Azure FinOps Analyst — Cloud Cost Governance & Optimization

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k and financial benefits

Mental health & wellness programs

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Brown & Brown in Plano, TX is seeking a data-driven Enterprise Solutions - Cloud FinOps Analyst to join our growing FinOps team. You will bridge Finance, Compliance, and Cloud Engineering to optimize cloud spend and governance across our Azure footprint.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud operations and 3+ years managing Azure costs, with hands-on experience in cost allocation, reporting, and automation using Power BI and Azure Cost Management.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Cloud FinOps experience.
• 5+ years overall experience in cloud operations or cloud infrastructure management.
• Direct responsibility over cloud spend management, cost optimization, and FinOps governance.
• Experience evaluating, implementing, and administering FinOps and cloud cost management tools such as Azure Cost Management, IBM ApptioCloudability, Azure Advisor, or similar platforms.
• Experience designing and managing cloud cost allocation frameworks using resource tagging, subscriptions, management groups, and cost-center mappings.
• Experience with Azure Policy.
• Experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure Cost management.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Experience working within regulated or compliance-driven enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily Azure usage to identify waste, unattached resources, over-provisioned infra, and orphaned instances.
• Implement savings initiatives including RI, Savings Plans, Rightsizing, Smart tiering, and Hybrid Benefit.
• Establish automated cost alert thresholds and investigate spend spikes.
• Design and maintain dashboards using Azure Cost Management and Power BI.
• Maintain cloud cost allocation models for accurate cross-department chargebacks.
• Collaborate with IT and Finance to forecast quarterly cloud spend and track variance.

Skills

Cloud FinOps

Azure Cost Mgmt

Cost Allocation

Power BI

Azure Advisor

Excel

Data Analysis

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure Cost Management

IBM ApptioCloudability

Azure Advisor

Power BI

Azure Policy

Job description

Brown & Brown in Plano, TX is seeking a data-driven Enterprise Solutions - Cloud FinOps Analyst to join our growing FinOps team. You will bridge Finance, Compliance, and Cloud Engineering to optimize cloud spend and governance across our Azure footprint.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud operations and 3+ years managing Azure costs, with hands-on experience in cost allocation, reporting, and automation using Power BI and Azure Cost Management.