FinOps Practitioner Principal
About The Position
Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a FinOps Practitioner Principal and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you. We are seeking a FinOps Practitioner Principal to work across our client organization to deliver solutions aligned with the business capability delivery and with a focus on providing optimized IT at best value. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of cloud service technologies and will integrate with a team that supports opportunities for optimization of cloud services. The FinOps Practitioner Principal will be part of the Technology Shared Services (TSS) team with a base of operations in Bossier City, LA. TSS provides a variety of services to the programs supported by GDIT. The candidate will deliver FinOps to GDIT program customers. This involves coordinating meetings, identifying and presenting recommendations, building and maintaining dashboards, sending reports, and collaborating with FinOps personas to ultimately achieve maximum IT value. This role requires a proactive and self-motivated individual who can take ownership of FinOps initiatives, contribute to strategic discussions, and drive measurable cost efficiencies across cloud environments. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT As a FinOps Practitioner Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the missions of our customers. You will play a crucial role in the following core responsibilities that include, but are not limited to: Performing cloud cost analysis and developing recommendations aligned with FinOps best practices Developing and maintaining showback capabilities by project, service, or line of business Serving as the FinOps SME in project discussions to ensure cost effective architecture and design Supporting cloud budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and financial reporting Collaborating with architects and program teams to implement FinOps tools and platforms using federal and industry best practices Developing program specific FinOps frameworks including principles, personas, domains, and roadmaps Monitoring cloud costs and conducting Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analyses Leading technical and financial assessments to identify cost saving design options and usage patterns Championing FinOps practices and supporting capability development for stakeholders across the organization Supporting the development of centralized financial decision making portals Ensuring cloud investments deliver maximum business value through effective cost management strategies Providing cost estimation, optimization insights, and ensuring billing accuracy
Requirements
- Technical Training and/or Certification(s) with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or Google -or- Degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Science, Information Technology, or other relevant field
- 5+ years working with cloud services (AWS, et al.)
- Experience providing stakeholder or customer support in a technical or financial capacity
- 1+ year performing FinOps practices, including cost analysis, optimization, or cloud financial reporting
- Solid understanding of Information Technology (IT) service management and how FinOps integrates with IT operations, their billing models, and cost management tools
- Foundational understanding of cloud services and proficiency with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), with specific knowledge of AWS cloud billing tools
- Familiar with AWS service offerings to include resources supporting networks, compute, storage, databases, containers, etc.
- Experience with or exposure to common cloud billing processes and operations practices, to include product pricing models, subscriptions, usage, and invoicing
- Able to lead conversations with distributed teams including technical, finance, executive, business partners, and customers
- Ability to lead a small team and work solo to perform required tasks
- Experience developing business cases, performing TCO/value analysis, and identifying cost optimization opportunities.
- Experience delivering reports and presentations that articulate cloud cost impacts and design tradeoffs.
- Experience with AWS native tools such as Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, and/or Amazon QuickSight.
- Experienced user of common office applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Teams, and SharePoint
- Working knowledge of IT service management tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, or BMC Remedy
- Professional with strong communication skills who works well within a team
- Must possess analytical skills to solve simple to complex problems
- Must be able to pass a background check to obtain a position of Public Trust.
Nice To Haves
- Analytics
- Data Analytics
- Leadership
- Teamwork
Responsibilities
- Performing cloud cost analysis and developing recommendations aligned with FinOps best practices
- Developing and maintaining showback capabilities by project, service, or line of business
- Serving as the FinOps SME in project discussions to ensure cost effective architecture and design
- Supporting cloud budgeting, forecasting, modeling, and financial reporting
- Collaborating with architects and program teams to implement FinOps tools and platforms using federal and industry best practices
- Developing program specific FinOps frameworks including principles, personas, domains, and roadmaps
- Monitoring cloud costs and conducting Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analyses
- Leading technical and financial assessments to identify cost saving design options and usage patterns
- Championing FinOps practices and supporting capability development for stakeholders across the organization
- Supporting the development of centralized financial decision making portals
- Ensuring cloud investments deliver maximum business value through effective cost management strategies
- Providing cost estimation, optimization insights, and ensuring billing accuracy
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay
- Paid time off
- Full-flex work weeks
- Variety of medical plan options
- Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- Ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars to 401k up to the IRS annual limits
- Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Military leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year (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
- Short-term disability benefits
- Long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Critical illness insurance
- Business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
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