Cloud Operations Engineer

Loopback Analytics is seeking a Cloud Operations Engineer to manage, analyze, and optimize cloud costs across various platforms. The role involves collaborating with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Finance teams to enhance visibility and accountability in cloud spending and to identify inefficiencies in workloads and data pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyze cloud spend across Azure, Databricks, and Snowflake (if applicable)
• Build cost tracking and reporting dashboards using native tools (Azure Cost Management, Databricks Billing APIs & Dashboards, Power BI) and SQL/Python
• Develop tagging and cost-allocation frameworks to support chargeback and forecasting models
• Partner with Engineering and Infrastructure to optimize compute usage, storage tiers, and licensing
• Recommend query tuning, partitioning and caching strategies to improve performance and reduce cost-per-job on Databricks
• Support monthly budget reviews and identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities
• Manage governance policies for resource provisioning and cost alerts
• Partner with Information Security to ensure FinOps practices and cost controls align with SOC2 and HIPAA compliance requirements
• Provide insights into FinOps maturity and recommend process improvements

Requirements:

• 5–7 years of experience in FinOps, Data Operations, Cloud Cost Analysis, or related roles
• Hands-on experience with Azure Cost Management, Databricks, and Windows infrastructure
• Solid analytical and SQL skills; comfort with scripting in Python or PowerShell
• Familiarity with tagging strategies, cost attribution, and usage-based billing
• Strong understanding of cloud services (compute, storage, networking) and pricing models
• Ability to communicate technical findings to financial and non-technical audiences
• Experience in healthcare data platforms or regulated data environments (HIPAA)
• Exposure to Snowflake and data warehouse cost optimization
• Familiarity with Databricks Dashboards or Power BI or Looker for cost reporting
• FinOps Foundation certification or training a plus