System for controlling cloud resources

A system for optimizing a workflow provided by a computing platform to a cloud computing system, the system comprising:

• a receiver module configured to receive metrics for a job of the workflow run on the cloud computing system, the job being run on the cloud computing system based on a schedule and a cloud computing infrastructure configuration;
• an optimization module coupled with the receiver module, the optimization module configured to generate an update to the cloud computing infrastructure configuration based on the metrics, wherein the cloud computing infrastructure configuration is automatically updated based on the update, thereby providing an updated cloud computing infrastructure configuration, and wherein a next scheduled run of the job on the cloud computing system is based on the updated cloud computing infrastructure configuration.