A Day in the Life:
As a FinOps Architect, you will blend deep expertise in cost optimization and architectural best practices across AWS, Databricks, and Palantir. You will partner with engineering, data, finance, and operations teams to drive strategic savings, governance, and workload efficiency. This role positions you at the convergence of cloud cost strategy and data platform innovation. You will be instrumental in shaping sustainable, high-value data infrastructures and driving cost efficiency across the organization’s data cloud footprint.
What You’ll Do:
Analyze AWS cost and usage data to spot patterns, anomalies, and optimization opportunities
Develop reports and dashboards using Cost Explorer and FinOps platforms
Recommend rightsizing, Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
Monitor Databricks unit (DBU) usage, enforce tagging, optimize cluster configuration, enable auto-scaling and enforce cluster policies
Define cost allocation models for Palantir workloads; integrate platform usage metrics with overall cloud spend reporting
Identify cost drivers across data pipelines and feature deployments to inform optimization decisions and cost accountability
Establish tagging standards and governance processes to ensure cost visibility across accounts, applications, and projects
Automate cost governance signals like budget alerts, anomaly detection, and provisioning controls
Drive FinOps cultural adoption: coordinate with engineering, finance, and cloud ops teams to integrate financial ownership into workflows
Facilitate cross-functional cost review forums and governance cadences
Automate cost reporting and optimization recommendations
What We’re Looking For:
Essential
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years relevant experience in AWS, Databrick and Palantir
Proficiency with AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, Cost Anomaly Detection, Savings Plans, RI, and Compute Optimizer
Familiarity with optimizing Databricks workloads
Hands-on with SQL and scripts to automate cost workflows
Deep understanding of budget forecasting, capacity planning and ROI analysis
Experience establishing tagging strategies, cost governance frameworks and anomaly control processes
Excellent stakeholder management skills and communication skills in English- both written and verbal
Preferred:
Strongly prefer hands-on experience using FinOps tools like Apptio, Point Five, or hands-on experience with AWS and Databricks cost analysis and optimization
Prefer certifications such as AWS Certified FinOps or equivalent
Familiarity with FinOps Foundation practices
Exposure to Palantir Foundry environment