provider arrangements. - Working knowledge of Azure compute, storage, networking, databases, and managed services. - Ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Benefits and work setup

- No travel is required. The role may include a discretionary variable incentive bonus. - Benefits include health coverage, retirement plan, paid holidays and leave, parental leave, disability and life insurance, tuition reimbursement, learning opportunities, commuter benefits, and employee assistance.