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FinOps Lead

TEKsystems
$60.00 - $70.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, North Carolina, Raleigh
Sep 19, 2025
Description Position Summary We are seeking a strategic, technically fluent FinOps Lead to drive enterprise-wide cloud cost optimization and financial governance across AWS and Azure environments. This role is not just about reporting spend-it's about shaping infrastructure decisions, influencing engineering behavior, and embedding a FinOps culture across the organization. The ideal candidate will be a hybrid between a cloud engineer and a solutions architect, capable of diving deep into infrastructure and application architecture to uncover inefficiencies, recommend cost-saving solutions, and implement scalable governance policies. This person will be instrumental in helping the organization uncover an additional $4M in cloud savings while modernizing how shared infrastructure is tagged, allocated, and priced. Key Responsibilities * Strategic Cloud Cost Optimization Partner with Engineering, DevOps, and Finance to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud spend across AWS and Azure. Identify cost trends, anomalies, and inefficiencies using tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, CloudHealth, and QuickSight Cost Intelligence Dashboards. * Architectural Influence & Policy Development Engage directly with engineers to recommend architectural changes and enforce cost-efficient design principles. Influence infrastructure policies (e.g., S3 bucket usage, shared BPC tagging) to drive long-term savings and governance. * Tagging & Cost Allocation Strategy Lead efforts to deploy and refine tagging strategies that support shared infrastructure and product-level cost attribution. Help bundle assets into customer-facing models with clear pricing visibility. * Forecasting & Commitment Management Own AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances, including forecasting, purchasing, and utilization analysis. Collaborate with Finance on budgeting, variance analysis, and chargeback/showback models. * Reporting & Automation Build and maintain dashboards and automated reporting systems to track cloud usage and financial performance. Ensure teams have access to timely, actionable data to support decision-making. * FinOps Culture & Enablement Champion a FinOps culture across the enterprise, promoting cost awareness and accountability. Identify skill gaps and lead enablement efforts to upskill teams in cloud financial management best practices. Why This Role Matters This is a high-impact role with visibility across engineering, finance, and executive leadership. You'll help shape how we scale and modernize our cloud infrastructure while ensuring financial discipline. Your work will directly influence architecture, operations, and culture-making this a strategic hire with measurable business outcomes. Skills aws services, Azure services, FinOps, cloud cost management Top Skills Details aws services,Azure services,FinOps,cloud cost management Additional Skills & Qualifications Qualifications * 5+ years of experience leading FinOps initiatives in large-scale AWS environments; Azure experience strongly preferred. * Deep understanding of AWS and Azure services, pricing models, and commitment-based strategies (e.g., EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, EKS, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans). * Proven ability to analyze complex cloud spend data and drive implementation of cost-saving strategies. * Experience with tagging strategies, cost allocation, and governance frameworks-especially for shared infrastructure. * Strong financial modeling and forecasting skills; experience supporting chargeback/showback models. * Proficiency with cloud cost management tools: AWS Cost Explorer, CUR, CloudHealth, QuickSight, Azure Cost Management. * Advanced Excel and BI/reporting skills; familiarity with SQL or scripting (Python) is a plus. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across technical and financial domains. * AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect) are a plus. Experience Level Expert Level Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $70.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Sep 26, 2025. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.