FinOps Specialist (REMOTE)

Koniag Data Solutions LLC a Koniag Government Services company is seeking a FinOps Specialist to support KDS and our government customer. The position is remote. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health dental and vision insurance 401K with company matching flexible spending accounts paid holidays three weeks paid time off and Data Solutions LLC (KDS) a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an experienced FinOps Specialist to support cloud-financial management operations for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services component. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented financial and technical professional with strong analytical skills a practical understanding of cloud pricing models and a commitment to financial accountability transparency and cost optimization. The FinOps Specialist will perform a key technical role supporting ACF cloud modernization cybersecurity operational resilience and mission delivery. Principal responsibilities include but are not limited to:Perform ongoing cloud-cost analysis across one or more cloud service providers including AWS Azure and GCP to identify spending trends anomalies optimization opportunities and maintain and execute chargeback and showback models that accurately allocate cloud costs to appropriate business units programs systems or cost maintain and deliver biweekly dashboards and reports reflecting cloud-spend trends budget variances utilization forecast changes material issues and cloud budgets forecast future spend and provide timely reporting and actionable variance analysis to leadership program management and finance with engineering cloud architecture and DevOps teams to identify and implement cost-saving recommendations including right-sizing savings plans reserved instances resource scheduling storage optimization and tagging the development and enforcement of cloud cost-governance policies tagging standards allocation rules budget controls and financial-management best with procurement and vendor-management teams to evaluate cloud pricing agreements enterprise discount programs consumption commitments and contract project budget adherence by identifying emerging cost pressures reporting risks and variances and coordinating recommended corrective actions with program documentation tracking and validation of Other Direct Cost (ODC) expenditures by maintaining accurate cost records confirming that required supporting documentation is available and tracking written Contracting Officer Representative (COR) pre-approval status before costs are incurred. This role does not approve ODC and document whether proposed ODC expenditures appear fair and reasonable based on available pricing estimates or comparable cost information; elevate findings to the appropriate program contracts procurement or COR authority for review and in Agile or program-management ceremonies including sprint planning and backlog refinement as they relate to FinOps priorities and cost-optimization current documentation of chargeback methodologies cost-allocation models dashboard logic forecasts optimization findings ODC support records and governance as a subject matter resource on FinOps principles helping technical financial and program stakeholders understand cloud-financial-management practices and decision and Experience:Evaluate and implement stateoftheart AI frameworks and tooling enabling automation anomaly detection threat modeling decision support and largescale data AI models for performance reliability and cost efficiency across onprem and cloud environments (Azure/AWS).Establish and enforce AI development best practices including MLOps version control reproducibility testing and continuous integration/continuous research and prototype emerging AI techniques transforming complex technical concepts into actionable engineering the creation and maintenance of AI governance artifacts including model documentation performance baselines risk assessments and lifecycle engineering teams and contribute to technical decisionmaking ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture and longterm AI :Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Computer Science Information Systems Business Administration or a related field from an accredited college or university.3 years of experience in cloud financial management FinOps IT finance or a related experience with cloud-cost-management tools such as AWS Cost Explorer Azure Cost Management GCP Billing CloudHealth Apptio Cloudability or similar experience developing and managing chargeback or showback models in a multi-team or enterprise :5 years of experience in FinOps cloud financial operations or IT financial supporting federal government or public-sector cloud Skills and Competencies:Strong understanding of cloud-pricing models billing structures and cost-optimization strategies across one or more major cloud in developing and managing chargeback and showback frameworks for accurate cost allocation across business units systems programs or cost building financial reports dashboards and visualizations that communicate cloud spend trends variances risks and forecasts to technical and non-technical to perform cloud-cost forecasting and variance analysis identify deviations from budget and recommend corrective delivering regular recurring reporting including biweekly financial and operational with cloud resource-tagging strategies and governance policies that support cost attribution accountability and data documenting tracking or validating costs approvals and supporting records in a program contract procurement or financial-control analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to written and oral communication skills in English with the ability to present financial data clearly to executive finance program and technical to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment with engineering finance procurement contracts and program-management in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets for financial modeling data analysis and Requirement:Ability to obtain a Public Trust Skills and Competencies:FinOps Certified Practitioner (FinOps Foundation) or equivalent with cloud-management platforms such as CloudHealth Apptio Cloudability or similar of IaC concepts and how cloud resources are provisioned and managed such as Terraform or working in a federal government IT or cloud with Agile development methodologies especially with data-visualization tools such as Power BI Tableau or Certified Cloud Practitioner Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) or equivalent cloud-provider of ITIL or IT Service Management (ITSM) frameworks as they relate to cloud-financial supporting ODC documentation COR pre-approval tracking or federal contract cost-control Equal Employment Opportunity PolicyThe company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race color religion creed ethnicity sex sexual orientation gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification) national origin or ancestry age disability citizenship military/veteran status marital status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment promotion wages benefits and all other privileges terms and conditions of company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. 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