Cloud Strategist Intermediate 0143-0512
Cloud Strategist Intermediate 0143-0512
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02-05-2025
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HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three 3 days in office. Candidates resume must include first and last name.
Description
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS
Optimization and amp; Strategic Insight
Support and amp; Drive cloud cost optimization strategies by identifying overprovisioned or underutilized resources
Work closely with engineering and product teams to incorporate financial perspectives into design and architecture decisions.
Collaborate with vendors and procurement teams to evaluate pricing structures and opportunities for savings.
Drive outcomes from FinOps tools by turning cloud cost data into insights and insights into strategic actions that reduce spend improve forecast accuracy and align investments with business priorities.
Tagging Strategy and amp; Governance
Design and implement a comprehensive cloud tagging strategy to ensure full visibility of cloud spend across departments applications environments and projects.
Collaborate with engineering DevOps and operations teams to enforce tagging compliance through automation tooling and policy frameworks.
Identify gaps or inconsistencies in tagging and lead remediation efforts to improve cost attribution accuracy and chargeback/showback processes.
Maintain documentation and training to ensure ongoing awareness and adoption of tagging best practices.
Forecasting and amp; Planning
Build and maintain multiyear cloud cost forecasts in alignment with technology and business roadmaps.
Analyze historical cloud usage trends to project accurate future spend across cloud providers.
Collaborate with Finance and Technology teams to ensure budget alignment including ongoing updates to forecasts and actuals.
Develop and maintain accurate cloud cost forecasts based on usage trends business plans and anticipated changes in workloads.
Drive rebaselining exercises and yearoveryear forecasting improvements to align financials with actual consumption trends.
Cost Governance and amp; Reporting
Utilize cloudnative tools (e.g. Azure Cost Management) and FinOps platforms (e.g. Apptio Cloudability) to provide cost visibility and trend analysis.
Own the creation of executive dashboards variance analysis and forecast accuracy metrics.
Identify gaps between forecasted and actual spend and drive corrective actions.
Develop models for cost attribution showback/chargeback and unit cost analysis
Tooling and amp; Enablement
Leverage platforms like Apptio (Cloudability) Azure Cost Management and Power BI for reporting and analysis.
Implement tagging and resource management policies to ensure accurate data collection for forecasting and accountability.
Continuously optimize tool usage to derive actionable insights and improve cloud cost transparency across departments
Oversee the implementation and onboarding of the FinOps tool ensuring data accuracy rolebased access and reporting alignment with organizational goals
Section 3: Requirements and nbsp;
Education Completion of a diploma in Computer Science or a related discipline or a combination of education training and experience deemed equivalent
Experience Minimum six 8 years experience in the analysis design and development of corporate system architecture. Experience developing and amp; designing roadmaps implement strategies and amp; transformation plans for clients. Handson experience with FinOps tools .
Certifications or Designations FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent certification
Section 4: Competencies and amp; Specialized Skills
Customer Service Teamwork Initiative
Quality and amp; Safety Engaged in the Business
Technical Competencies
Strong knowledge of Azure billing structures and optimization levers.
Demonstrated experience in cloud tagging implementation governance and remediation. and nbsp;
Advanced skills in Excel and Power BI; experience with FinOps tools like Apptio Cloudability Cloud Health or native cloud cost platforms.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insights for technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Prior experience in largescale cloud transformations or hybrid cloud environments. and nbsp;
Experience creating tagging policies via Azure Policy or custom enforcement scripts. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) CI/CD pipelines and cloud cost tagging best practices.
Background in cloud architecture infrastructure engineering or DevOps a strong plus.
Must Haves:
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Employment Type
Full Time
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