Senior Cloud FinOps Lead: Azure & GCP Cost Expert

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a Senior Cloud FinOps SME to drive cloud financial management across Azure-led multi-cloud environments. You will own cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, governance, and executive reporting, partnering with engineering and finance to realize optimized spend.

You will leverage Apptio Cloudability and strong Azure/GCP expertise to implement chargeback/showback models, allocations, dashboards, and cost insights that inform architecture decisions and

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT experience, including 7+ years in Cloud FinOps, cloud economics, or cloud financial management.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure Cost Management and Billing, Cost Analysis, budgets, exports, Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, and Azure Advisor.
• Hands-on expertise with Apptio Cloudability, including cost allocation, reporting, optimization insights, budgeting/forecasting, dashboards, and business-unit views.
• Good working knowledge of GCP Cloud Billing, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, reporting, and resource optimization.
• Strong knowledge of the FinOps Framework, cloud cost allocation, showback/chargeback, unit economics, rate optimization, governance, and anomaly management.
• Advanced analytical and reporting skills using Power BI, Excel, SQL, APIs, or equivalent tools.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with the ability to convert technical and financial data into actionable recommendations.
• Preferred: FinOps Practitioner certification; Azure Administrator/Architect cert; GCP cert.

Responsibilities

• Lead Azure and GCP cloud cost analysis, optimization, budgeting, forecasting, variance management, and financial governance.
• Manage Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, budgets, cost analysis, exports, and Azure Advisor recommendations.
• Support GCP billing analysis, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, resource utilization, and optimization.
• Develop showback/chargeback models, tagging standards, allocation rules, unit-cost metrics, dashboards, and executive reports.
• Identify idle, orphaned, oversized, and underutilized resources; quantify savings and track remediation through realization.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, operations, finance, procurement, and business teams to drive cost accountability.
• Provide cost models, TCO, ROI, and scenario analysis for cloud migration, modernization, and architecture decisions.

Skills

Cloud FinOps

Azure Cost Mgmt

Apptio Cloudability

GCP Cloud Billing

Power BI

Excel

SQL

APIs

Executive comms

Budgeting & forecasting

Tools

Apptio Cloudability

Power BI

Job description

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a Senior Cloud FinOps SME to drive cloud financial management across Azure-led multi-cloud environments. You will own cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, governance, and executive reporting, partnering with engineering and finance to realize optimized spend.

You will leverage Apptio Cloudability and strong Azure/GCP expertise to implement chargeback/showback models, allocations, dashboards, and cost insights that inform architecture decisions and