AHEAD - Senior Engineer, FinOps & DevOps
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Requirements
• Cost & Governance: • AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Config; Azure Cost Management + Billing; GCP Billing Reports; FinOps tools such as Apptio Cloudability, CloudHealth, Kubecost, or Harness CCM. • Observability & Data: • CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, Log Analytics, Power BI, QuickSight, Looker. • Infrastructure as Code & Automation: • Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Deployment Manager, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, GCP Cloud Build, Ansible, PowerShell, Python. • Cloud Services Exposure: • AWS: EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch. • Azure: VMs, App Services, Storage, Azure SQL, AKS, Databricks. • GCP: Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, GKE. • 3–6 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Platform Operations, DevOps, or SRE, with 1–2 years in FinOps or Cloud Cost Optimization. • Hands-on experience with two or more major public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP). • Proven skills in tagging strategy, cost reporting, and optimization techniques. • Familiarity with Reservations, Savings Plans, Committed Use Discounts, and rightsizing. • Experience with data visualization and reporting tools (Power BI, QuickSight, Looker). • Scripting proficiency (PowerShell, Python, or similar). • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) and DevOps automation. • Preferred Certifications: FinOps Certified Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, AZ-104, Google Cloud Engineer, or equivalent. • Top Expectations for an L2 Engineer • Execute tagging, cost optimization, and reporting activities under senior guidance. • Maintain accurate dashboards and deliver actionable cost insights. • Assist in implementing automation scripts, policy-as-code, and optimization playbooks. • Drive cost-awareness and accountability across engineering teams. • Contribute to SOPs and operational documentation. • Sample KPIs / OKRs • Achieve 10–15% cost savings across assigned workloads. • Maintain RI/SP/CUD coverage ≥ 60% with optimal utilization. • Sustain ≥ 90% tagging compliance. • Respond to cost anomaly alerts within defined SLAs. • Experience with multi-account, multi-project chargeback/showback models. • Exposure to hybrid environments or container platforms (VMware, Kubernetes). • Understanding of enterprise billing structures and consolidated invoicing models.
Responsibilities
• Cost Visibility & Allocation • Develop and maintain cost allocation, budgeting, and chargeback models across cloud accounts (AWS, Azure, GCP). • Implement and enforce tagging and resource hierarchy standards, ensuring >90% coverage for cost-critical tags (e.g., Application, Environment, Cost Center). • Build and publish cost visibility dashboards and reports using Power BI, QuickSight, Looker, or other FinOps tooling. • Support unified multi-cloud cost reporting and forecasting for engineering and finance teams. • Optimization & Engineering • Execute rightsizing, scheduling, and lifecycle management of cloud resources across AWS, Azure, and GCP (EC2, VM, GCE, RDS, S3, Storage, Networking). • Manage and optimize Reservations, Savings Plans, Committed Use Discounts (CUDs), and licensing benefits (BYOL, AHB). • Implement policy-as-code and governance using tools like Terraform, AWS Config, Azure Policy, or GCP Organization Policies. • Participate in anomaly detection, spend forecasting, and automation of remediation workflows. • Contribute to CI/CD pipeline management, infrastructure automation, and GitOps practices using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or Google Cloud Build. • Operate & Partner • Provide actionable insights in monthly cost and performance reviews with engineering and product stakeholders. • Partner with Finance and Procurement teams on budgeting, forecasting, and billing validation. • Collaborate with SRE and Platform teams to balance cost efficiency, performance, and reliability. • Maintain operational hygiene through scripting, compliance audits, and automation.
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