FinOps Analyst

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. In the last two years, 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.

About the Role:

The FinOps Analyst is responsible for scaling cost management best practices and driving cost optimization to enhance our financial performance in the cloud. You will play a key role in developing processes to work with large data sets, presenting, automating, and streamlining cloud financial scorecards and reports. This role bridges the gap between R&D, DevOps, and Finance teams, providing visibility into cloud costs and building accurate forecasts. The ideal candidate will orchestrate cloud finops initiatives, increase productivity, and ensure financial excellence.

On a typical day, you will:

• Automate and generate monthly cloud cost reports to provide insights into financial standings.
• Design and build BI dashboards to support product owners, DevOps engineers, and executive-level requests.
• Analyze cloud cost across multiple cloud providers including AWS, GCP, Azure and others
• Collaborate with Finance and Legal teams to negotiate contracts, cost terms, and budgets.
• Implement and manage automated tools to monitor and optimize cost trends.
• Configure and manage cloud cost optimization tools for improved efficiency.
• Ability to self-write automation scripts and integrations related to Finops activities
• Develop visibility and forecasting models to predict future cloud costs and align budgets with operational needs.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of cloud commitments, including Savings Plans and Reserved Instances (RIs), to maximize cost savings.

About You:

• 2-3 years of experience as a FinOps analyst or in a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with SQL (mandatory) and Python (basic) – having the ability to write automation and lambdas functions and integrations
• Expertise in AWS services (e.g., EC2, RDS, Elasticsearch, Lambda) , working knowledge of Azure and GCP and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools like Looker and Grafana.
• Experience with third-party cloud cost optimization tools such as Finout, AWS Cost Explorer, or CloudHealth.
• Superior analytical, critical thinking, and quantitative skills.
• Proven experience working with at least 10 R&D teams.
• Strong self-starter who collaborates effectively within a team environment.
• Familiarity with BI and automation tools to streamline cost management workflows.
• Ability to design and manage dashboards for various stakeholders, including executives, product owners, and DevOps engineers.