Financial Operations Engineer with Cloud Platforms

Engineer Level 2

Local Candidate

On site in Cincinnati, OH, Charlotte, NC, Boca Raton, FL, or Portland, OR

Required Skills : FinOps experience --Azure cloud

1. Role and Responsibilities

• FinOps Engineer Role: Focus is on supporting the cloud and FinOps practices. The role involves owning aspects of the expense for applications, ideally ones with at least $500,000 annual expense.
• Automation and Engineering: Emphasis on engineering and automation, especially as the organization moves toward platformization.
• Responsibilities:
• Bridge the gap between engineering and finance teams.
• Support cost management and financial tooling, working on high-scale deployments.
• Support and help mature the FinOps practice, driving cost optimization strategies.
• Collaborate with other line-of-business units to bring scalable, cost-effective solutions.

1. Skill Set and Experience

• Cloud Experience:
• Primary Focus: Azure and GCP environments (open to AWS experience).
• Key Skills: Knowledge of cloud architecture, cost optimization, and engineering practices.
• Experience with cost management tools like Azure Advisor, AWS Cost Explorer, and GCP billing. Experience with Cloudability is a plus (although not explicitly mentioned in the job posting).
• Automation & Scripting:
• Experience with Terraform is essential. Other scripting languages like PowerShell, Ansible, and CLI (GCP CLI) are also valuable.
• Understanding of automation tools for orchestrating and managing cloud environments.
• Cost Optimization:
• Strong understanding of cost-saving architectural patterns for cloud platforms.
• Ideally, candidates should have experience owning expenses for large applications and optimizing costs at the enterprise level.
• Architecture & Engineering Mindset:
• The candidate should have an engineering mindset to dig into applications and optimize their cost structures.
• Some knowledge of application-level optimization is a plus, as it leads to more efficient cost-saving opportunities.

1. Cultural Fit and Collaboration

• Collaboration: Must be able to work closely with multiple business units and help unify cost-saving efforts across different parts of the organization.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to communicate with and influence stakeholders within the business, particularly those leading line-of-business units.
• Success Factors:
• Cost savings: A key success factor, though not the only one.
• Volume of cost-effective solutions: How many cost-effective architectural patterns and solutions the candidate can help deploy.
• Customer Relationship: Developing relationships within the organization to understand business needs and improve FinOps processes.
• Discovery & Innovation: Identifying new patterns and methods for cost-saving and getting them implemented across the organization.

1. Desired Background and Experience

• Industry Experience: While prior experience in retail or finance can be useful, the focus is more on scale and the ability to handle complex, large-scale cloud environments.
• Architectural Expertise: At least 5 years of cloud architecture and cost optimization experience, with an emphasis on cost-effective engineering and scalability.
• Geographic Redundancy: Awareness of geographic redundancy and managing large-scale operations responsibly.

1. Certifications

• No formal certifications required for FinOps or cloud platforms (Azure, GCP). Certifications are seen as nice-to-haves but not mandatory.