What are the responsibilities and job description for the FinOps Lead position at LingaTech?
Location: Richmond, VA
Position Type: Hybrid
Hybrid/Onsite Schedule: Typically work from home, but will be onsite as needed by the manager.
Contract Length: 3 months
Position Overview:
The FinOps lead will monitor, manage and optimize cloud usage and improve cost visibility, and ensure financial alignment with our business values. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Enterprise Architecture team. This position is a hybrid role based in Richmond.
Duties:
Required Skills:
Position Type: Hybrid
Hybrid/Onsite Schedule: Typically work from home, but will be onsite as needed by the manager.
Contract Length: 3 months
Position Overview:
The FinOps lead will monitor, manage and optimize cloud usage and improve cost visibility, and ensure financial alignment with our business values. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Enterprise Architecture team. This position is a hybrid role based in Richmond.
Duties:
- Partner with internal teams to monitor, analyze, and optimize cloud resource usage (e.g. Azure) by Product and Product Line Pipeline.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings through right-sizing, reserved instances, and savings plans.
- Establish policies for resource tagging, allocation, and spend limits to enforce cost accountability.
- Build detailed forecasts for cloud costs, incorporating growth trends, utilization metrics, and product development needs.
- Create and maintain dashboards for tracking cloud costs against forecasts and budget.
- Work closely with product, Enterprise Architecture (EA),and engineering teams to ensure efficient resource allocation and budgeting for new features.
- Provide actionable recommendations to leadership on cloud spend trends, anomalies, and risks.
- Lead or support initiatives to educate stakeholders on FinOps best practices.
- Design & implement Cloud Product COGS calculator to guide Pricing & Packaging decisions.
- Implement tools and frameworks to automate cloud cost reporting and alerts.
- Develop KPIs and benchmarks to track cost efficiency overtime.
- Ensure compliance with internal financial policies and external regulatory requirements.
Required Skills:
- 8 years of Proven track record of implementing a cloud cost analytics framework by product
- 4 Years of Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and pricing models
- 4 Years of Experience with cloud cost management tools (e.g., CloudHealth, Spot, AWS Cost Explorer)
- 2 Years of Basic scripting (e.g., Python, SQL)
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field
