Cloud Infra & FinOps Leader: Scale & Cost Excellence

Columbia Sportswear Company; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company seeks a Senior Manager of Cloud Infrastructure Engineering & FinOps to lead strategy, delivery, operation, and financial stewardship of our cloud environment. The role drives Azure, AWS, and hybrid cloud initiatives while maturing FinOps practices to improve visibility, forecasting, governance, and business value from technology investments.

The candidate will partner with Architecture, Engineering, Security, and Finance teams to design secure, scalable, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 8+ years leading cloud infrastructure or related teams in a large enterprise.
• 5+ years of people leadership building high-performing teams.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, cloud operations and platform governance.
• Experience owning cloud financial management including budgeting and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud infrastructure engineering, FinOps, and governance across multi-cloud environments.
• Define and execute the cloud infrastructure roadmap aligned with modernization goals.
• Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Security, and Finance to design cost-effective solutions.
• Mature FinOps, including cost visibility, forecasting, allocation, and executive reporting.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team; foster accountability and continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with cloud vendors and strategic partners to maximize value.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Azure

AWS

FinOps

Automation

IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Finance

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

Columbia Sportswear Company seeks a Senior Manager of Cloud Infrastructure Engineering & FinOps to lead strategy, delivery, operation, and financial stewardship of our cloud environment. The role drives Azure, AWS, and hybrid cloud initiatives while maturing FinOps practices to improve visibility, forecasting, governance, and business value from technology investments.

The candidate will partner with Architecture, Engineering, Security, and Finance teams to design secure, scalable, and