FinOps Cloud Engineer – Active Secret Clearance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee and manage Cloudability (Apptio) or other FedRAMP-authorized FinOps SaaS platforms.

• Track, allocate, and enhance USMC cloud expenditures.

• Integrate, configure, and maintain FinOps tools, including tagging strategies, data ingestion, governance policies, and troubleshooting.

• Provide Cloud Brokerage support by transitioning FinOps accounts, data, and capabilities across contract vehicles without disrupting service.

• Enhance cloud financial transparency through reporting, forecasting, anomaly detection, rightsizing analysis, and cost-optimization recommendations.

• Assist in cloud account lifecycle operations.

• Automate account bootstrapping utilizing the AWS Account Vending Machine.

• Enforce service control and tagging policies.

• Evaluate applications and cloud environments against industry best practices.

• Offer optimization recommendations and transition planning.

• Collaborate with cloud service providers to validate billing and invoicing, ensure compliance, and uncover financial-efficiency opportunities.

• Contribute engineering integration support to broader PEO Digital initiatives.

• Create and maintain training materials and documentation on FinOps practices, cloud optimization, and cost-management strategies to ensure business continuity.

• Work with engineering and operations teams to design, optimize, and manage secure, reliable, and cost-efficient cloud and automation capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret clearance is required.

• US Citizenship is required.

• A minimum of 8 years of cloud-related experience.

• At least 5 years of technical experience in supporting cloud-based applications or infrastructure projects; this experience may occur concurrently.

• Practical experience with FinOps practices, including cloud cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, or financial governance.

• Capability to interpret and apply technical, financial, and operational data in decision-making processes.

• Strong knowledge of cloud cost-optimization principles.

• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional technical teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• A qualifying certification that meets DoD IAT Level II requirements, such as CompTIA Security+ CE.

• A Master’s degree or a Bachelor’s of Science degree.

• Familiarity with Cloudability or comparable cloud financial-management platforms.

• Experience in developing or supporting automated infrastructure provisioning.

• Background in supporting Department of Defense programs or other highly regulated environments.

• Experience contributing to process automation, monitoring, or operational excellence initiatives.

• Additional security, cloud, or software certifications are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.

• Dental plan options.

• Vision plan options.

• 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions and company match.

• Full-flex work weeks.

• Paid vacation, sick, and personal time.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid parental leave.

• Paid military leave.

• Paid bereavement leave.

• Paid jury duty leave.

• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, prorated based on hire date.

• 10 paid holidays per year, prorated based on hire date.

• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.

• AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities.

• Internal mobility team supporting career goals.

• Wellness packages.

• An award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.