Cloud FinOps Specialist

Latitude IT Solutions

United States

Remote

USD 120,000 - 145,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

Paid time off

Federal holidays

401k matching

Life insurance

Education assistance

Employee assistance program

Commuter benefits

Health Savings Account

Job summary

Latitude IT Solutions is hiring a Cloud FinOps Specialist to provide financial governance for Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in support of a federal health customer. This fully remote role sits on a cloud operations and migration team.

You will build cost-tracking dashboards, manage budgets, enforce tagging, identify cost reductions, and ensure compliance with FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, or cloud operations.
3+ years leading technical teams and setting cloud standards.
Hands-on experience with GCP and OCI cost-management tools.
Experience building cost dashboards with BigQuery, Looker Studio, and OCI Cost Analysis.
Strong data analysis skills and familiarity with tagging and consumption-based billing.
Experience in regulated environments such as FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53.

Responsibilities

Build and manage cost-tracking dashboards and leadership reports for GCP and OCI.
Manage cloud budgets and configure spending alerts.
Define and enforce tagging standards for cost allocation and forecasting.
Identify cost-reduction opportunities through rightsizing and architecture changes.
Establish financial governance within FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53 environments.

Skills

Cost optimization

Data analysis

Cloud governance

Team leadership

FedRAMP/NIST experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, accounting or finance, information systems, or related field

Tools

BigQuery

Looker Studio

OCI Cost Analysis

GCP cost-management tools

Billing structures

Job description

Who we are...

Latitude is a growing Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) Company within the Federal Sector. We have experience in working with various federal clients across multiple different agencies. We believe in adopting and growing a remote work-from-home culture wherever possible to ensure a healthy work-to-life balance. We believe in automating the mundane and investing in our employees helping them grow their careers over time. We strive for innovation and want to develop solutions that we can take pride in and help break through some of the barriers that exist in technology and the government sectors today.

Description...

We are hiring a Cloud FinOps Specialist to provide financial governance for Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environments supporting a federal health customer. You will work with program leadership, engineering, and operations teams to make cloud spend visible, keep it on budget, and find ways to get more value from it. The role sits on a cloud operations and migration team. This position is fully remote in the United States.

What you will do...

Build and manage cost-tracking dashboards and leadership reports that give clear visibility into cloud spend across GCP and OCI.
Manage cloud budgets and configure spending alerts that catch anomalies early.
Define and enforce tagging standards for accurate cost allocation, forecasting, and reporting.
Identify cost-reduction opportunities through rightsizing, committed-use evaluations, and architecture changes.
Establish financial governance that works within FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53 environments.

Minimum qualifications...

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, accounting or finance, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience, and 5+ years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, or cloud operations.
3+ years leading technical teams, including developing technical standards for cloud environments and providing technical direction.
Hands-on experience with GCP and OCI cost-management tools and billing structures.
Experience building cost dashboards with native tools (BigQuery, Looker Studio, OCI Cost Analysis) or third-party tools.
Strong data analysis skills and deep familiarity with tagging, consumption-based billing, and multi-cloud governance.
Experience working in regulated environments such as FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53.
Ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation (Public Trust).

Preferred qualifications...

FinOps Certified Practitioner or a similar FinOps credential.
Active Public Trust
Cloud certifications in GCP, OCI, AWS, or Azure.
Experience managing GCP Committed Use Discounts and OCI Universal Credits or annual commitments.
Cost management for Oracle BYOL, Exadata, and Autonomous Database services.
Experience with Cloudability, Apptio, or Kubecost.
Experience in government or other regulated enterprise environments.

$120,000 - $145,000 a year

The posted range is base annual salary, placement within the range depends on qualifications, relevant experience, and contract requirements.

Clearance...

Applicants selected will be subject to a Security Investigation and May need to Meet Requirements for Access to Protected and/or Classified Information

Citizenship...

Applicants need to be a US Citizen to be considered for the position and have physically resided in the United States for a minimum of 3 years due to background investigation requirements.

Employee Benefits...