Data Platform FinOps Specialist - Data Platform Department (DPD)
Core
Drive FinOps and cost optimization for data workloads (BigQuery, Databricks, Azure, Snowflake) across 70+ business units by building cost dashboards, managing spend attribution, and implementing discount strategies.
Role type
Senior IC FinOps specialist (data platform)
Builds
Cost-visibility dashboards, chargeback/showback frameworks, and automated cost tagging/alerting systems
Domain
Cloud data platforms (GCP, Databricks, Snowflake) and enterprise financial management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cloud FinOps, cloud billing analysis, GCP billing APIs, SQL, BI tooling (Looker Studio/Grafana), chargeback model design, Japanese (business level), English (professional level)
Preferred skills
Google Cloud Professional certification, Databricks cost management, Snowflake cost governance, Python scripting, enterprise-scale cloud financial management
Technologies
BigQuery, Databricks, Azure, Snowflake, GCP, Looker Studio, Grafana, Dataplex
Responsibilities
Build and maintain cost visibility dashboards for various cloud services; Own the spend attribution model with chargeback/showback frameworks; Identify and act on GCP Committed Use Discount optimizations; Run monthly unused-asset cleanup cycles; Operate monthly FinOps reviews with finance stakeholders; Instrument GCP billing APIs for automated cost tagging and anomaly alerting; Partner with Platform Engineering to embed FinOps guardrails in CI/CD pipelines
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
