Senior FinOps Architect: Cloud Economics & AI

nOps; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

nOps is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect who has sat where customers sit, leading FinOps, cloud economics, or cloud financial management in a large enterprise. You will own commitment portfolios, build forecasts, and provide actionable insights across pre-sales and hands-on implementation.

You will shape the next generation of offerings with strong judgment on commitments, allocation, forecasting, and AI economics, sitting across from CFOs to deliver meaningful insights.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud financial management, FinOps, cloud economics, or TBM.
• Own or govern a commitment portfolio including real purchases, renewals, and coverage decisions.
• Strong understanding of commitment risk and portfolio resilience through slow quarters or architecture changes.
• Hands-on experience with MCP servers or automation you've built.
• Fluency in billing data at the source (CUR/FOCUS) and Azure/GCP billing exports.
• Experience building cost allocation, showback, and unit economics models.
• Experience forecasting and owning a budget number, not just reporting.
• Comfort speaking with engineering and finance or FP&A audiences; C-level reporting a plus.
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills; familiarity with Looker/Tableau/Power BI.

Responsibilities

• Commitment management, multi-cloud: own the technical story on commitment coverage and utilization across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including RI, Savings Plans, and CUDs.
• Allocation, forecasting, and unit economics: architect cost allocation, showback, and chargeback models, and build forecasting and budget models.
• AI visibility and tokenomics: lead AI cost engagements end to end, including spend attribution from account to model to department, token-level economics, and optimization recommendations.
• Proofs of value and adoption: build proofs of value using MCP server and API, making analyses reusable for customers.
• Community: represent nOps in the FinOps community through events, FinOps X, enablement sessions, podcasts, and content.

Skills

FinOps

Cloud economics

TBM

SQL

Data modeling

BI tools

Tools

Apptio

Cloudability

CloudZero

Vantage

Finout

Job description

nOps is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect who has sat where customers sit, leading FinOps, cloud economics, or cloud financial management in a large enterprise. You will own commitment portfolios, build forecasts, and provide actionable insights across pre-sales and hands-on implementation.

You will shape the next generation of offerings with strong judgment on commitments, allocation, forecasting, and AI economics, sitting across from CFOs to deliver meaningful insights.