FinOps Cost Optimization Practitioner

Position Summary

We are looking for the right candidate that has intensive experience working on cost analysis and optimization in large Cloud environments, with passion for data analysis, and is a team leader who can collaborate with others across the Enterprise. This role will help in identifying cost optimization opportunities by reviewing usage patterns, billing data, and cloud service utilization and also be responsible for developing and implementing cost optimization strategies to reduce the cost of cloud services while maintaining service quality and performance.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide cost comparison, cost optimization and justification metrics for new cloud deployments and cloud migrations

• Lead teams through a time-sensitive project by structuring an optimization savings plan and manage the process through to completion

• Partner with internal Cloud Operations team as well as teams outside of Cloud (Data Engineering & Innovation, Enterprise Technology & Architecture, Enterprise Information Management) to guide strategy and decision-making

• Develop and generate periodic utilization reports to provide visibility into performance, capacity, and availability

• Review metrics to identify the optimal size and configurations of the cloud computing resources

• Communicate underutilized resources to the lines of business to keep them accountable so they eliminate waste and/or right-size their environment

• Execute and drive optimization saving results that total 3% of all Cloud spend

• Work with Finance and Business teams to align cloud spend with budgetary constraints

• Collaborate with Engineering and Architecture teams to develop cost-aware architecture blueprints for cloud applications that can be leveraged across the Enterprise

• Foster the adoption of cloud cost optimization activities and collaboration across the Organization

• Train and/or mentor other team members, and peers as appropriate

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for a wide range of audiences including executives, business stakeholders and ITG teams

• Excellent problem-solving skills by working independently and through leading outcomes for cross-functional teams

• Willingness and ability to adapt to rapid business and organizational change

• Proven analytical skills and experience with cost optimization

• Deep understanding of cloud costs and the various alternatives available

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline and/or equivalent experience/certification required

• 3+ years of experience in Information Technology required

• 3+ years of experience in Cloud technologies including IaaS/PaaS/SaaS deployments on Public Cloud (Azure/GCP) required

• 3+ years of experience in BI tooling, SQL queries, and organizing data in toolsets required

• 3+ years of experience in developing and implementing FinOps/Cloud Cost Optimization strategies for Azure and GCP services required

• 3+ years of experience in cloud-native and third-party cost optimization tools required

Licenses, Certifications, & Training:

•  GCP, Azure and/or AWS Cloud Engineer certification(s) preferred

•  FinOps or Total Business Management certification(s) preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Behaviors Required:

• Service and Quality Excellence: Ability to demonstrate an uncompromising commitment to delivering exceptional care to create an unmatched value proposition for our patients.

• Honor our Mission and Values: Ability to build trust and act with authenticity to cultivate a culture of integrity, inclusion, and mutual respect.

• Effective Decision Making: Ability to make timely, informed decisions that are in the best interest of our patients, employees, providers, community and HCA.

• Attain and Leverage Strategic Relationships: Ability to develop and strengthen collaborative relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to advance the care of our patients and the growth of HCA.

• Lead and Develop Others: Ability to lead others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives; provide meaningful coaching and mentoring to increase the capabilities of individuals and teams and drive employee engagement.

• Communicate with Impact: Ability to deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results.

• Achieve Success through Change: Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation, remove barriers and resistance, and enable desired behaviors.

 

• Drive Execution and Financial Results: Ability to commit to the success and financial wellbeing of HCA by challenging others to excel and hold themselves and others accountable for achieving results.