# Cloud FinOps Specialist

## About the Role

Latitude is seeking a Cloud FinOps Specialist to provide financial governance across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments supporting a federal healthcare customer.

This fully remote U.S. position is part of a cloud operations and migration team. You will collaborate with program leadership, engineering, and operations to improve cloud-spend visibility, maintain budget control, and identify opportunities to increase value.

The role will also establish financial governance practices suitable for FedRAMP High and NIST 800-53 environments.

## Key Responsibilities

– Build and maintain cloud cost dashboards and leadership reports across GCP and OCI.
– Manage cloud budgets and configure alerts to identify unusual spending.
– Establish and enforce tagging standards for cost allocation, forecasting, and reporting.
– Evaluate rightsizing opportunities, committed-use options, and architecture changes to reduce costs.
– Provide technical direction and develop cloud-environment standards.
– Support financial governance within regulated federal environments.

## Required Skills

– Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, accounting or finance, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
– At least five years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, or cloud operations.
– At least three years of experience leading technical teams, including setting technical standards and providing technical direction.
– Hands-on experience with GCP and OCI billing structures and cost-management tools.
– Experience developing cost dashboards using native or third-party tools.
– Strong data-analysis capabilities and knowledge of tagging, consumption-based billing, and multi-cloud governance.
– Experience working in FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, or comparable regulated environments.
– Ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation for Public Trust.
– U.S. citizenship and physical residence in the United States for at least three years.
– Ability to meet security-investigation requirements, including potential access requirements for protected or classified information.

## Preferred Skills

– FinOps Certified Practitioner certification or a comparable FinOps credential.
– Active Public Trust.
– Cloud certification in GCP, OCI, AWS, or Azure.
– Experience managing GCP Committed Use Discounts and OCI Universal Credits or annual commitments.
– Experience managing costs for Oracle BYOL, Exadata, and Autonomous Database services.
– Experience with Cloudability, Apptio, or Kubecost.
– Experience in government or other regulated enterprise environments.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

**Cloud Providers**
– Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
– Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
– Amazon Web Services (AWS)
– Microsoft Azure

**Data, Reporting & Cost Management**
– BigQuery
– Looker Studio
– OCI Cost Analysis
– Cloudability
– Apptio
– Kubecost

**Oracle Services**
– Oracle BYOL
– Exadata
– Autonomous Database

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Track and report cloud expenditure across GCP and OCI.
– Manage budgets and spending alerts.
– Apply tagging standards for allocation, forecasting, and reporting.
– Analyze consumption-based billing and multi-cloud costs.
– Identify savings through rightsizing, committed-use evaluations, and architecture optimization.
– Evaluate GCP Committed Use Discounts and OCI Universal Credits or annual commitments.
– Support governance and cost control in regulated environments.

## Benefits

– Medical, dental, and vision insurance
– Paid vacation, sick time, and federal holidays
– 401(k) plan with 100% company matching
– Employer-paid life insurance
– Continuing education assistance
– Employee Assistance Program
– Commuter benefits
– Health Savings Account

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to manage FinOps across two major cloud platforms in support of a federal healthcare customer. It combines cost optimization, technical leadership, reporting, and governance within highly regulated environments. The position is fully remote in the United States and includes a broad benefits package.