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:
At least 3-5 years of experience in FinOps and exposure to AWS/AZURE/GCP billing & cost management.
FinOps Practitioner certification is a must.
Associate or Professional level certification in AWS/AZURE/GCP is a must.
Manage cost visibility of public cloud platform for AWS/AZURE/GCP
Monitor cloud spend and create budget alerts
Review & recommend the FinOps tool
Facilitate the implementation of FinOps tool
Conduct periodic reports and regular reviews of cloud spend with Google 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 stakeholders
Requirements
Bachelor s degree holder in Computer Science, Information Technology or other relevant fields
At least 5 years of experience on public cloud platforms and at least 3 years of exposure to AWS/AZURE/GCP billing & cost management
FinOps Certified Practitioner is a must.
Associate or Professional level certification in AWS/AZURE/GCP.
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
Capable to consolidate data and deliver aggregate view/report
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
Good understanding of MS excel, PowerPoint and any other presentation application.
Understanding of PowerBI reports.
(1.) To validate analyses (eg. Root Cause Analysis ,Trend Analysis) and reports to facilitate performance in tasks to be presented to key business stakeholders (2.) To ensure positive customer feedback & satisfaction thorugh active participation in customer meetings to understand any issues faced (3.) To validate Change Order Implementation Plan & Human Error Compliance and participate in Capacity planning (4.) To perform value addition activities (such as mentoring administrators/team members, preparing SOPs, maintaining effective documentation simultaneously and Knowledge sharing.) In addition act as a liaison to the business segment, facilitating effective communication and presentation to key business stakeholders as & when required. (5.) To ensure on-time resolution & quality compliance of escalated tickets/incident as per the agreed SLA