Cloud FinOps Architect Lead

Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) & Optimization

• Strategic Optimization: Lead the “Inform, Optimize, and Operate” phases of the FinOps lifecycle to maintain a lean cloud footprint.
• Commitment Management: Proactively manage the lifecycle of Azure Reservations and Savings Plans to maximize ROI and coverage.
• Data Visualization: Develop and maintain automated Power BI dashboards and “Showback/Chargeback” reports to provide stakeholders with granular visibility into spend.
• Governance & Guardrails: Implement and enforce Azure governance controls (Azure Policy, Tagging, Management Groups) to prevent cost leakage.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead monthly “Optimization Reviews” with application owners to identify and execute rightsizing opportunities for underutilized resources.
• Databricks Efficiency: Design and support Azure Databricks environments with a strict focus on cost-efficiency, implementing Auto-termination, Spot Instance policies, and Unity Catalog governance.

Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) & Automation

• Architectural Standards: Build and maintain Azure reference architectures delivered exclusively via Terraform and/or Bicep.
• Shift-Left Costing: Integrate cost-estimation tools (e.g., Infracost) directly into CI/CD pipelines to provide visibility into the financial impact of code changes before deployment.
• Automated Remediation: Build automated workflows to detect and remediate “zombie” resources (unattached disks, idle Load Balancers, etc.).
• Scalable Networking: Architect secure, cost-optimized hybrid connectivity (VPN, ExpressRoute, VNet peering) and global DNS strategies.

 Resiliency & Platform Support

• Cost-Effective DR: Design disaster recovery strategies (RTO/RPO) that balance business continuity with cost (e.g., Pilot Light vs. Multi-region Active/Active).
• Observability: Establish monitoring and logging standards using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to track both performance and cost anomalies.