Senior Associate Finops Practitioner for AWS & Azure

DTCC; Coppell (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DTCC in Coppell, TX is seeking a FinOps Practitioner to lead cloud financial optimization across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments. This role bridges Finance, Engineering, Architecture and Cloud Operations to ensure cloud investments meet business goals.

You will establish governance, cost allocation, and reporting practices, driving transparency and accountability while promoting fiscal discipline across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience.
• Deep working knowledge of AWS, Azure, and Snowflake billing models.
• Experience managing multi-cloud cost governance and reporting.
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles and cost transparency.

Responsibilities

• Establish and mature FinOps capabilities across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake.
• Lead FinOps practices to optimize and govern cloud spend.
• Collaborate with Finance, Engineering, Architecture, Product, and Cloud Operations.
• Define, track, and measure FinOps objectives with ongoing visibility.
• Develop and enforce cost allocation models and tagging standards.
• Establish governance for pricing models and cloud optimizations.
• Analyze cost data to identify savings opportunities and waste.
• Implement rightsizing, scheduling, and reserved capacity strategies.
• Influence architectural decisions via financial impact analysis.
• Partner on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for cloud expenses.
• Build cloud spend models showing historical trends and unit-cost metrics.
• Communicate insights to senior leadership with dashboards and reports.
• Utilize FinOps tooling for continuous monitoring and reporting.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud cost management

Budgeting

Cost optimization

Multi-cloud governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

Azure Cost Management

Snowflake

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

We are seeking a FinOps Practitioner to lead cloud financial optimization across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments within a regulated financial services organization. This role serves as a critical bridge between Finance, Engineering, Architecture, and Cloud Operations, ensuring that cloud investments are aligned with business objectives, financial discipline, and operational efficiency.

In this role, you will establish and mature FinOps capabilities aligned with the industry-standard FinOps Foundation framework (Inform, Optimize, Operate) while driving governance, transparency, and accountability for cloud spend. You will partner closely with stakeholders to track FinOps objectives, influence architectural and consumption decisions, and embed a culture of fiscal responsibility across the organization.

Your Primary Responsibilities :

• Establish and mature key FinOps capabilities aligned with the FinOps Foundation framework (Inform, Optimize, Operate) across AWS, Azure, and Snowflake environments.
• Lead FinOps practices to optimize and govern cloud spend across multi-cloud and data platform ecosystems.
• Collaborate with Finance, Engineering, Architecture, Product, and Cloud Operations stakeholders to define, track, and measure FinOps objectives, ensuring ongoing visibility into cost performance and business outcomes.
• Develop and enforce cost allocation models, tagging standards, and chargeback/showback frameworks.
• Establish governance standards for resource usage, pricing model adoption (e.g., Reserved Instances, Savings Plans), and Snowflake warehouse and consumption optimization.
• Conduct detailed analysis of cloud and data platform cost data to identify savings opportunities, waste, and efficiency improvements.
• Implement and recommend rightsizing, scheduling, and reserved capacity strategies while balancing performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with engineering teams to influence architectural decisions through financial impact analysis and cost modeling.
• Collaborate with Finance and Business Unit leaders on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial planning for cloud and data platform expenses.
• Build and maintain cloud spend models that demonstrate historical trends, growth patterns, and unit-cost metrics.
• Communicate cost insights and optimization outcomes to senior leadership through dashboards and executive-ready reporting.
• Leverage cloud cost management and FinOps tooling (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Snowflake Usage Views, CloudHealth, CloudAware, Cloudability) for continuous monitoring and reporting.
• Serve as a liaison across Finance, Engineering, Architecture, and Product teams to foster cost awareness, accountability, and informed decision-making.
• Champion FinOps principles, standards, and continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent professional experience

Talent Needed for Success

• 3-5 years of experience in cloud cost management, cloud operations, or technology finance, preferably within financial services or another regulated industry.
• Deep working knowledge of AWS, Azure, and Snowflake billing models, pricing structures, and optimization levers.
• Experience managing multi-cloud cost governance and reporting frameworks.
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles, including budgeting, forecasting, unit economics, and cost transparency.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, T