Cloud FinOps Engineer

Purpose

A FinOps Engineer is a technical role focused on optimizing cloud computing costs by monitoring cloud usage identifying waste implementing costsaving strategies and collaborating with crossfunctional teams like engineering finance and operations to ensure efficient cloud spend and align with business goals often utilizing automation and data analysis to achieve cost optimization across the organization.

As a FinOps Engineer you contribute to the high performing culture of the Cloud & Compute by delivering a user experience that is better faster and cheaper through cloud.

You share a collective responsibility with your peers within the squad for the endtoend lifecycle management of the service or product you are delivering. You are consistently contributing and delivering against the squad priorities and roadmaps.

Accountabilities

• Cloud Cost Monitoring: Continuously track cloud usage and expenses across different cloud providers (AWS Azure GCP) to identify potential cost inefficiencies and areas for optimization.
• Cost Optimization Strategies: Develop and implement strategies to reduce cloud costs such as rightsizing instances utilizing reserved instances optimizing autoscaling policies and identifying underutilized resources.
• Cost Allocation and Chargeback: Create and maintain chargeback/showback models to accurately allocate cloud costs to different business units or teams fostering accountability for cloud usage.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Collaborate with finance teams to develop cloud budgets forecast future spending and track against planned expenditures.
• Data Analysis and Reporting: Analyze cloud usage data to identify trends generate insightful reports for stakeholders and present actionable insights to optimize cloud spend.
• Automation and Tooling: Leverage cloud management tools and automation scripts to streamline cost optimization tasks including setting up alerts for excessive cloud usage.
• Collaboration with Teams: Work closely with engineering and operations teams to educate them on costeffective cloud practices provide feedback on new projects identify opportunities to refine steadystate practices for waste elimination and ensure alignment with cloud cost optimization goals. Proactively communicate and engage with the IT and Business communities as a visible ambassador of IT and digital

Qualifications :

Experience / Previous jobs required for the job

• Bachelors degree in a computerrelated field (such as Computer Science Engineering) and at least 10 years of IT experience.
• 7 years of experience with one/more public/private cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP etc..
• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of cloud computing platforms (AWS Azure GCP) including their pricing models services and best practices.
• Data Analysis Skills: Proficiency in data analysis techniques to identify patterns and trends in cloud usage data.
• Financial Acumen: Basic understanding of financial concepts like budgeting forecasting and cost allocation.
• Coding Skills: Ability to write scripts and automate tasks using programming languages like Python or PowerShell.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication to collaborate with crossfunctional teams and present technical findings to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Good understanding of billing on cloud platforms (incl. impact of usage patterns on TCO)
• Ability to develop effective reporting schemes/metrics to maintain strong control on usage and billing of cloud services.
• Demonstrated skills in working across multifunctional teams to bring increased business value through seeing the bigger picture collaboration and alignment of diverse needs.  
• AWS / Azure / GCP Certified Solutions Architect certification preferred

Additional Information :

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