Senior FinOps Engineer - Data Platform Cost & Cloud

American IT Systems; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

American IT Systems in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced FinOps Engineer to lead cloud cost management for data platforms on GCP and AWS. You will analyze billing, optimize spend, and drive cost transparency across engineering and finance teams.

The role requires 8–12 years of FinOps experience, deep knowledge of BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc, billing exports, and cost governance. You will build forecasts, showbacks, and executive-level reports to inform business decisions.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience with cloud FinOps on GCP/AWS.
• Understanding of service architecture, consumption patterns, and cost drivers for data platforms.
• Experience with cloud cost management/reporting tools and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Analyze cloud billing, usage, and consumption data to provide actionable insights.
• Identify and implement cloud optimization opportunities in AWS and GCP.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, and showback/chargeback models for executive reporting.
• Communicate actuals, forecasts, risks, and business impacts to stakeholders.
• Drive governance and cost transparency across engineering, finance and business teams.

Skills

GCP FinOps

AWS FinOps

Cost Optimization

Billing Analytics

Data Platform

Cost Reporting

Stakeholder Mgmt

Executive Reporting

Tools

GCP Billing Console

Job description

American IT Systems in Houston, TX is seeking an experienced FinOps Engineer to lead cloud cost management for data platforms on GCP and AWS. You will analyze billing, optimize spend, and drive cost transparency across engineering and finance teams.

The role requires 8–12 years of FinOps experience, deep knowledge of BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc, billing exports, and cost governance. You will build forecasts, showbacks, and executive-level reports to inform business decisions.