Cloud Platform Engineer (GCP + Cloudability + CI/CD)

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced cloud engineer with exposure to FinOps & Cost Saving practices. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in cloud practices, FinOps principles, and cloud optimization tools. Additionally, they will collaborate closely with development teams leveraging CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and modern DevOps practices to deliver cost-effective, scalable solutions.

Our cloud estate is 70% on GCP and the rest is on AWS, AZURE.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

- Collaborate with development teams utilizing CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and help them deploy cost effective solution

- Deployment & integration of tools like IBM Turbonomic and Cloudability to monitor and optimize cloud expenditures.

- Implement tagging, resource allocation, and governance best practices across cloud platforms.

- Conduct periodic audits of cloud resources to identify and eliminate inefficiencies.

- Stay up-to-date on pricing models, new services, and best practices for AWS, GCP, and Azure.

- Build automated deployment pipelines & IAC

Required Skills and Qualifications

- Hands-on experience on GCP cloud platform

- Knowledge of FinOps practices would be advantageous.

- Expertise in managing cloud costs for GCP, AWS and Azure environments.

- Hands-on experience with tools like IBM Turbonomic and Cloudability would be advantageous.

- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerized applications, and DevOps workflows.

- Certification in GCP cloud platform is preferred.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with scripting and automation (Ansible, Terraform) for managing cloud resources.

- Knowledge of cloud governance frameworks and ITIL processes.

- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Personal Profile

Essential:

- Understands business context and is driven to see analytics drive action and create value

- Understand the importance of integrity in our work and commitment to transparency and truth in analytics

- A resilient and enthusiastic who responds constructively to new ideas and input

- Can explain complex problems and solutions to senior leaders and technical teams

- An effective team player, actively develops and supports team members

- A passionate continuous learner with curious mind.

Desirable:

- An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style

- Helps drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying team weaknesses and potential solutions

An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning