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# Cloud FinOps SME

- **Company:** TALENT Software Services
- **Location:** Dallas, AR, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Power BI, Standard Sql, SQL Databases, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Multi-Cloud, Information Technology, Cloud Migration, Cloud Optimization
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/4b61d881-0651-42c9-b1ac-176ea44de5fa/cloud-finops-sme

## About the Role

* 10+ years of overall IT experience, including 7+ years in Cloud FinOps, cloud economics, or cloud financial management.
 * Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure Cost Management and Billing.
 * Experience with Azure Cost Analysis, budgets, exports, Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, and Azure Advisor.
 * Hands-on expertise with Apptio Cloudability, including:
 + Cost allocation and reporting.
 + Cloud cost optimization insights.
 + Budgeting and forecasting.
 + Dashboard development.
 + Business-unit cost views.
 * Working knowledge of GCP Cloud Billing, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, reporting, and resource optimization.
 * Strong understanding of the FinOps Framework and cloud financial management.
 * Experience with showback/chargeback, unit economics, rate optimization, governance, and anomaly management.
 * Advanced analytical and reporting skills using Power BI, Excel, SQL, APIs, or equivalent tools.
 * Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
 * Ability to translate technical and financial data into actionable business recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications

 * FinOps Certified Practitioner, FinOps Professional, or equivalent certification.
 * Microsoft Azure Administrator certification.
 * Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect certification.
 * GCP certification is an advantage.
 * Experience supporting enterprise-scale cloud migration programs.
 * Experience with cloud modernization and multi-cloud governance initiatives., * Microsoft Azure Cost Management
 * Apptio Cloudability
 * Cloud FinOps and Cost Optimization
 * Azure and GCP Financial Management
 * Cloud Budgeting and Forecasting
 * Cost Allocation and Governance
 * Showback/Chargeback Models
 * Power BI, Excel, and SQL
 * Executive Reporting and Communication

Experience Requirements

 * Overall IT Experience: 10+ years
 * Cloud FinOps Experience: 7+ years
 * Primary Cloud Platform: Microsoft Azure
 * Secondary Cloud Platform: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 * FinOps Tool: Apptio Cloudability

## Description

* Senior Cloud FinOps SME responsible for cloud financial management, cost optimization, governance, forecasting, cost allocation, and executive reporting.
 * Focus on Microsoft Azure-led multi-cloud environments.
 * Requires deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and hands-on experience with Apptio Cloudability.

Key Responsibilities

 * Lead Azure and GCP cloud cost analysis, optimization, budgeting, forecasting, variance management, and financial governance.
 * Manage Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, Azure Hybrid Benefit, budgets, cost analysis, exports, and Azure Advisor recommendations.
 * Support GCP billing analysis, budgets, committed use discounts, labels, resource utilization, and cost optimization.
 * Develop showback/chargeback models, tagging standards, cost allocation rules, unit-cost metrics, dashboards, and executive reports.
 * Identify idle, orphaned, oversized, and underutilized cloud resources.
 * Quantify potential savings and track remediation through actual savings realization.
 * Collaborate with engineering, architecture, operations, finance, procurement, and business teams to improve cloud cost accountability.
 * Develop cost models, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Return on Investment (ROI), and scenario analyses.
 * Support cloud migration, modernization, and architecture decision-making through financial analysis., * Cloud FinOps
 * Cloud Financial Management
 * Cloud Economics
 * Microsoft Azure
 * Azure Cost Management and Billing
 * Azure Cost Analysis
 * Azure Reservations
 * Azure Savings Plans
 * Azure Hybrid Benefit
 * Azure Advisor
 * Apptio Cloudability
 * Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
 * GCP Cloud Billing
 * Committed Use Discounts (CUDs)
 * Cloud Cost Optimization
 * Cloud Budgeting and Forecasting
 * Cost Allocation
 * Showback and Chargeback
 * FinOps Framework
 * Unit Economics
 * Rate Optimization
 * Cloud Governance
 * Cost Anomaly Management
 * Power BI
 * Advanced Excel
 * SQL and APIs
 * Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
 * Return on Investment (ROI)
 * Cloud Migration and Modernization
 * Multi-Cloud Governance
 * Executive Reporting and Stakeholder Management