Sr Principal FinOps/DevOps Engineer (Cortex)

Your Career

We are seeking a Senior Principal DevOps/FinOps Engineer to lead cloud cost efficiency governance and optimization initiatives across GCP AWS and Azure. This role requires a highly experienced operationsfocused engineer with a strong background in DevOps Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and FinOps.

As a strategic leader you will define and implement structured cloud cost governance processes automate cost controls and collaborate with Engineering Finance and Operations teams to optimize cloud spend. You will also be responsible for analyzing cloud financial data providing cost modeling for budgeting and profitability analysis and delivering insights to upper management.

Your Impact

• Cloud Cost Optimization: Continuously monitor cloud usage (GCP AWS Azure) to identify costsaving opportunities enforce governance policies and drive financial accountability.

• Strategic Cost Management: Develop and implement automated cloud cost optimization strategies including rightsizing recommendations commitmentbased purchasing (Reserved Instances Savings Plans CUDs) and waste elimination.

• Operational Excellence: Establish structured FinOps processes for cloud cost governance budgeting forecasting and cost allocation ensuring adherence to financial targets.

• Reporting & Insights for Upper Management: Provide datadriven insights and financial reports on cloud expenditures to support business decisionmaking. Develop dashboards reports and financial models to track cost trends and efficiency.

• Cost Modeling & Profitability Analysis: Build financial models to analyze cloud spend in relation to revenue and profit margins. Assist finance teams in developing budget forecasts and cost projections for cloud infrastructure.

• CrossFunctional Collaboration: Partner with Finance Operations and Engineering teams to define and implement cost control policies pricing model adjustments and accountability frameworks.

• Cloud Resource Governance: Enforce tagging policies cost allocation models and budget alerts to improve transparency and cost attribution.

• Automation & Reporting: Develop automation tools (Python Go) for cost visibility anomaly detection and forecasting. Build realtime dashboards using AWS/GCP cost APIs Tableau and ElasticSearch.

• FinOps Compliance & Standardization: Ensure adherence to industryleading FinOps frameworks aligning cloud expenditures with business objectives.

Qualifications :

Your Experience 

• 10 years of handson experience in GCP & AWS as a DevOps Engineer SRE or Cloud Engineer with a strong focus on FinOps and cloud cost management.

• 5 years of specialization in Cloud Resource Optimization FinOps automation and cloud financial governance.

• Strong programming skills in Python or Go for automation cost analysis and custom FinOps tooling.

• Experience with GCP & AWS cost APIs billing dashboards and data aggregation using ElasticSearch.

• Deep expertise in Terraform (IaC) cloud tagging strategies and cost allocation models.

• Proven experience in cost modeling for budgeting financial forecasting and profitability analysis.

• Strong background in building financial reports and dashboards using Tableau AWS Cost Explorer and GCP Cost Management tools.

• Demonstrated success in collaborating with finance teams and leadership to drive strategic costsaving initiatives and ensure financial efficiency.

Additional Information :

The Team

We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity excited by the prospect of a challenge and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. 

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications experience and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level the starting base salary (for nonsales roles) or base salary commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $173000 $260000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

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