3 months ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$150k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Monitor, analyze, and forecast Azure cloud spending across subscriptions, resource groups, and mission workloads.
- Develop financial dashboards, executive reports, and cost allocation models using Power BI, Azure Cost Management, Azure Monitor, or Log Analytics.
- Identify and implement Azure cost optimization opportunities involving rightsizing, Reservations, Savings Plans, storage lifecycle management, networking, and resource lifecycle management.
- Develop and enforce Azure tagging standards, governance policies, budget controls, RBAC, and cost allocation strategies.
- Automate cost reporting, tagging validation, resource lifecycle management, policy enforcement, and optimization activities.
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, cybersecurity teams, finance organizations, client stakeholders, and program leadership on cloud architecture, migration, modernization, and FinOps practices.
- Investigate cost anomalies, monitor resource consumption, and recommend improvements to Azure platform performance and cost efficiency.
Requirements
- Active Secret security clearance.
- 8+ years of experience supporting enterprise cloud engineering, cloud architecture, or cloud operations, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure.
- 4+ years of experience with Azure Cost Management, cloud financial management, cloud governance, or FinOps practices.
- FinOps Certified Practitioner certification or equivalent cloud financial management certification is preferred.
- Strong experience with Azure Cost Management, Azure Monitor, Azure Policy, Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, Azure SQL, Networking, and Azure Active Directory.
- Experience developing cloud financial dashboards and reports using Power BI, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, or similar analytics platforms.
- Experience implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM Templates and integrating governance controls into CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, Azure CLI, or similar scripting languages for cloud automation and reporting.
- Strong understanding of Azure governance, resource tagging, cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting, and cloud financial optimization.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to present technical and financial recommendations to engineering teams and executive leadership.
Benefits
- Salary range of $150,000.00 to $175,000.00, with potential additional performance-based compensation and incentives.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Parental leave and dependent care benefits.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Professional development opportunities, including company-paid training and certifications.
- Employee assistance and wellness programs.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
About MetroStar
MetroStar provides IT services and software solutions to U.S. federal civilian and defense agencies, focusing on digital transformation, AI/ML, application modernization, enterprise IT, and human-centered design. The company operates on government contracts to deliver secure systems and mission-support applications. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, MetroStar is privately held and a portfolio company of Veritas Capital.