About this role
Job Summary:
Responsible for defining, building and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for a Product Team to help ensure the system or solution is fit for its intended purpose.
Key Responsibilities:
Defines, explores, and supports the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Product teams to implement them; Guides enablers through planning and enablement, and work with customers and suppliers to help ensure fitness for purpose. Enables the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps - advocates for and steers the development and improvement of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, as well as helps architects to enable Release on Demand. Defines & implement subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understands solution deployment, and communicates requirements for interactions with solution context, defines Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs). Participates in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and explore solution alternatives. Works with Product Owners to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work; Participates in Planning, Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Reviews, and Inspect and Adapt Events. Delivers solution adhering to standards and leveraging re-use of components; Provides oversight and fosters Built-In Quality and Team and Technical Agility; Adopts new mindsets and habits in how people approach their work while supporting decentralized decision making. Assists in technical analysis of potential solutions including evaluating the technical fit and viability of commercial-of-the-shelf products versus custom built solution. Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance efficiency in the build and deploy processes, promote reusability of component designs to reduce costs and shorten time to deliver solutions by leveraging automation where possible. Create high-level and detail design of infrastructure, interfaces, extensions, and workflows while meeting architecture, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability requirements. Maintain strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices.
Qualifications FinOps Platform Engineer Role Overview
The FinOps Platform Engineer plays a critical role in driving cloud financial accountability, cost transparency, and operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments. With 5+ years of experience in cloud financial operations, this role supports end-to-end FinOps delivery—spanning budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, optimization strategies, and data-driven decision support. The engineer partners closely with Finance, Cloud Platform, and Product teams to operationalize FinOps practices and enable sustainable, cost-efficient cloud growth.
Key Responsibilities Cloud Financial Management & Analysis
Analyze and interpret large, complex cloud cost datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
Conduct detailed variance analysis, usage reviews, and monthly financial deep dives.
Define and maintain FinOps KPIs , success metrics, dashboards, and scorecards.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting
Assist in cloud budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles across business units.
Monitor spend against budgets and provide regular, actionable reporting to engineering and leadership teams.
Partner with Finance on chargeback/showback processes, optimization accruals, and financial modeling.
Cost Optimization & Governance
Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities across AWS, Azure, and OCI—right sizing, purchasing commitments (SP/RIs), storage optimization, and workload efficiency.
Collaborate with engineering teams to apply cost allocation, tagging standards, and governance policies.
Drive adoption of optimization tools such as Turbonomic, ParkMyCloud, Cloudability, or native cloud cost platforms.
Work with product and platform teams to embed cost awareness into architectural and operational decision-making.
FinOps Enablement & Stakeholder Collaboration
Partner with Finance, Cloud Ops, and Product Owners to operationalize FinOps practices across business units.
Lead cross-functional discussions on cloud spend, architectural efficiency, and optimization recommendations.
Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate teams on cloud cost optimization best practices.
Document FinOps processes, playbooks, and financial operating procedures.
Core Skills & Technical Expertise Financial & Data Analysis
Strong analytical skills with expertise in interpreting cost/usage data.
Proficiency with Excel, SQL, Power BI, or similar analytics tools.
Experience modeling cost forecasts, budgets, and financial scenarios.
Cloud Cost Management Tools
Hands-on experience with tools such as:
Cloudability, CloudHealth, ParkMyCloud, Turbonomic, ProsperOps, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, OCI Cost Analysis.
Cloud Platforms & Architecture
Solid understanding of AWS, Azure, and/or OCI services, pricing, and cost drivers.
Experience partnering with engineering teams to implement cost controls like tagging, resource hygiene, RI/SP strategies, and auto-scaling.
Governance & Chargeback
Familiarity with cloud tagging strategies, cost allocation models, and governance frameworks.
Experience collaborating with Finance on showback/chargeback mechanisms.
Communication & Leadership
Excellent communication skills for presenting financial insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to influence teams and advocate for cost-conscious engineering practices.
Note : Although the role category is indicated as on site with Felxibility, the position is Hybrid in nature and requires 2–3 days of working from office each week.