Senior FinOps-DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

• Analyze, optimize and implement cost saving and other optimizations actions across different cloud vendors as well as participate in architectural discussions to help project/product to make cost efficient technology choices.

• Design, automate, implement and maintain a sustainable landing zone for different cloud vendors which capabilities will be aligned with cloud vendor best practices as well as aligned with multiple global compliancy frameworks.
• Maintain different terraform projects which contains all automation ranging from FinOps processes, security to governance processes and policy management.

• Maintain and support the different FinOps tools e.g:

• • Cloudability
  • AWS Quicksight
  • Design, implement and maintain gitlab runners via the Flux CD repository.
  • Apptio Saving Automation FinOps Tool
• Demonstrate ability to dissect billing data and comprehend the vendor services in order to identify areas for optimization and cost reduction.

• Evangelize cloud vendor well architecture frameworks as well as best practices.
• Maintain Cloud Governance centralized reservation processes as well as uncovering RI processes improvement.
• Ensure to help teams with policy enforcement and compliance.
• Knowledge of vendor Identity access management (IAM) is crucial, used to secure the vendor accounts/projects.
• Best practices and other documentation on confluence to provide guidance to different stakeholders.
• Skills expansion with a willingness to step out outside of the comfort zones to learn new tools and knowledge.

• Strong experience with AWS and their cloud service.
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi or/and CrossPlane).
• Proactive, driven and with the ability of working independently.
• Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills in both technical and non-technical contexts.
• FinOps/cloud optimization/cloud cost management experience basic knowledge required.
• Knowledge of cloud design patterns, cloud operations and cloud cost models with experience implementing best practices or suggested improvements.

Good to have

• FinOps practitioner certified or willingness to take certification.
• AWS certifications.
• Python Knowledge.
• GCP knowledge.
• Azure Knowledge.
• Cloudability Tool.
• Project management or team lead experience.
• Working with change management or initiatives for change within large organisations.
• Background from full-stack development and/or complex infrastructure operations.