Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Budgeting, Cost Optimization, Forecasting

Certifications:

FinOps Certified Practitioner (FCP) | FinOps Foundation - FinOps Foundation

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

We are seeking a Financial Operations (FinOps) Lead to manage cloud financial governance, cloud credit procurement alignment, chargeback/showback, cost optimization, anomaly detection, forecasting, and compliance across the VA Enterprise Cloud Brokerage Service. This role ensures alignment with Veteran Affairs (VA) fiscal policy and FinOps best practices while supporting a largescale federal cloud environment.

PLEASE NOTE:

• This position is primarily remote, however, the employee MUST live within 60 miles from either the Washington, DC or Falls Church, Virginia office.

• This position will be required to travel to Veteran Affairs​ facilities nationwide 4x/year.

• This position is contingent upon contract award, expected to start in November 2026.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

● Driving cloud financial governance and chargeback/show back models
● Leading reconciliation, variance analysis, and forecasting
● Managing optimization strategies including RI/SP modeling
● Overseeing anomaly detection and consumption trend analysis
● Supporting procurement strategies for credits and financial commitments
● Developing executive level dashboards and optimization reports

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
● Citizenship: US Citizen or Green Card Holder

● Clearance: Ability to obtain a Public Trust
● Certifications (MUST have ONE of each):

---- FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)

---- Cloud cost management certification from at least one CSP-specific cloud financial: AWS Cloud Financial Management, Azure etc.
● Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, IT, or related field

● Experience:

---- Minimum 7+ years of IT financial management

---- Minimum 4+ years in cloud FinOps

● Technical Skills:

---- Experience with federal finance, budgeting, and oversight

---- Experience managing $30M+ annual cloud spend within financial operations.
---- Strong dashboarding and data visualization experience

---- Proficiency with financial analysis tools

● Skills & Abilities:

---- Highly analytical and detail‑oriented

---- Strong modeling and forecasting abilities

---- Effective communicator with technical and business teams

● Location: Primarily remote, however, the employee MUST live within 60 miles from either the Washington, DC or Falls Church, Virginia office. Relocation will NOT be provided.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

---- Experience with VA

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The likely salary range for this position is $161,500 - $218,500. 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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Total Rewards at GDIT:

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.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.