Cloud FinOps Engineer: Governance & Cost Optimization

FinOps Weekly; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunity to contribute to public,/f

Flexible work environment

Mentorship from engineers and data

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Lumiture is seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer to advance government cloud cost management, governance, and operational efficiency. You will help implement a modern FinOps model that turns usage data into actionable business value for a government agency.

Collaborating with IT, Finance, and business units, you will establish cost controls, tagging strategies, and reporting dashboards, and identify automation and AI opportunities to reduce waste and optimize resources.

Qualifications

• US citizenship or dual citizenship required.
• Experience in cloud financial management or FinOps.
• Strong governance, cost allocation, and accountability.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration with IT, finance, and operations.
• Ability to improve cloud cost visibility and controls.
• Experience identifying waste, rightsizing, and cost anomalies.
• Familiarity with tagging strategies and FinOps practices.
• Experience with cloud cost management and reporting tools.
• Excellent communication across technical and business stakeholders.
• Comfortable in agile, collaborative environments and driving change.

Responsibilities

• Establish and operationalize a FinOps governance framework.
• Collaborate with IT, Finance, and Business Units to improve cost management.
• Design FinOps organizational structure with roles and channels.
• Recommend and implement FinOps tooling for cost visibility and reporting.
• Develop cost allocation capabilities and dashboards.
• Identify cloud waste and optimization opportunities.
• Implement rightsizing solutions with automated recommendations.
• Contribute to FinOps roadmap by assessing maturity and priorities.
• Support change management with stakeholder engagement and training.
• Identify automation and AI pilot opportunities to enhance efficiency.

Skills

US Citizenship

FinOps experience

Cloud governance

Cost allocation

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost visibility

Cloud waste

Rightsizing

Tagging strategies

Cost reporting tools

Communication skills

Agile environment

Change facilitation

AI pilots

Job description

Lumiture is seeking a Cloud FinOps Engineer to advance government cloud cost management, governance, and operational efficiency. You will help implement a modern FinOps model that turns usage data into actionable business value for a government agency.

Collaborating with IT, Finance, and business units, you will establish cost controls, tagging strategies, and reporting dashboards, and identify automation and AI opportunities to reduce waste and optimize resources.