Cognism is the leading provider of European B2B data and sales intelligence. Ambitious businesses of every size use our platform to discover, connect, and engage with qualified decision-makers faster and close more deals. Headquartered in London with global offices, Cognism’s contact data and contextual signals are trusted by thousands of revenue teams to eliminate the guesswork from prospecting.
As a FinOps Expert, you will establish cloud financial management as a continuous discipline across the entire Cognism R&D organisation. Working across Platform Engineering, Product Engineering, Data and R&D Operations, you will connect AWS usage, service ownership and engineering decisions to clear financial outcomes. This is a group-wide, hands-on role focused on cost transparency, rightsizing, forecasting and accountability - ensuring infrastructure and cloud investment decisions are based on data rather than intuition.
What You'll Do- Own the continuous FinOps and AWS rightsizing process across Cognism R&D, covering production and non-production environments.
- Build clear cost visibility by service, engineering domain, environment, team and accountable owner across the R&D organisation.
- Track cloud cost baselines, trends, anomalies and material deviations, and translate them into actionable insight.
- Maintain a prioritised optimisation backlog with owners, expected savings, effort and delivery status.
- Provide cost assessments and projected financial impact for significant infrastructure changes and new platform initiatives.
- Partner with Platform Engineering, Product Engineering, Data Engineering and service owners to optimise resources without compromising reliability, security or delivery.
- Develop recurring infrastructure and cloud cost reporting for R&D leadership and Finance, including realised savings, cost drivers, forecasts and material variances.
- Use Port.io and cloud cost data to strengthen service ownership, cost allocation and platform governance.
- Promote cost-conscious engineering practices across R&D so teams understand the financial impact of architectural, platform and operational decisions.
- AWS and native cloud cost-management data and tooling
- io service catalogue and engineering scorecards
- Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure
- Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
- Observability and utilisation data (CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus or equivalent)
- Data analysis and automation using SQL, Python or equivalent tooling
- Every significant cloud cost across R&D has a visible owner, business context and reliable allocation.
- AWS cost trends, deviations and optimisation opportunities are reviewed on a recurring cadence.
- A measurable optimisation backlog continuously converts opportunities into realised savings.
- Infrastructure changes include cost impact alongside technical, reliability and security considerations.
- R&D leadership can make platform and cloud investment decisions using trusted cost, utilisation and forecast data.
- 5+ years in FinOps, cloud financial management, cloud infrastructure or a closely related role.
- Strong hands-on experience analysing and optimising AWS spend in a production environment.
- Experience with cost allocation, tagging, ownership models, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to identify rightsizing and efficiency opportunities and track them through to realised impact.
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture and the trade-offs between cost, reliability, performance and scalability.
- Ability to work effectively across Platform Engineering, Product Engineering, Data, R&D Operations, Finance and senior leadership.
- Strong analytical skills and confidence working with large cost and utilisation datasets.
- Excellent communication skills and fluent English.
- FinOps Foundation certification or equivalent practical FinOps experience.
- Experience with Kubernetes economics and shared-platform cost allocation.
- Experience with Port.io, cloud service catalogues or engineering scorecards.
- Experience building automated cost dashboards, anomaly detection or optimisation workflows.
- Experience in a high-growth SaaS or data-platform environment.
At Cognism, we’re not just building a company - we’re building an inclusive community of brilliant, diverse people who support, challenge, and inspire each other every day. If you’re looking for a place where your work truly makes an impact, you’re in the right spot!
Our values aren’t just words on a page—they guide how we work, how we treat each other, and how we grow together. They shape our culture, drive our success, and ensure that everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work.
Here’s what we stand for:
🤝 We Own the Outcome Together.
🤓 We Deeply Understand our Customers.
🏆 We Celebrate Impact Wherever It Comes From.
At Cognism, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals typically underrepresented in tech, so if this role excites you but you’re unsure if you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply!
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in FinOps, cloud financial management, cloud infrastructure, or a closely related role
- Hands-on experience analyzing and optimizing AWS spend in a production environment
- Experience with cost allocation, tagging, ownership models, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Demonstrated ability to identify rightsizing and efficiency opportunities and track them through realized impact
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture and trade-offs between cost, reliability, performance, and scalability
- Ability to work across Platform Engineering, Product Engineering, Data, R&D Operations, Finance, and senior leadership
- Strong analytical skills and confidence working with large cost and utilization datasets
- Excellent communication skills and fluent English
- FinOps Foundation certification or equivalent practical FinOps experience
- Experience with Kubernetes economics and shared-platform cost allocation
- Experience with Port.io, cloud service catalogues, or engineering scorecards
- Experience building automated cost dashboards, anomaly detection, or optimization workflows
- Experience in a high-growth SaaS or data-platform environment
Cognism Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Sales compensation for SDR and AE roles is considered broadly in line with market norms, with on‑target earnings seen as attainable for strong performers. Role and location specifics suggest UK SDR pay is near market, enabling reasonable earnings for performers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Annual leave is presented as generous, with an extra day off for birthdays and region‑specific policies. This positions time off as a meaningful part of the core package.
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Parental & Family Support — Maternity and paternity packages are highlighted as “excellent,” with details varying by country. This points to an emphasis on family support in the offering.
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What We Do
Cognism is a leader in international sales intelligence, setting a new standard for data quality and compliance, trusted by 1800+ revenue teams worldwide. Cognism helps businesses find, engage and close their dream prospects by providing premium company and contact information, including firmographics, technographics, sales trigger events, intent data, verified business emails and phone-verified mobile numbers. Next level GDPR & CCPA compliance, combined with innovative technology and integrations with leading CRM and sales engagement partners, make Cognism the number one choice for businesses looking to create a predictable pipeline, find their next best business opportunity and overcome global compliance barriers.
