Costco - Issaquah, WA
posted 2 months ago
Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee-centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes “World's Best Employers”. This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others. The IT Ops Analyst - Cloud is responsible for defining technology needs, prioritizing them in the global planning process, analyzing, submitting, and approving new initiatives. This role leads efforts to define and manage technology solutions, project initiatives, business architectures, technology objectives and strategies, and represents these to business areas and IS leadership as needed. The Cloud IT Ops Analyst specifically manages the lifecycle of contractual and financial obligations of the Cloud team for associated vendors and tools. This role works closely with IT business teams to manage and track contractual and financial responsibilities for Cloud vendors, as well as partnering tightly with value streams to assist in education of and forecasting for consumption of cloud platforms leveraged at Costco. The successful candidate will enhance and implement cloud cost management standards and practices, holding accountability for periodic reports detailing resource and cost trends and enabling Costco value streams to deploy effective and cost-efficient cloud solutions. They will be required to partner with senior leadership to provide guidance and support for forecasting and cost management of Cloud spend. This position is ideal for someone who is strategic, analytical, and has the ability to effectively manage multiple layers of financial responsibilities for a Cloud Environment.