Cloud FinOps Specialist

Job Description

Experienced in managing complex multi-cloud environments for both financial and technical related matters.
Experienced in bridging business requirements into technical workability without compromising security and operational standards.
Passionate about staying abreast of industry developments, emerging cloud technologies and best practices related to cloud computing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex, multi-cloud cost and performance datasets to facilitate usage and rate optimization. Identify optimization opportunities and reduce waste, tracking opportunities to resolution.
• Continuous follow up with platform PIC to ensure all workloads are provisioned accurately.
• Participate in complex architectural discussions to help platform/project teams make cost-efficient technology choices. Serve as a subject matter expert on cloud financial management best practices, cost management mechanisms, and cost-effective cloud architecture.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to support them with FinOps tools, framework, processes, and data.
• Deploy and maintain commercial and open source FinOps tools, training end users as needed.
• Investigate cost anomalies and discrepancies to identify root causes and communicate corrective actions.
• Stay updated on cloud pricing models, cost management tools, and standard methodologies in FinOps.
• Create accurate forecasting of cloud spend. Evaluate monthly spending to be in-line with yearly forecasted numbers, liaise with stakeholders to ensure all Cloud-related transactions (i.e. payments, budgets, contracts) are managed accurately.
• Provide cost analysis/usage reports to key personnel on a set cadence and drive a culture of cost accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline
• 2-4 Years of hands-on experience deploying and managing resources in AWS and/or Azure.
• 1-3 Years of FinOps or Cloud Operations experience
• Technical understanding of core AWS and Azure service offerings
• FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Cloud Practitioner and/or Azure Fundamentals certification
• Experience configuring and maintaining Corent, Cloudability, CloudZero, FinOut, AWS Cloud Intelligence Dashboards, Azure FinOps Hub, or similar cloud financial management platforms.
• Strong quantitative data analysis skills: ability to use hard data and metrics to support assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerBI, and PowerPoint or similar programs
• Superior planning, organization, and problem-solving ability
• Excellent relationship building and people skills.