Cloud FinOps Lead

General Dynamics IT; United States; Remote; USD 116,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a CLOUD FINOPS LEAD to support the VA’s enterprise cloud financial operations. You will oversee forecasting, cost optimization, reporting, and governance across VAEC environments, collaborating with cloud engineers, finance, and cybersecurity teams.

You will drive cost reporting, dashboards, and unit economics, lead customer engagements with VA executives, and push continuous improvements in tagging, automation, and governance to maximize financial value across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience
• Experience leading cloud financial operations (FinOps), cloud cost management, or enterprise financial governance
• Demonstrated expertise with multi‑cloud environments (Azure, AWS, VAEC) and cloud financial management tools
• Strong understanding of ITSM, cloud service delivery, financial analytics, forecasting, and governance frameworks
• Ability to evaluate cloud cost reports, usage models, allocation data, tagging strategies, and forecasting outputs for accuracy and completeness
• Experience developing financial performance plans, optimization dashboards, reporting packages, unit economics models, and corrective‑action processes
• Excellent written, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across cloud engineering, finance, cybersecurity, hosting operations, and federal organizations

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud financial management processes and cost forecasting for VA environments
• Maintain cost models, dashboards, and reporting packages
• Strengthen tagging and allocation strategies across multi‑clouds
• Identify optimization opportunities and mature FinOps practices
• Collaborate with cloud engineers, finance, cybersecurity, and stakeholders to drive financial efficiency
• Manage cost reporting, unit economics analysis, and automation of data feeds
• Engage VA leadership with cost reviews, forecasts, and modernization roadmaps
• Drive continuous improvement in tagging standards, dashboards, and governance

Skills

Continuous Improvement

Financial Management

KPI

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Azure

AWS

VAEC

Cloud cost tools

Job description

Type of Requisition

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

None

Public Trust/Other Required

MBI (T2)

Job Family

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications

Skills: Continuous Improvement, Financial Management, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Certifications: None Experience: 5 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a CLOUD FINOPS LEAD supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs . GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects, build your skills, and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a CLOUD FINOPS LEAD supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs in Austin, Texas you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

HOW A CLOUD FINOPS LEAD WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

How You Will Make an Impact

Join GDIT to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) through the Infrastructure Operations Support Services program. As the FinOps Lead, you will oversee VA's enterprise cloud financial operations ensuring accurate forecasting, cost optimization, transparent reporting, and strong financial governance across all VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments.

In this role, you will lead cloud financial management processes, maintain cost models and dashboards, strengthen tagging and allocation strategies, identify optimization opportunities, and ensure VA meets key FinOps performance standards. You will collaborate with cloud engineers, architects, financial analysts, cybersecurity teams, and VA stakeholders to drive financial efficiency, improve cloud spend visibility, and support data-driven decision making.

You will manage cloud cost reporting, unit economics analytics, automated financial feeds, showback/chargeback workflows, and monthly/quarterly performance packages for leadership. You will monitor cost anomalies, refine allocation models, enhance optimization pipelines, and streamline financial operations across hosting and multi-cloud environments.

You will also lead customer engagement with VA leadership and service line managers-delivering cost reviews, briefings, forecasting insights, modernization roadmaps, and optimization recommendations that strengthen FinOps maturity and mission‑aligned financial outcomes.

Finally, you will drive continuous improvement by refining tagging standards, enhancing dashboards, modernizing reporting structures, embedding automation, addressing inefficiencies, and maturing VA's enterprise cloud financial governance.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 5 years of experience
• Experience leading cloud financial operations (FinOps), cloud cost management, or enterprise financial governance
• Demonstrated expertise with multi‑cloud environments (Azure, AWS, VAEC) and cloud financial management tools
• Strong understanding of ITSM, cloud service delivery, financial analytics, forecasting, and governance frameworks
• Ability to evaluate cloud cost reports, usage models, allocation data, tagging strategies, and forecasting outputs for accuracy and completeness
• Experience developing financial performance plans, optimization dashboards, reporting packages, unit economics models, and corrective‑action processes
• Excellent written, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across cloud engineering, finance, cybersecurity, hosting operations, and federal organizations

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting VA, federal agencies, or large regulated cloud environments
• FinOps Practitioner or FinOps Professional certification, cloud cost‑management certifications, ITILv4, Six Sigma, or similar credentials
• Familiarity with cloud optimization principles, cost governance frameworks, budgeting processes, tagging standards, and VA Handbook 6500 financial alignment requirements
• Experience with cost dashboards, automation frameworks, metadata/ingestion pipelines, and cloud financial reporting tools

Security Clearance

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Location

Austin, TX or Remote

No visa sponsorship is available for this position

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• AI‑enabled professional growth tools
• Leadership development and internal mobility programs
• Competitive pay, benefits, and 401(k) match
• Mission‑focused culture supporting Veterans
• Opportunities to modernize VA's cloud financial ecosystem and strengthen cost efficiency, accountability, and business value across nationwide operations

The likely salary range for this position is $116,450 - $157,550. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: Less than 10%

T elecommuting Options: Remote

Work Location: Any Location / R