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Datadog

Cloud FinOps Analyst, Cloud Efficiency and Analytics

Datadog, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Cloud FinOps Analyst, Cloud Efficiency and Analytics Datadog is seeking a Cloud FinOps Analyst, Cloud Efficiency and Analytics. This role is part of Datadog’s internal infrastructure team focused on cloud cost management and optimization across multiple clouds.

About Datadog

We’re on a mission to build the best platform for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at large scale to enable collaboration among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally for tens of thousands of companies. Our culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way.

The Team: Cloud Efficiency and Analytics is part of Datadog’s internal infrastructure team and is responsible for all things cloud cost related. This position lives in Data Projects, a group focused on high-leverage research and initiatives within our infrastructure spend. Projects vary from modeling Datadog’s infrastructure costs across clouds, leveraging the latest cloud discount instruments, to using observability data to identify opportunities to reduce spend.

You will

Work closely with the Cloud Efficiency and Analytics Organization and company leadership to drive high-visibility projects and guide investments with quantitative analysis

Learn about monitoring billions of containers per day across multi-cloud environments and translate that into cloud infrastructure costs

Use spreadsheets, spark jobs, and ML algorithms to derive insights into data and trends for the business

Build models and test them against reality

Iterate on solving hard problems, breaking down big questions into manageable steps

Collaborate across the organization, meeting with senior engineering leadership and engineers on any Datadog team

You are

Passionate about detailed work and completing initiatives

Own your work beyond a single task; develop domain expertise and contribute across organizational boundaries

Have several years of Python and SQL experience

Comfortable with ambiguity and iterative problem solving

Understand major cloud providers and how engineers use them (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

Love optimizing cost and performance, with strong focus on the bottom line

Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate outside of your direct team

Experience in data science, data visualization, and statistics

Not required to be strongest in all areas; able to contribute in one of financial analysis, cloud billing, cloud infrastructure analysis, or data engineering/data science

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience

Benefits and Growth

Competitive salary and equity opportunities based on performance

RSUs and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

Mentor and buddy programs for internal networking

Inclusive culture with access to employee resource groups

Global benefits

Benefits listed may vary by country and employment type. Datadog also provides a comprehensive set of benefits including health, dental, parental planning, mental health support, 401(k) with match, paid time off, and other programs.

Equal Opportunity Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other protected characteristics. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories where permitted by law.

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