Dedicated Federal Platform Administrator & FinOps SME

Columbia, IN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Dedicated Federal Platform Administrator & FinOps SME

Rapid Cycle Solutions LLC (RCS) is an innovative small business providing IT and management consulting services to the U.S. Federal Government and commercial clients. We have unique strengths in complex cross-organizational solution analysis design development implementation and change management supporting enterprise requirements. Our team of professionals has deep consulting backgrounds supporting the unique needs of our clients. Our team members have proven experience leading strategic initiatives within the civilian Government agencies.

*Note: Please ensure you meet the Security Clearance obligations before applying to optimize your consideration for this and other employment opportunities with RCS.

RCS is seeking a Platform Administrator & FinOps SME to serve as a full-time embedded resource within a U.S. Department of Defense cloud management team in direct support of the Customers cloud management platform environment. This is a high-visibility mission-critical role supporting one of the most strategic cloud financial management programs in the federal government.

This position requires the candidate to meet specific Security Clearance obligations to work onsite in Columbia MD.

What you will do:

Platform Administration & Configuration

Administer the platform environment on a day-to-day basis including OU hierarchy management project lifecycle and user provisioning
Configure and maintain funding sources budgets spend plans and cloud access roles (CARs) across AWS Azure GCP and OCI
Create and manage permission schemes cloud rules and Service Control Policies (SCPs) in alignment with agency governance Requirements
Onboard and configure new cloud accounts (AWS GovCloud C2S Azure GCP OCI) into the Customers platform environment
Maintain platform health identify issues proactively and coordinate remediation with engineering as needed

Cloud Financial Management & FinOps Execution

Monitor analyze and report on cloud spend across all CSPs within the Customers platform environment
Build and maintain spend dashboards drill-down views and scheduled reports tailored to agency leadership financial managers and tenant organizations
Configure and manage budget threshold alerting enforcement rules and spend tracking against funding sources and contracts
Identify spend anomalies and cost optimization opportunities; provide recommendations to agency leadership
Support financial audit preparation monthly budget reviews and ad hoc reporting requirements

Compliance Governance & Policy

Create manage and monitor compliance checks and standards are aligned to Army/DoD policies
Support DISA STIG FedRAMP and DoD IL compliance activities as applicable within the Customers platform environment
Configure and deploy FinOps policies and tagging enforcement rules to govern resource spend and cloud usage
Triage compliance findings coordinate remediation tracking and report status to agency stakeholders

Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation

Manage and troubleshoot Terraform Provider configurations for infrastructure-as-code workflows
Support CloudFormation template compatibility including C2S environment constraints
Develop automation scripts and workflows to reduce manual administrative overhead
Support CI/CD pipeline integrations for related infrastructure and configuration management

Stakeholder Enablement & Operational Support

Serve as the day-to-day SME and embedded administrator for agency leadership financial managers and tenant teams
Deliver role-specific training and enablement sessions so agency personnel and tenants can self-serve cost and governance data
Participate in agency team meetings leadership briefings and status calls as required
Maintain documentation of all work performed configurations applied and training delivered
Coordinate with engineering product and support teams on escalated issues bugs and feature requests

Required Qualifications/Education:

Clearance: Active Secret clearance TS/SCI preferred

U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS)

3 years of experience administering cloud management FinOps or cloud governance platforms in a federal or DoD environment
Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud and/or AWS C2S (Commercial Cloud Service) environments
Working knowledge of cloud financial management concepts: budgeting funding sources cost allocation spend tracking and FinOps best practices
Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP OCI)
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools particularly Terraform and/or CloudFormation
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical findings to senior military and civilian leadership
Ability to work independently in a high-trust embedded customer environment with minimal direct supervision

Nice to Have Qualifications:

Direct experience with the platform (or comparable cloud management platforms such as Apptio Cloudability CloudCheckr or similar)
Familiarity with DoD compliance frameworks: DISA STIGs FedRAMP DoD IL2/IL4/IL5 and Army SAAR processes
Experience with Cloud Custodian policy engine or similar policy-as-code frameworks
Experience supporting a Program Management Office (PMO) or government contracting officer technical representative (COTR) environment
FinOps Certified Practitioner (FinOps Foundation) or equivalent cloud financial management certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Cloud Practitioner or equivalent cloud certification
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field; equivalent experience accepted

RCS is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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All RCS work locations are drug-free workplaces.

Dedicated Federal Platform Administrator & FinOps SME Rapid Cycle Solutions LLC (RCS) is an innovative small business providing IT and management consulting services to the U.S. Federal Government and commercial clients. We have unique strengths in complex cross-organizational solution analysis desi...