About the role Cloud investments deliver the greatest value when organizations understand what they are spending, why they are spending it, and how those investments support mission priorities. As a FinOps Cloud Architect, you’ll help bring together cloud engineering, financial operations, data, and reporting to improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making across the cloud environment. In this role, you’ll work with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) cost and usage data to support allocation models, chargeback and showback, budgeting, forecasting, optimization, reporting, and governance. You’ll help build the dashboards, data integrations, and automated capabilities that allow leaders to make informed decisions about cloud resources and investments. You’ll collaborate with finance, procurement, program, cloud, cybersecurity, application, Oracle, and customer stakeholders to translate technical and financial objectives into practical solutions. If you enjoy connecting cloud technology to business outcomes and helping organizations make smarter decisions about their investments, we invite you to join us. Responsibilities Integrate commercial cloud environments with financial management, cost accounting, reporting, and business intelligence services. Implement FinOps capabilities, including cost allocation, chargeback and showback, budgeting, forecasting, optimization, and consumption reporting. Configure OCI compartments, tagging and cost tracking tags, budgets, usage reports, cost analysis, and billing exports. Design cost data integrations with enterprise reporting, financial management, data warehouse, and business intelligence platforms. Define cost allocation models that map OCI consumption to organizations, programs, projects, applications, environments, contracts, and other reporting dimensions. Transform, validate, reconcile, and analyze cloud billing and usage data to support automated reporting, dashboards, alerts, forecasting, and anomaly detection. Apply rightsizing, scheduling, autoscaling, storage lifecycle management, license optimization, discount utilization, idle-resource identification, and other cost governance practices. Support secure financial data sharing, least privilege access, auditability, documentation, and stakeholder coordination. Join us. The world can’t wait. Requirements 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, FinOps, cloud architecture, data analytics, or financial operations Experience integrating commercial cloud environments with financial management, cost accounting, reporting, or business intelligence services Experience designing, deploying, securing, and operating OCI solutions Experience implementing FinOps capabilities, including cost allocation, chargeback and showback, budgeting, forecasting, optimization, and consumption reporting Experience configuring OCI compartments, tagging and cost tracking tags, budgets, usage reports, cost analysis, and billing exports Experience designing cost data integrations with reporting, financial management, data warehouse, or business intelligence platforms Experience transforming, validating, reconciling, and analyzing cloud billing and usage data for reporting, forecasting, dashboards, alerts, and anomaly detection Knowledge of cloud cost optimization practices, secure financial data sharing, least privilege access, audit logging, and security and governance requirements Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam Bachelor’s degree Nice If You Have Experience with Oracle Analytics, Oracle Fusion Analytics, Power BI, Tableau, or similar reporting platforms Experience integrating cloud cost data with financial, procurement, contract management, or budgeting systems Experience using OCI usage and cost reporting APIs, SQL, data pipelines, or Python to automate reporting Experience supporting financial data governance, audit readiness, reconciliation, internal controls, or remediation tracking in a government or regulated environment Architecture, Security, Data Management, or Cloud Operations Associate or Professional-level OCI Certification FinOps Foundation Certified Practitioner or similar Cloud Financial Management Certification Clearance Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. 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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement 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 interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. 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Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role. Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role. Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
