Senior Finops Engineer

Senior FinOps Engineer
Role Overview
Drive cloud cost optimization, financial visibility, forecasting, and FinOps practices across cloud
environments in collaboration with Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
• Monitor and analyze cloud spend, usage, budgets, and cost trends.
• Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing and removal of
unused resources.
• Manage cost allocation, tagging, budgeting, forecasting, and showback/chargeback practices.
• Develop cost dashboards, reports, and optimization recommendations.
• Optimize commitment and discount strategies, including Reserved Instances and Savings Plans.
• Monitor cost anomalies and budget variances.
• Work with Engineering and DevOps teams to embed cost efficiency into cloud architecture and
operations.
• Define FinOps KPIs and improve FinOps governance and processes.
Required Skills & Experience
• 5+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, FinOps, or a related field.
• 2+ years of hands-on cloud cost management and optimization experience.
• Strong experience in GCP, including pricing and cost management.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools, dashboards, and reporting.
• Strong analytical skills; Excel and SQL required. Scripting skills are preferred.
• Good understanding of cloud architecture and services.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Preferred Certifications
FinOps Certified Practitioner and relevant GCP certifications.
Key Success Measures
• Cloud cost savings and optimization delivered.
• Improved cost visibility, allocation accuracy, and forecasting.
• Reduction in unused and underutilized resources.
• Adoption of FinOps standards and governance practice

Work arrangement
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