FinOPS Architect

Description:

We are seeking a strategic and technically adept FinOps Architect to design, implement, and evolve scalable cloud financial management frameworks across Lumen’s multi-cloud ecosystem. This role blends financial strategy, advanced cloud architecture, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure that cloud investments deliver measurable business value using principles of well-architected framework, cost aware architecture, FinOps by Design and driving the culture of shifting FinOps left.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and continuously improve the FinOps architecture to support multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform), ensuring scalability, flexibility, and alignment with business objectives
• Architect and implement FinOps strategies to optimize cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform
• Lead initiatives to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through rightsizing, reserved instances, and workload scheduling
• Analyze cloud usage patterns, billing data, and resource utilization to identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend actionable improvements
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to design and implement cost-efficient architecture
• Lead post-implementation reviews to ensure ongoing sustainability and value realization
• Develop, maintain, and enhance dashboards and reporting tools for real-time cloud spend visibility, usage trends, and optimization progress for both technical and business stakeholders
• Debug architecture issues to reduce cost and improve efficiency with complex applications hosted on traditional IaaS, PaaS and Kubernetes clusters
• Establish and enforce and automate tagging strategies and cost allocation policies to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of cloud resources
• Partner with FinOps analyst and finance teams to forecast cloud budgets, monitor spend, and align financial planning with business goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering, product, and finance teams on cloud cost implications, trade-offs and best practices
• Stay current with cloud pricing models, FinOps best practices, and emerging technologies (e.g. GenAI, Agentic AI, MCPs, Edge Computing)
• Understanding of AI architecture and related pricing and platform considerations
• Proactively recommend and implement innovative solutions to mature FinOps capabilities

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud architecture, cloud cost optimization, or FinOps.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and their billing models.
• Proficiency with Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization
• Strong skills in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, Terraform, PowerShell).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Engineer or equivalent certification.
• Experience with Kubernetes cost optimization and cloud observability tools
• Experience in a multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environment.