Cloud FinOps Engineer

Big Ideas. Real People

At Orca, in the right environment and with the right team, talent has no boundaries. This team spirit, together with our drive to always aim high, has quickly earned us unicorn status and turned us into a global cloud security innovation leader. So, if you're ready to join an amazing team of people who inspire each other every day, now is the time to find your place in our pod.

Highlights:

• High growth:
  In just 6 years, we've reached milestones that take other companies a decade or more. We've doubled our employee count, tripled our customer count, and rapidly expanded our product capabilities.
• Disruptive innovation:
  Our founders saw that traditional security didn't work for the cloud so they set out to carve a new path. We're relentless pioneers who invented agentless technology and continue to be the most comprehensive and innovative cloud security company.
• Well-capitalized:
  With a valuation of $1.8 billion, Orca is a cybersecurity unicorn dominating the cloud security space. We're backed by an impressive team of investors such as Capital G, ICONIQ, GGV, and SVCI, a syndicate of CISOs who invest their own money after conducting their due diligence.
• Respectful and transparent culture:
  Our executives pride themselves on being accessible to everyone and believe in sharing knowledge with the employees. Each employee has a place in shaping the future of our industry.

We're looking for a talented FinOps + DevOps Specialist to join our team

This position sits at the critical intersection of cloud financial management, infrastructure optimization, and operational excellence. You will be responsible for maximizing the business value of every dollar spent on the cloud while ensuring efficient and scalable operations across multi-cloud environments.

About the Role:

As a Cloud FinOps Engineer, you will drive cloud cost optimization strategies, build automation and observability solutions, and lead initiatives that promote transparency, accountability, and efficiency. You'll work closely with DevOps, R&D teams to design cost-efficient architectures, implement governance standards, and deliver insights that guide technical and business decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Cost Monitoring:
  Maintain close, continuous oversight of cloud infrastructure costs to ensure transparency, predictability, and control.
• Real-Time Cost Alerting:
  Develop and deploy real-time alerting systems to detect and notify on cost spikes or anomalies.
• Service Analysis & Optimization:
  Gain deep expertise across cloud services and conduct regular audits to uncover cost-saving opportunities.
• Short- and Long-Term Cost Strategies:
  Design and implement plans for both immediate cost savings and long-term cloud financial efficiency.
• Dashboards & Reporting:
  Build dynamic dashboards and reports using Grafana, Datadog, AWS Explorer, Coralogix
• Automation & Tooling:
  Configure and manage cost optimization platforms and develop internal tools for usage analysis.
• Forecasting & Planning:
  Produce financial models and forecasts to support cloud scaling decisions.
• Multi-Cloud Optimization:
  Analyze and optimize costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI environments.

About you:

• 2–3 years of experience
  as a FinOps Engineer or equivalent
• DevOps experience
  and familiarity with related tools- Must
• Proven experience in
  Cloud Cost Management
  ,
  FinOps
  , or optimization related roles
• Hands-on experience with AWS
  (GCP and Azure are a strong plus)
• Proficiency with tools like
  Grafana
  ,
  AWS Cost Explorer
  ,
  Athena
  ,
  BigQuery
  ,
  Coralogix
  or similar
• Solid experience with
  Python
  ,
  SQL
  , and shell scripting for automation
• Familiarity with
  Kubernetes
  cost structures (EKS, requests/limits, autoscaling, etc.)
• Understanding of
  CI/CD pipelines
  , IaaC (Terraform), and cloud-native DevOps tooling
• Strong
  analytical thinking
  with the ability to identify cost anomalies, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills — able to work cross-functionally across R&D, Finance, and Operations
• Proactive, ownership-driven, and passionate about achieving both financial and technical excellence
• Experience working with
  10+ R&D teams
  , enabling cost-aware engineering practices at scale

Our Cloud Environment

• Primary Platform:
  AWS
• Additional Providers:
  GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud (OCI), and Alibaba Cloud