Remote FinOps Consultant: Cloud Cost Optimizer

FinOps Weekly; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

ITSYNTAX INC is seeking a FinOps Consultant for a 12+ month contract, remote. You will lead cloud cost management efforts, build and mature FinOps practices, and partner with engineering, finance, and product teams to align cloud spending with business objectives.

The role requires hands-on Cloudability experience, strong cost optimization skills, and the ability to translate technical data into executive-friendly summaries. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud cost management, FinOps, cloud engineering, or cloud financial operations roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing and operating IBM Cloudability (formerly Apptio Cloudability) — configuration, connectors, dashboards, cost modelling, reporting.
• Strong understanding of cloud billing models and pricing (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, IBM Cloud).
• Experience with cost optimization techniques: rightsizing, committed-use planning, workload scheduling, storage lifecycle, and license management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a cloud FinOps strategy, playbooks, and governance model for the organization.
• Define policies for cost ownership, tagging, budget enforcement, and showback/chargeback.
• Build dashboards and reports using Cloudability and BI tools for cost visibility.
• Identify and prioritize cost optimization opportunities and drive savings initiatives.
• Educate and enable engineering, DevOps, product, and finance teams on FinOps best practices.

Skills

FinOps

Cost optimization

Cloud cost management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Scripting (Python)

SQL

Communication

Tools

IBM Cloudability

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Terraform

Job description

ITSYNTAX INC is seeking a FinOps Consultant for a 12+ month contract, remote. You will lead cloud cost management efforts, build and mature FinOps practices, and partner with engineering, finance, and product teams to align cloud spending with business objectives.

The role requires hands-on Cloudability experience, strong cost optimization skills, and the ability to translate technical data into executive-friendly summaries. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.