Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.

Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.

Role Overview

The Cloud FinOps and Governance Engineer is responsible for building a culture of cost intelligence across our multi-cloud ecosystem (Azure, AWS, GCP). This role blends technical depth in cloud operations with financial accountability, ensuring workloads are cost-optimized, compliant, and aligned to governance frameworks. You will partner with architecture and engineering teams to embed cost KPIs into design, enforce tagging standards, and deliver real-time cost visibility for decision-making.

Essential Functions

- Implement and enforce tagging compliance policies across multi-cloud environments.

- Develop unit economics, showback, and chargeback models for applications and teams.

- Manage reserved and committed coverage strategies to reduce unit costs and optimize cloud spend.

- Build and maintain centralized real-time dashboards for cost visibility across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

- Embed FinOps KPIs into architecture reviews, ensuring cost is a first-class metric.

- Conduct monthly cost reviews with engineering leads and recommend optimization actions.

- Collaborate with procurement on vendor commitments, RI/SP planning, tooling, and discounts.

- Support audits and compliance reporting with accurate cost and governance data.

What You’ll Need for Success

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or related field.

- 3+ years of experience in cloud cost optimization, FinOps, or cloud governance.

- Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, and GCP billing and cost management tools.

- Familiarity with platforms such as Apptio Cloudability, ProsperOps, Ternary, or Hystax OptScale.

- Strong analytical skills with experience in cost modeling, dashboards, and reporting.

- Proven ability to enforce governance standards such as tagging, workload placement, and policy compliance.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills across technical and financial domains.

Risepoint Benefits

- 18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown

- 12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday

- Medical – four options

- Dental

- Vision

- Life & Disability (company paid)

- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account

- Retirement plan with company match

- Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)

- Volunteer Time Off

- Supplemental Benefits: Wellness program, Alternative medicine options, Pet discounts, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity

- Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs

- Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents

- Rewards & Recognition programs