FinOps & Cloud Architecture Lead, Full‑Stack & Kubernetes

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior FinOps/Cloud cost optimization leader to drive budgeting, forecasting, and cost savings across multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes cross-team collaboration with engineers and IT executives to implement optimization strategies and governance.

Ideal candidates bring deep FinOps knowledge, strong cloud architecture acumen, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform to optimize spend and deliver data-driven insights for decision-makers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FinOps projects and understanding FinOps concepts preferred.
• 5+ years budgeting, forecasting, cost savings, and reporting with various tools.
• 4+ years with open-source frameworks and cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• 3+ years cloud architecture/design including cost optimization and capacity planning.
• 2+ years software development or solutions engineering with Java, TypeScript, ReactJS, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
• Deep understanding of cloud services pricing models and billing structures.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrating strong grasp of cloud requirements such as cost optimization and capacity planning, facilitating cross-organizational partnerships for cost optimization discussions.
• Managing and implementing optimization and automation strategies for business processes.
• Contributing to a comprehensive strategy to enhance savings, improve spend reporting, governance, and drive process enhancement.
• Collaborating with leaders to collect budget requirements, establish and maintain budget reports, forecast costs and tasks.
• Overseeing FinOps stakeholder communications and KPIs for IT executives, collaborating with Controllers/Tech Financials Controls.
• Relaying critical information to stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Developing the Economic Unit using business metrics to manage cloud operational expenses.
• Providing technical leadership across stack layers, focusing on full stack web app development and integration.
• Mentoring senior and junior engineers in system architecture, design, and implementation.
• Maintaining clear communication with partner teams and explaining technical implementations for alignment.
• Utilizing Kubernetes deployments to ensure reliable interaction with backend services and cloud/on-prem integrations.

Skills

FinOps

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost Optimization

Cloud Architecture

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Full Stack Development

Tools

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior FinOps/Cloud cost optimization leader to drive budgeting, forecasting, and cost savings across multi-cloud environments. The role emphasizes cross-team collaboration with engineers and IT executives to implement optimization strategies and governance.

Ideal candidates bring deep FinOps knowledge, strong cloud architecture acumen, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform to optimize spend and deliver data-driven insights for decision-makers.