Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) SME

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
The Cloud FinOps SME will assist customer teams in understanding the FinOps methodology and provide guidance on how to mature the organization in the FinOps capabilities. Anticipated responsibilities may include:

• Develops and champions cloud infrastructure cost management best practices
• Partners with the agencies finance procurement & engineering teams to help measure and manage their cloud infrastructure costs. Be proficient with public cloud technology tools to help drive FinOps practices and methodologies.
• Builds analytical models to provide data-driven guidance on cloud infrastructure spend.
• Creates utilization and forecasting models to predict future outcomes of cloud infrastructure spend and usage.
• Creates and maintains internal documentation on FinOps and cost optimization processes.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3+ years of experience with Azure AWS GCP and/or Oracle cloud services.
• 2+ years of experience working in a DoD or other Federal Government environment
• Deep understanding of CSP FinOps tools.
• Experience with relational databases data extraction and data analysis tools.
• Understanding of Federal Government IT procurement processes.
• Understanding of industry best practices related to Cloud resource tagging and tagging enforcement thru automation.
• DoD Secret clearance required

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Previous experience with AF Cloud One program
• A Top Secret (TS) security clearance (with SCI and SAP eligibility) is HIGHLY desired.