What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director - Cloud Engineering & FinOps position at Wendy's International?
The Director of Cloud Engineering and FinOps is a strategic and hands-on leadership role responsible for the architecture, operations, and financial performance of the enterprise cloud infrastructure. This individual will lead cloud engineering teams while also serving as a subject matter expert in cloud financial management, capacity planning, and optimization practices.
The role blends deep technical expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with financial acumen and business insight to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. The Director will partner closely with finance, operations, and business teams to forecast demand, manage resource utilization, and implement cost-saving strategies such as reservations, savings plans, and shutdown schedules.
This leader will design and execute capacity strategies, oversee cloud growth, and develop financial infrastructure metrics. They will also be responsible for communicating these metrics and future needs across the organization, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology roadmaps.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native tooling. Proficiency with GitHub for source control, collaboration, and workflow automation is essential. The role also requires familiarity with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), monitoring and observability platforms (e.g., Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana), and cloud cost management tools (e.g., CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer).
This is a highly collaborative role that involves working across engineering, finance, and business units to drive cloud maturity, operational excellence, and financial accountability.
Responsibilities- Lead Cloud Architecture and Engineering
- StrategyDefine and evolve the enterprise cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with business goals.
- Drive Cloud Financial Management and Optimization
- Implement FinOps practices to monitor cloud spend, forecast usage, and recommend cost-saving strategies such as reservations, savings plans, and shutdown schedules.
- Oversee Capacity Planning and Utilization
- Design and execute capacity strategies to manage cloud growth, utilization, and performance across all cloud platforms, ensuring operational efficiency and financial accountability.
- Infrastructure Automation and DevOps
- Champion infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates), CI/CD pipelines, and GitHub workflows to streamline deployment, configuration, and collaboration.
- Collaborate Across Finance, Engineering, and Business Teams
- Partner with finance and business units to align cloud investments with strategic priorities and ensure teams understand the impact of their usage on cost and performance.
- Develop and Communicate Cloud Metrics and Insights
- Build dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track cloud performance, financial metrics, and future needs, and communicate these insights to executive leadership and stakeholders.
- Education: Bachelors Degree is required; Master's Degree in Technology, Computer Science or related field is preferred.
- Over 15 years of technology experience with more than 5 years' experience in a Director or Infrastructure Program Management role leading cloud technology programs.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills with a wide range of audiences including technologists, executives, business stakeholders, vendor partners and IT team members.
- 3 years' experience supporting business services running in the public cloud. Experience with the contracts supporting IaaS, PaaS and SaaS delivery models.
- Extensive knowledge of FinOps and Capacity.
Expected Work Location (Remote): It is expected that you will primarily perform work remotely. You may be asked to travel, as needed, to the Wendy's Restaurant Support Center (RSC) (1 Dave Thomas Blvd, Dublin, OH 43017), or to other location(s) as designated by the Company. Changes to work location arrangements are subject to managerial approval and business needs. #LI-Remote
Wendy's was built on the premise, "Quality is our Recipe," which remains the guidepost of the Wendy's system. Today, Wendy's and its franchisees employ hundreds of thousands of people across more than 7,000 restaurants worldwide with a vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand.
The base pay range for this position is listed below. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and budget for the open position and also may vary depending on the candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other relevant factors. This range does not include an estimated value for any benefits, bonus, or other incentives that may be applicable based on position. The target annual bonus for this role is 25% of annualized base salary, based on actual company and personal performance.
Our square burgers make us different and so do our benefits! Our restaurant support roles are eligible for a wide array of benefits, including things such as parental leave, free EAP sessions, company 401k match and other great offerings. For more details about our benefits, including an overview of eligibility and terms for certain benefits, please visit our benefits website, www.wendysbenefits.com.
NOTE: Wendy's benefits, bonus, and other incentives are governed by the applicable legal plans and policies and, where appropriate, may be subject to Board approval an individual award agreement terms. Those documents supersede all other information regarding Wendy's benefits, bonus, and other incentives. Wendy's retains the right to amend or terminate its plans and policies at its sole discretion, in accordance with applicable plans, policies and laws.
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Travel: 10%
Pay Range: $142,000 - $256,000 Annually
Wendy's is an equal employment opportunity employer who may provide reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Salary : $142,000 - $256,000