FinOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: FinOps Engineer
Location: Houston, TX
Required Experience: 8-12 Years
We are primarily looking for a resource with strong FinOps expertise, particularly in Data Platform FinOps, cloud financial management, cost optimization, and billing analytics. The ideal candidate should have deep experience supporting large-scale data platforms on GCP and AWS, with a strong understanding of the cost drivers and optimization opportunities associated with modern data services.
Key Requirements:
Deep hands-on experience with GCP and AWS cloud platforms.
Strong understanding of GCP Data Platform services, including BigQuery, Cloud Composer, Dataproc, Cloud Storage, and related analytics services from a FinOps and cost management perspective. Development experience is not required, but the candidate should understand service architecture, consumption patterns, and cost drivers.
Strong knowledge of AWS CUR, CUDOS dashboards, GCP Billing Console, Cloud Billing exports, and cloud cost management/reporting tools.
Expertise in analyzing cloud billing, usage, and consumption data to provide actionable insights and support informed business decisions.
Proven experience identifying and implementing cloud optimization opportunities in AWS and GCP, including commitment management, rightsizing, storage optimization, workload efficiency, and cost allocation strategies.
Strong financial acumen with the ability to connect technical cloud consumption to business and financial outcomes.
Ability to develop forecasts, budgets, unit economics, showback/chargeback models, and executive-level FinOps reporting.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to clearly articulate actuals, forecasts, optimization recommendations, risks, and business impacts.
Proven ability to act as a FinOps leader, driving governance, accountability, cost transparency, and optimization programs across engineering, finance, and business teams.
Experience working closely with Data Engineering, Analytics, and Platform teams to influence architectural decisions that balance performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
Must be capable of independently leading FinOps reviews, stakeholder discussions, governance forums, and executive calls without requiring support or supervision. Should be confident presenting financials, usage trends, optimization recommendations, risks, forecasts, and business outcomes to technical, finance, and leadership audiences