Senior FinOps Engineer

Role Overview

Drive cloud cost optimization, financial visibility, forecasting, and FinOps practices across cloud environments in collaboration with Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and business teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Monitor and analyze cloud spend, usage, budgets, and cost trends.
- Identify and implement cost optimization opportunities, including rightsizing and removal of unused resources.
- Manage cost allocation, tagging, budgeting, forecasting, and showback/chargeback practices.
- Develop cost dashboards, reports, and optimization recommendations.
- Optimize commitment and discount strategies, including Reserved Instances and Savings Plans.
- Monitor cost anomalies and budget variances.
- Work with Engineering and DevOps teams to embed cost efficiency into cloud architecture and operations.
- Define FinOps KPIs and improve FinOps governance and processes.

Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, FinOps,



or a related field.
- 2+ years of hands-on cloud cost management and optimization experience.
- Strong experience in GCP, including pricing and cost management.
- Experience with cloud cost management tools, dashboards, and reporting.
- Strong analytical skills; Excel and SQL required. Scripting skills are preferred.
- Positive understanding of cloud architecture and services.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Certifications

FinOps Certified Practitioner and relevant GCP certifications.

Key Success Measures

- Cloud cost savings and optimization delivered.
- Improved cost visibility, allocation accuracy, and forecasting.
- Reduction in unused and underutilized resources.
- Adoption of FinOps standards and governance practice

📌 Senior Finops Engineer (Kochi)
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