Req ID: RQ211625
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)
Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations
Skills:
Budgeting,Cost Drivers,Cost Management,Cost Modeling,Price Management
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
Job Description:
Financial Operations (FinOps) Manager
The FinOps Manager owns the financial truth of our customer's enterprise IT services, turning cloud and data center spend into clear, actionable insights that leaders can trust. You will run the FinOps operating rhythm across multi-cloud and on-prem platforms: build unit economics (per user, endpoint, vCPU-hour, GB-month, ticket), forecast with discipline, align budgets to outcomes, and drive an optimization backlog that steadily lowers total cost of ownership. You'll connect money to mission by showing how reliability, security, and feature delivery translate into cost and value for the Government.
Timeline: This is a contingent posting, expected to start in August, 2026
HOW Veterans Healthcare FinOps Manager WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
You will replace guesswork with facts and move the program from "cost reporting" to "value management." By establishing a single cost model and shared dashboards, you'll let executives, engineers, and contracting teams see the same numbers - spend vs. plan, unit cost trends, and the dollar impact of optimization. You will identify waste, right-size capacity, negotiate pricing levers, and coordinate remediation with delivery teams without jeopardizing service levels. Your work improves forecast accuracy, funds modernization through verified savings, and strengthens outcomes-based contracting by tying payments to measurable results.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education : Bachelor's Degree. In lieu of a degree, an additional four years of related experience required
Experience :
10+ years in cloud/IT financial management, cost optimization, or program finance; at least 3 years leading FinOps in large enterprises or federal programs (VA/DoD/DHS/HHS or Fortune 500).
Proven track record building unit economics and delivering savings while maintaining or improving SLAs/SLOs.
Hands-on experience running monthly/quarterly planning cycles, showback/chargeback, and option-year benchmarking; familiarity with federal acquisition and CLIN structures.
Demonstrated partnership with engineering, security, and operations to implement optimization without service risk.
Technical skills :
FinOps/TBM Tooling: Expert with Apptio/TBM or equivalent, Cloud Service Provider cost portals (AWS CUDOS/Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing), and enterprise data platforms (Power BI/Tableau).
Cloud & Platform Literacy: Working knowledge of AWS/Azure/GCP pricing constructs (On-Demand/Reserved/Committed/Spot), storage tiers, data egress, managed services, and container/Kubernetes cost drivers.
Observability & SRE Awareness: Able to relate performance metrics (availability, MTTR, latency, error budgets) to cost drivers; comfortable reading telemetry-based dashboards.
Automation & DataOps: SQL/Excel fluency; experience with cost data pipelines, tag/label governance, and policy-as-code guardrails that enforce tagging and budget limits.
Contract & Pricing Mechanics: Familiar with benchmarks, price refresh, rate cards, and value-based metrics that support Firm-Fixed-Price and managed services.
Security clearance level : Public Trust
Skills and abilities:
Executive Communication: Translates complex spend into clear narratives and "so-what" insights; builds one-page views for non-technical stakeholders.
Outcome Orientation: Designs KPIs that link dollars to mission outcomes (availability, time to restore, security pass rates, customer satisfaction); tracks trend lines and variance drivers.
Influence Without Authority: Aligns engineers, security, and vendors to optimization targets; negotiates trade-offs that protect service quality.
Governance & Discipline: Runs a predictable cadence, monthly cost reviews, quarterly benchmark refresh, and a living optimization backlog with owners, dates, and dollar values.
Change Leadership: Drives adoption of tagging standards, budget controls, and reserved/committed use strategies; coaches teams on cost-aware design patterns.
Ethics & Stewardship: Demonstrates rigor and transparency appropriate for taxpayer funds and audit requirements.
Preferred Certifications:
FinOps Certified Practitioner / Professional / Engineer
Apptio Certified Practitioner
Location : Austin, TX - Hybrid Remote with periodic on-site meetings as required by the customer
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays
If you're passionate about proving value for money, funding modernization through measurable savings, and making cloud and data center spend transparent and predictable, we'd like to meet you.
The likely salary range for this position is $124,950 - $169,050. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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