Job#: 3032699 Job Description: Job Title: FinOps Engineer Location: Chandler, AZ OR Irving, TX (Hybrid - 3x/week)Contract Length: 12 Months - Intention to Convert to FTEPay Rate: $81/hour - $87/hourNote: We are unable to consider C2C or third-party submissions.Role Overview
We are seeking a FinOps Engineer to establish and lead a new FinOps capability. This role is responsible for driving financial accountability, optimizing cloud and on-premise infrastructure spend, and improving forecasting across the technology organization. The position requires a hands-on technical leader who will partner with Architecture, Engineering, and Finance to embed cost as a primary operational and design consideration, leveraging automation and AI-assisted insights to generate material cost savings.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive FinOps strategy and execution across both on-premise and cloud infrastructure, including Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
- Partner with the CTO, infrastructure teams, and finance partners to embed cost accountability into design and delivery workflows.
- Develop and implement application-level cost visibility, allocation, and chargeback models.
- Identify and execute optimization opportunities, such as rightsizing, reserved instances/savings plans, and storage lifecycle management.
- Establish and manage budgeting, forecasting, anomaly detection, and variance analysis processes for technology spend.
- Build automation, guardrails, and alerts to proactively detect, report on, and remediate spend issues.
- Use AI-assisted insights to identify inefficiencies and automate cost-saving recommendations.
- Implement and enforce tagging, allocation, and cost governance standards at an enterprise scale.
- Create and present dashboards and reports to communicate insights and trends to executive leadership and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
Experience: 6-10+ years of experience in cloud, platform, or infrastructure engineering. Proven, hands-on FinOps expertise is the top priority for this role.
Technical Skills:- Hands-on experience with Azure and Google Cloud Platform cost management, billing models, and optimization.
- Experience managing and optimizing on-premise or hybrid infrastructure costs.
- Strong automation and scripting capabilities (Python, PowerShell, Bash, or equivalent).
- Demonstrated experience using AI-driven insights or anomaly detection for FinOps automation.
- Proven ability to deliver measurable cost savings and efficiency improvements through FinOps practices.
- Experience implementing tagging and governance standards.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical cost drivers into business impact.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience operating FinOps in a large-scale or multi-cloud environment.
- Kubernetes or container cost optimization experience.
- Experience embedding cost as a non-functional requirement (NFR) in architecture and design reviews.
- Familiarity with third-party FinOps or cloud cost management platforms.
- FinOps Foundation certification or demonstrated applied FinOps maturity.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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