FinOps Engineer

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We are seeking an experienced FinOps Practitioner with expertise in Azure to join our organization. As a FinOps Practitioner, you will be responsible for optimizing financial management and cost efficiency within our Azure cloud infrastructure. Your role will involve analyzing and managing financial data, optimizing cloud spending, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive cost-saving initiatives.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Setup Cost Observability: Seeing exactly where cloud costs come from to provide a clear view of cloud spending.
• Manage Cost Allocation: Understanding how different parts of the organization are using cloud resources.
• Drive Cost Efficiency, and identification of Unit Economics.
• Implement and maintain financial governance practices to ensure cost efficiency and accountability in Azure cloud usage.
• Analyze Azure usage data and provide insights for optimizing costs, identifying savings opportunities, and reducing waste.
• Collaborate with finance, operations, digital and data teams to develop and manage cost allocation models and budgeting processes.
• Review and recommend best practices for Azure resource provisioning, sizing, and pricing to optimize cost management.
• Drive cost optimization initiatives, such as rightsizing resources, leveraging reserved instances, and implementing cost controls.
• Monitor and track financial performance related to Azure cloud usage, including cost trends, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Provide expertise and guidance on Azure pricing models, licensing options, and cost-effective usage patterns.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in Azure services and advise on their financial implications.

• KEY QUALIFICATION

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• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Strong experience in financial management and analysis, preferably in a cloud computing environment with a focus on Azure.
• In-depth knowledge of Azure services, pricing models, and consumption management.
• Familiarity with FinOps practices and frameworks.
• 5 years or more experience in Cloud engineering and service management.
• Proven experience managing and leading Cloud FinOps practices, including cost management optimization through engineering , FinOps practice improvement, and FinOps persona collaboration.
• Hands-on experience creating reports and dashboards using Power BI
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, AWS or GCP
• Experience working with detailed billing statements from cloud providers and dedicated tools like Apptio Cloudability, BigQuery, Datastudio, Lambda/Cloud Functions with APIs.
• Experience for Cloud cost management for Containers, Serverless and PaaS services in addition to IaaS and licenses
• Good understanding of public cloud architecture, main services, workload types
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and make an impact in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to synthesize and present strategy and technical ideas in business-friendly language
• Automate cloud governance policies to enforce best practices and prevent cost overruns.
• Conduct periodic reviews to identify new optimization opportunities and adapt to evolving cloud usage patterns.
• Proficiency in analyzing large datasets and utilizing financial reporting tools.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate and present financial insights to stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities with a detail-oriented mindset.
• Azure certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, are a plus.
• FinOps Certifications highly desirable
• If you have the required expertise in Azure and possess a strong financial acumen, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to shape our Azure cost optimization strategies and drive financial efficiency within our organization.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Key internal relationships: Director, IT Operations & Platform Support, Application Support, IT Architects, ITSM Manager, Network Services, Security, IT Operations (internal and external).
• Key external relationships: External vendors, partners and service providers.
• Travel: as required.
• Job is primarily performed in a standard office environment. However, this could be remotely during the COVID pandemic period.
• The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.