Cost Optimization: Analyse cloud infrastructure to identify waste, such as idle resources, and implement optimizations like rightsizing or reserved instances.
Visibility & Reporting: Create dashboards to report on cloud usage, cost allocation, and budget tracking.
Automation & Guardrails: Design automated mechanisms to prevent overspending and ensure compliance with governance policies.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a bridge between Engineering and Finance teams, facilitating, communicating, and educating on cost best practices.
Forecasting: Assist in forecasting future cloud spend based on historical usage and business initiatives.

5+ years of enterprise experience in FinOps/cloud cost optimization/cloud financial management and cloud engineering
Strong understanding of AWS cost models, billing / usage data, and architecture-driven optimization.
Experience identifying and remediating cloud inefficiencies beyond the obvious.
Background in engineering, cloud architecture, or DevOps, with fluency in both technical and financial discussions.
Strong presentation, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Finance, Sales, and Engineering teams.
Active involvement in the FinOps Foundation community and a strong network in the FinOps/Cloud ecosystem.
Strong expertise in building custom dashboards and reports using BI tools (Apptio-Cloudability, PowerBI, Quicksight, etc)
Understanding of unit economics, unit cost metrics, and financial forecasting.
FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (preferred).

Senior FinOps Engineer

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