Senior Cloud Economist

Arctic Wolf, with its unicorn valuation, is the leader in security operations in an exciting and fast-growing industry—cybersecurity. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience.

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for an Cloud Economist to be part of making this happen.

About the role

Our systems run globally, process hundreds of billions of events per day and are still seeing exponential growth. It’s easy to see the need for a dedicated Financial Operations team to provide reporting, governance and insight into the cost of running those systems and the factors that influence our cloud spend. You will join our FinOps team, bringing experience in cloud cost reporting, data analysis and AWS cloud hosting services to support operations within Product, Engineering and Finance. The information and insights you provide enable stakeholders across the organization, from individual contributors to C-level executives, to be more informed and make data-driven decisions.

Your responsibilities include:

• Develop and share insights and views into cloud cost and usage data that enables technical and executive stakeholders to understand spend. This includes building out processes for repeated regular cadence deliverables and ad-hoc exploratory analysis.

• Be a cloud cost expert. Partner with engineering teams and AWS SME’s to accurately analyze, estimate and cost out new deployments or infrastructure changes and identify opportunities for cost optimization.

• Own cost anomaly detection and alerting processes, partnering with engineering teams to confirm root causes and validate resolutions.

• Partner with finance teams to develop cost forecasts and projections, compare forecasts to actual spend and understand causes where there are differences.

• Strive for rigour in our cost tracking and modelling to ensure it is accurate, repeatable and easy for stakeholders understand and incorporate in their processes.

• Partner with data developers to define requirements and identify automation opportunities for repeated reporting tasks and analyses.

• Answer novel questions being asked by the business by gathering data from disparate sources, performing exploratory data analysis, investigating data patterns and identifying trends. Translate analysis output into clear and concise insights, impacts and recommendations to inform strategic and operational decisions.

• Promote a culture of cost ownership and financial rigour and responsibility across the organisation.

• Act as a team representative in cross-functional initiatives.

• Maintain and administer cloud cost reporting platform.

• Manage cloud vendor discount plan commitments and purchases.

About you

• Speak data, finance and tech.

• Strong analytical skills and experience using data analysis tools.

• Practical knowledge and experience with AWS products and services, pricing models and cost management capabilities.

• Proficient in gathering information from various sources, combining, analyzing, presenting the results and linking them to the larger context and business outcomes.

• Strong attention to detail, ability to identify discrepancies and outliers.

• Experience designing reporting and monitoring to ensure awareness of cost trends and drivers.

• Have developed and maintained complex models to explain and accurately predict cost.

• Experience in cloud expense reporting and management using FinOps disciplines within a cloud platform.

• Bonus: Some experience or exposure with cloud infrastructure capacity planning and rightsizing.

• Bonus: Some experience with budgeting and rigorous financial reporting practices.

Interview process

The interview process is approximately as follows:

• Phone pre-screening: A recruiter contacts you to briefly discuss your work history and provide an overview of Arctic Wolf. Approximately 30 minutes.

• Technical assessment: A recruiter sends you a link to a straightforward technical assessment that is relevant to the role you are applying for. Approximately 1 hour.

• Face-to-face interviews: Several team members conduct two interviews to learn more about you and provide more information about your potential role and team. Be prepared to collaborate on a technical problem and talk more about past projects and your career goals. Approximately 1 hour per interview.

About Arctic Wolf

At Arctic Wolf we’re cultivating a collaborative and productive work environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and ideas to make our teams even stronger as we grow globally. We’ve been named one of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world for 2022 (Fast Company)—and the 2nd Most Innovative Security Company. This is in addition to consecutive awards from Top Workplace USA (2021, 2022), Best Places to Work - USA (2021, 2022) and Great Place to Work - Canada (2021, 2022).

Our Values

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:

• Equity for all employees

• Bonus or commission pay based on role

• Flexible time off, paid volunteer days and paid parental leave

• 401k/RRSP match

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Agreement

• Voluntary Legal Insurance

• Training and career development programs

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing [email protected].