Engineer III - Data Center FinOps (Remote)

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, is seeking a FinOps Engineer III to establish a cost management practice across its product and platform groups. The role involves designing automated cost monitoring solutions, developing cost allocation strategies, and collaborating with various teams to optimize costs and ensure financial efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automated cost monitoring, alerting, and optimization solutions across cloud platforms
• Develop and maintain cost allocation algorithms and tagging strategies for accurate cost attribution
• Build integrations between cloud billing APIs and internal cost management systems
• Create technical documentation and best practices for cost-efficient infrastructure patterns
• Collaborate with platform teams to implement cost optimization recommendations
• Develop tooling and automation to support FinOps processes across fourteen product groups and eleven platform groups
• Build dashboards and reporting mechanisms for real-time cost visibility
• Implement cost guardrails and automated policies to prevent cost overruns
• Design scalable solutions for cost data collection, processing, and analysis
• Contribute to the TechOps Analytics Data Solution FinOps requirements
• Partner with product engineering teams to identify and implement cost optimization opportunities
• Work closely with Infrastructure Foundations Program to align technical solutions with FY27 Cost Reduction Program
• Support FinOps Working Group with technical expertise and implementation guidance
• Collaborate with Data Analytics Team on cost data pipeline development
• Provide technical input for FinOps capability development roadmap
• Research and evaluate new cost optimization tools and techniques
• Contribute to FinOps governance structures and technical standards
• Mentor junior engineers on cost-conscious engineering practices
• Stay current with cloud platform pricing changes and optimization opportunities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with focus on cloud infrastructure
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages
• Deep hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their cost management tools
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Proficiency with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, etc.)
• Understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• FinOps Certified Practitioner certification (or commitment to obtain within 6 months)
• Experience in cybersecurity or SaaS industry
• Background with commitment-based discount programs (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, CUDs)
• Experience with data pipeline development and ETL processes
• Familiarity with cost optimization tools (CloudHealth, Cloudability, etc.)
• Knowledge of database optimization and performance tuning