Remote Cloud FinOps Lead - Cost Governance & Optimization

FinOps Weekly; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical plan options with HSA

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Flexible work weeks where possible

Paid time off with extensive leave

Job summary

GDIT is seeking a Cloud FinOps Lead in Austin, TX with remote work options to oversee enterprise cloud financial operations across VA environments. You will drive cost governance, forecasting accuracy, and reporting transparency while collaborating with cloud engineers, finance, cybersecurity, and VA stakeholders.

The role emphasizes building cost models, dashboards, and allocation strategies, plus automation enhancements to mature FinOps maturity and support modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of related experience.
• Experience leading cloud financial operations, FinOps, cloud cost management, or enterprise financial governance.
• Experience in multi-cloud environments, including Azure, AWS, and VAEC.
• Strong understanding of ITSM, cloud service delivery, financial analytics, forecasting, and governance frameworks.
• Ability to evaluate cloud cost reports, usage models, allocation data, tagging strategies, and forecasting outputs.
• Experience developing financial performance plans, optimization dashboards, reporting packages, unit economics models, and corrective-action processes.
• Strong written, analytical, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across cloud engineering, finance, cybersecurity, hosting operations, and federal organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud financial management activities across VA enterprise cloud environments.
• Build and maintain cost models, dashboards, allocation methods, and financial reporting packages.
• Support forecasting, cost optimization, and financial governance for multi-cloud environments.
• Manage showback and chargeback workflows, unit economics analysis, and automated financial feeds.
• Monitor cost anomalies and identify corrective actions and optimization opportunities.
• Improve tagging standards, reporting structures, and cost allocation accuracy.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly performance materials for leadership.
• Deliver cost reviews, briefings, forecasting insights, and optimization recommendations to VA stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cloud engineers, architects, financial analysts, cybersecurity teams, and service line managers.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, dashboard enhancement, and process refinement.

Skills

Cloud FinOps

Cost management

Forecasting

Multi-cloud (Azure, AWS)

Finance governance

Stakeholder communication

Cloud cost reporting

ITSM familiarity

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Cloud cost reporting tools

Cost models & dashboards

Tagging and cost allocation tooling

Job description

GDIT is seeking a Cloud FinOps Lead in Austin, TX with remote work options to oversee enterprise cloud financial operations across VA environments. You will drive cost governance, forecasting accuracy, and reporting transparency while collaborating with cloud engineers, finance, cybersecurity, and VA stakeholders.

The role emphasizes building cost models, dashboards, and allocation strategies, plus automation enhancements to mature FinOps maturity and support modernization efforts.