Cloud Infrastructure & FinOps Leader

columbiasportswearcompany; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; 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. You will oversee cloud engineering, automation, and governance across Azure, AWS, and AI-enabled services.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineering, security, and finance, driving cost visibility, capacity planning, and scalable architectures to support global growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading cloud infrastructure and platform engineering in enterprise environments.
• 5+ years of people leadership developing engineers, leads, or managers.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, cloud operations, automation, governance, and infrastructure services.
• Experience owning or influencing cloud financial management including budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience driving cloud modernization and operating model improvements.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, security controls, and governance.
• Proven ability to partner with Finance, Procurement, Security, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud infrastructure engineering across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.
• Define and execute the cloud infrastructure roadmap to support modernization and transformation.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering, Security, and Finance to design secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Build and mature FinOps capabilities with cost visibility, forecasting, and governance.
• Advise engineering leaders on cloud architecture, capacity planning, and cost management.
• Drive reliability, observability, and automation across cloud platforms.
• Establish governance for AI-enabled infrastructure and AI services.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, and automation to improve delivery speed.
• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Manage relationships with cloud vendors and strategic technology partners.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Cloud architecture

FinOps / cloud financial mgmt

Automation / IaC

DevOps practices

Budgeting & forecasting

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering/Finance or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

Terraform

Cloud governance tools

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. You will oversee cloud engineering, automation, and governance across Azure, AWS, and AI-enabled services.

The role emphasizes collaboration with engineering, security, and finance, driving cost visibility, capacity planning, and scalable architectures to support global growth.