With "cloud-first" strategy the organization need to improve the processes in workload management as the procurement of resources in the cloud is not done by the Finance team alone, as in the past, but by Cloud Engineers & Product Owners.Adopting FinOps principles has helped to create visibility of the cloud spend, optimize the resource usage and longer-term commitments to get discounted rates for our workloads.The candidate should have the following skills :- Manage cost visibility of public cloud platform for AWS/AZURE/GCP- Monitor cloud spend and create budget alerts- Facilitate the implementation of FinOps tool- Conduct periodic reports and regular reviews of cloud spend with (AWS/AZURE/GCP) Cloud Billing Console & with other FinOps tool- Manage cloud commitments (CUD, Saving Plans, RI) & suggest use of Preemptible or Spot instances, wherever suitable- Identify unused resources and schedule decommissioning.- Optimize existing resources by rightsizing instances- Optimize architecture by migrating to scalable resources- Define the FinOps framework and roadmap- Support Finance for budgeting forecast and Enterprise agreements with providers- Become the bridge between Finance, Product Owners & Cloud Engineers- Advocate FinOps principles in day-to-day operations & induce FinOps culture within the stakeholdersRequirements :- Bachelor's degree holder in Computer Science, Information Technology or other relevant fields- At least 7-8 years of experience on public cloud platforms and at least 4 years of exposure to- AWS/AZURE/GCP billing management- Associate or Professional level certified candidate in AWS/AZURE/GCP is a plus- FinOps Certified Practitioner is an additional advantage- Good understanding of AWS/AZURE/GCP Billing methodology, Organization & Project structure- Good understanding of instance types, storage types & of other AWS/AZURE/GCP services- Good understanding of cost drivers for cloud resources- Understanding of variable cost models for cloud resources- Possess moderate verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with technical and
nontechnical personnel at various levels in the organization and with vendors- Experience building BI dashboards (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)- Experience in Platforms like Flexera, CloudHealth, Apptio, Datadog would be an added advantage
Keyskills: Cloud Finops Azure Google Cloud Platform Apptio SaaS Tableau Datadog AWS Flexera