Cloud Finops

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Cost Optimization & Management:

• Analyze cloud usage trends and identify opportunities for cost savings.

• Implement FinOps best practices to optimize cloud resource allocation (e.g., right-sizing, auto-scaling, reserved instances, savings plans, spot instances).

• Develop strategies to reduce waste and improve cost efficiency.

Cloud Cost Visibility & Forecasting:

• Build and maintain real-time dashboards to provide visibility into cloud expenses.

• Work closely with finance teams to improve budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.

• Develop and refine chargeback/showback models to allocate cloud costs accurately.

Governance & Compliance:

• Define and enforce cloud cost governance policies, including tagging strategies and budget thresholds.

• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies and external regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with security and compliance teams to align cost controls with enterprise risk management.

FinOps Tooling & Automation:

• Implement and manage FinOps tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Apptio Cloudability).

• Automate cost monitoring, anomaly detection, and alerting to prevent budget overruns.

• Integrate FinOps automation into CI/CD workflows and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Culture Building:

• Work closely with engineering teams to embed cost efficiency into architecture and DevOps workflows.

• Partner with Finance teams to ensure alignment between cloud spending and corporate financial reporting.

• Educate and advocate for a FinOps culture, promoting cost awareness across teams.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud FinOps, Cloud Cost Management, or Cloud Engineering with a strong focus on financial optimization.

• Deep expertise in AWS, Azure cost management tools and pricing models.

• Strong understanding of FinOps principles, cost allocation, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Experience with chargeback/showback models and multi-cloud cost visibility strategies.

• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Python, IaaC, Terraform) for cost tracking and optimization.