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As the FinOps Lead for Cloud Cost Optimization & Strategy, your role will be to drive financial accountability and cost optimization across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will work closely with engineering, finance, and business teams to ensure that cloud investments deliver maximum business value. Your responsibilities include: - Leading FinOps strategy and execution across cloud platforms to ensure alignment with business goals. - Owning monthly cloud billing reviews and cost allocation across different business units. - Developing and maintaining cost models and forecasts for cloud Opex by service and business area. - Driving cost optimization initiatives with product and engineering teams through regular reviews. - Automating reporting and dashboards using tools like Tableau, Power BI, or native cloud analytics. - Tracking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and decommissioning benefits over multi-year periods. - Implementing tagging, guardrails, and usage policies to prevent cost overruns. - Collaborating with finance to refresh allocation rules and improve transparency. - Utilizing strategic insights to drive transformation initiatives aligned with the organization's objectives. Additionally, key skills required for this role include a strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their billing models, proven experience in cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices, expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and cost attribution, proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), familiarity with CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud-native architectures, as well as familiarity with native cloud services such as Lambda and S3. Some other highly valued skills that may be beneficial for this role include FinOps certification or equivalent experience, experience with cloud governance frameworks and compliance, knowledge of infrastructure migration and decommissioning strategies, and exposure to enterprise data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, and Starburst. You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant to success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, and job-specific technical skills. This role is based in our Chennai office. As the FinOps Lead for Cloud Cost Optimization & Strategy, your role will be to drive financial accountability and cost optimization across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will work closely with engineering, finance, and business teams to ensure that cloud investments deliver maximum business value. Your responsibilities include: - Leading FinOps strategy and execution across cloud platforms to ensure alignment with business goals. - Owning monthly cloud billing reviews and cost allocation across different business units. - Developing and maintaining cost models and forecasts for cloud Opex by service and business area. - Driving cost optimization initiatives with product and engineering teams through regular reviews. - Automating reporting and dashboards using tools like Tableau, Power BI, or native cloud analytics. - Tracking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and decommissioning benefits over multi-year periods. - Implementing tagging, guardrails, and usage policies to prevent cost overruns. - Collaborating with finance to refresh allocation rules and improve transparency. - Utilizing strategic insights to drive transformation initiatives aligned with the organization's objectives. Additionally, key skills required for this role include a strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their billing models, proven experience in cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices, expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and cost attribution, proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), familiarity with CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud-native architectures, as well as familiarity with native cloud services such as Lambda and S3. Some other highly valued skills that may be beneficial for this role include FinOps certification or equivalent experience, experience with cloud governance frameworks and compliance, knowledge of infrastructure migration and decommissioning strategies, and exposure to enterprise data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, and Starburst. You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant to success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, and job-specific technical skills. This role is based in our Chennai office.
