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FinOps Operational Cost Control, Director

Sysdig · San Francisco · Remote

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About Sysdig

From runtime to development, gain real-time visibility into your cloud with Sysdig. Prioritize critical risks, detect threats instantly, and respond with confidence. Backed by Accel and Insight.

About the role

Culture matters here. We believe diversity fuels stronger ideas, and open dialogue drives sharper decisions. Recognized as a Best Place to Work and one of Deloitte's fastest-growing companies for the past 5 years, we're here to raise the standard for what cloud security and workplace culture should be. If you have the passion to dig deeper, the desire to challenge convention, and the curiosity to build something better, Sysdig is the right place for you. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Own hosting/cloud cost transparency: build reporting and dashboards on unit economics and cost drivers by product, team, and workload
  • Partner with engineering to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities, including rightsizing, reserved capacity, architecture changes, and non-production environment efficiency
  • Manage cost and pricing tradeoffs across our multi-cloud, multi-region infrastructure, including data transfer, residency, and compliance costs
  • Translate infrastructure costs into cost-to-serve and gross-margin metrics that inform pricing and competitive strategy
  • Partner with engineering leadership through a regular cadence to keep cost initiatives moving to closure, and report on savings delivered
  • Embed directly with engineering teams to establish cost-aware architecture patterns, automated tagging hygiene, and regular cost-review cadences
More about this role

At Sysdig, we believe cloud security isn't a compromise - it's a promise. From the start, our mission has been clear: to help organizations secure innovation in the cloud, the right way.

We created Falco, the open standard for cloud threat detection, and continue to lead the cloud security market with runtime insights, open innovation, and agentic Al. Creators of technology trusted by over 60% of the Fortune 500, Sysdig gives teams the real-time clarity to move fast and defend what matters most.

Culture matters here. We believe diversity fuels stronger ideas, and open dialogue drives sharper decisions. Recognized as a Best Place to Work and one of Deloitte's fastest-growing companies for the past 5 years, we're here to raise the standard for what cloud security and workplace culture should be.

If you have the passion to dig deeper, the desire to challenge convention, and the curiosity to build something better, Sysdig is the right place for you.

  • Own hosting/cloud cost transparency: build reporting and dashboards on unit economics and cost drivers by product, team, and workload.
  • Partner with engineering to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities, including rightsizing,...

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