FinOps Lead: Cloud Cost Optimization & Governance

Sysdig; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extra days off

401(k) with 3% match

Maternity and Parental Leave

Mental health support

Full health benefits

Job summary

Sysdig, a cloud security leader, seeks a senior FinOps leader to own cost transparency and governance across a multi-cloud footprint. You will partner with engineering to drive cost savings and build scalable reports that reveal unit economics by product and workload.

The role requires 8+ years in FinOps or cost management, proven ability to reduce cloud spend, and experience with GPU/AI compute cost optimization. You will embed with teams to shape cost-aware architectures and pricing insights.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FinOps, cloud cost optimization, or operational cost management.
• Proven track record of reducing cloud/hosting spend at scale (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong grasp of unit economics, with ability to translate infrastructure costs into actionable metrics for finance and leadership.
• Experience building governance processes and cross-functional accountability, with autonomy in a high-visibility role.
• Proven ability to establish cross-functional governance structures across Finance, Product, and Engineering leadership.
• Experience with GPU/AI compute cost optimization and/or high-volume data pipeline cost management.
• Deep familiarity with multi-cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure) and large-scale telemetry pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own hosting/cloud cost transparency: build reporting and dashboards on unit economics and cost drivers by product, team, and workload.
• Partner with engineering to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities, including rightsizing, reserved capacity, architecture changes, and non-production environment efficiency.
• Build cost governance for AI/GPU compute and security telemetry pipelines as they scale with our AI-driven detection capabilities, including data retention and lifecycle decisions with Security and Compliance.
• Manage cost and pricing tradeoffs across our multi-cloud, multi-region infrastructure, including data transfer, residency, and compliance costs.
• Translate infrastructure costs into cost-to-serve and gross-margin metrics that inform pricing and competitive strategy.
• Partner with engineering leadership through a regular cadence to keep cost initiatives moving to closure, and report on savings delivered.
• Embed directly with engineering teams to establish cost-aware architecture patterns, automated tagging hygiene, and regular cost-review cadences.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost optimization

Cost governance

Cross-functional leadership

Multi-cloud architectures

GPU/AI compute cost

Telemetry pipelines

Education

FOCP or equivalent hands-on

Job description

Sysdig, a cloud security leader, seeks a senior FinOps leader to own cost transparency and governance across a multi-cloud footprint. You will partner with engineering to drive cost savings and build scalable reports that reveal unit economics by product and workload.

The role requires 8+ years in FinOps or cost management, proven ability to reduce cloud spend, and experience with GPU/AI compute cost optimization. You will embed with teams to shape cost-aware architectures and pricing insights.