Senior FinOps Engineer

Senior FinOps Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior FinOps Engineer to join our growing FinOps organization.

Why Join Us?

As part of our team, you'll play a crucial role in optimizing cloud spend, driving financial accountability, and implementing best practices across our technology infrastructure. As a Senior FinOps Engineer, you'll bridge the gap between finance, technology, and business stakeholders to establish a culture of cost awareness and financial responsibility. You'll leverage your technical expertise and financial acumen to implement FinOps practices that align business value with cloud costs.

What We Offer

• Career growth opportunities in a rapidly evolving field
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development support and certification reimbursement

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and enhancement of FinOps practices across the organization
• Design and implement cost allocation strategies, tagging policies, and showback/chargeback mechanisms
• Develop and maintain cloud cost forecasting models and budgets
• Identify cost optimization opportunities through detailed analysis of cloud resource usage
• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to provide visibility into cloud spending
• Collaborate with engineering teams to build cost-aware architectures and implement cost controls
• Partner with finance teams to incorporate cloud costs into financial planning processes
• Drive automation of FinOps processes where possible
• Stay current with evolving cloud pricing models and optimization strategies
• Educate and mentor teams on FinOps principles and cloud cost management

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years focused on cloud financial management/FinOps
• Deep understanding of major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their pricing models
• Experience using FinOps tools
• Strong skills in data analysis and visualization tools
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code
• Experience with cost allocation methodologies and chargeback models
• Solid understanding of financial concepts as they apply to technology investments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical and financial concepts to diverse audiences
• FinOps Foundation certification preferred (FinOps Certified Practitioner)

Technical Skills

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP (certification in at least one platform preferred)
• Programming/Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell
• Data analysis and visualization tools: PowerBI
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
• Containerization and Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, ECS
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Database Systems: Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases

Key skills/competency

• FinOps
• Cloud Cost Management
• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• Cost Optimization
• Data Analysis
• Python
• Infrastructure as Code
• Financial Planning