GCP Finops Engineer

GCP FinOps Engineer

Location: Newport, UK

Contract Duration: 6 Months

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced GCP FinOps Engineer to optimise cloud spend, performance, and operational efficiency across large-scale data analytics and containerised workloads. You will work closely with engineering, data, and product teams to embed cost-efficient architectures, enforce financial governance, and implement best practices across Google Cloud environments.

Key Skills / Knowledge

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of GCP data services, including indexing, slots, pruning, partitioning, and clustering.
• Expert-level Kubernetes & GKE resource tuning.
• Hands-on experience with Dataflow pipelines and worker optimisation.
• Strong Airflow/Composer knowledge (DAG design, scheduling, PodOperator).
• Deep understanding of Cloud Logging, routing, sinks, and exclusion filters.
• Experience with Cloud Spanner autoscaling, indexing, and schema optimisation.
• Cloud SQL performance tuning and indexing.
• Ability to analyse billing data, resource consumption, and quantify cost savings.
• Experience using GCP Cost Explorer, Recommender API, and Billing Export.
• Build dashboards, alerts, and budget guardrails for cost governance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, data, and product teams.
• Structured problem-solving mindset; ownership-driven, proactive, and independent.