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Cloud FinOps Engineer

Jersey City, NJ · Hybrid

$58.25 - $77.75/hr

Support the identification of cost optimization opportunities in the cloud under senior guidance ... * Assist in cloud cost management and optimization initiatives. * Learn and support existing ...

Provide Cloud usage optimization recommendation based on data insights and best practices to enable workload teams to implement cost saving measures and operational improvements. * Deliver monthly ...

Cloud FinOps SME

Lehi, UT · On-site

$52.25 - $70/hr

Power BI optimization and monitoring Must Have: * Strong FinOps / cloud cost management experience * Databricks platform experience * Ability to manage cloud cost optimization and governance

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Jersey City, NJ · On-site

$75K - $105K/yr

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Senior Solutions Architect - Cloud & AI Optimization

Virtasant

Austin, TX • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 21 days ago


Job description

Senior Solutions Architect - Cloud & AI Optimization
Location: Remote (Global, PST Overlap)
Company: Virtasant

About Virtasant
Virtasant is a global technology services company with a network of over 4,000 technology professionals across 130+ countries.
We help organizations modernize cloud platforms, improve engineering efficiency, and optimize cloud spend through architecture, automation, and FinOps best practices.
Our teams work directly with enterprise customers to identify inefficiencies, drive modernization efforts, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Solutions Architect with deep FinOps and cloud optimization expertise.
This role sits within one of Virtasant's highest-impact customer engagements and requires someone who can confidently work with senior stakeholders, analyze complex cloud environments, and lead initiatives that improve efficiency and reduce spend.
This is not a generic cloud architecture role. The strongest candidates have real experience leading cloud cost optimization programs, understand the technical drivers behind cloud spend, and can connect architecture decisions to financial outcomes.
What You'll Do
FinOps & Cloud Optimization
  • Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives across large enterprise environments
  • Identify waste, inefficiencies, and architectural opportunities for improvement
  • Design governance frameworks that sustain long-term cloud efficiency
  • Analyze cloud usage patterns and spending trends
  • Partner with engineering teams to implement optimization recommendations
Data & Analytics
  • Work with cloud cost and usage data at scale
  • Design and optimize reporting, analytics, and decision-support systems
  • Build insights that drive cost optimization decisions
  • Collaborate with customers on cloud financial visibility initiatives
Client Advisory
  • Work directly with customer stakeholders
  • Lead discovery sessions and optimization reviews
  • Present recommendations to technical and business audiences
  • Build trusted advisor relationships with customers
Technical Leadership
  • Guide engineering and data teams
  • Establish best practices around cloud efficiency
  • Mentor team members
  • Drive architecture decisions that improve both technical and financial outcomes
What We're Looking For
Non-Negotiables
  • Demonstrated FinOps experience
  • Proven cloud cost optimization experience
  • Strong AWS experience
  • Strong SQL skills
  • Strong Python skills
  • Customer-facing consulting experience
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly
  • Experience driving measurable cost reduction initiatives

Important: Candidates who have cloud experience but cannot demonstrate meaningful FinOps experience will not be considered.
Technical Experience
FinOps
  • Cloud cost optimization
  • Cost governance
  • Cost allocation
  • Showback and chargeback models
  • Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
  • Rightsizing
  • Cloud economics

AWS & Data
  • AWS-native analytics services
  • Athena
  • Cost and usage reporting
  • Data modeling
  • Medallion architecture concepts
  • Large-scale data analysis

Software & Automation
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Automation
  • Reporting pipelines
  • Data transformation workflows

Platform & Infrastructure (Preferred)
  • Kubernetes
  • Cloud-native platforms
  • Containerized workloads

AI (Nice to Have)
  • Experience using AI tools in engineering or analytics workflows
  • Familiarity with LLMs and AI-assisted development
Consulting & Business Skills
Strong candidates will demonstrate:
  • Executive communication
  • Stakeholder management
  • Problem framing
  • Technical consulting
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Ability to connect technical recommendations to business outcomes
How We Work
The people who succeed in this role are:
  • Analytical and detail-oriented
  • Comfortable working directly with customers
  • Strong communicators
  • Curious problem solvers
  • Hands-on and technically credible
  • Focused on measurable outcomes
Why Virtasant
At Virtasant, you will:
  • Work on high-impact cloud optimization programs
  • Partner with demanding enterprise customers
  • Influence architecture and cost optimization decisions
  • Work alongside experienced architects, engineers, and FinOps practitioners
  • Help customers save millions through better engineering and cloud decisions

Our team Optimization Locations Canada, USA, Latin America Remote status Fully Remote