Job Description – Cloud FinOps Specialist
Position: Cloud FinOps Specialist / Cloud Cost Optimization Specialist
Experience: 4+ years
Location: Mumbai
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
We are looking for a hands-on Cloud FinOps Specialist to manage and optimize cloud infrastructure costs across cloud platforms. The role will be responsible for cloud cost visibility, budgeting, forecasting, optimization, governance, and identifying opportunities to reduce cloud expenditure while maintaining performance and reliability.
The ideal candidate should have strong experience working with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, along with a good understanding of cloud infrastructure and FinOps practices.
Key Responsibilities
* Own day-to-day Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) and cloud cost management.
* Monitor cloud spending and identify cost trends, anomalies, and potential savings opportunities.
* Analyze cloud usage and recommend rightsizing, resource optimization, and workload optimization.
* Implement and manage budgets, alerts, tagging and cost allocation mechanisms.
* Develop and maintain dashboards/reports for cloud spend, utilization, forecasts, and savings.
* Work closely with Cloud/DevOps/Infrastructure teams to optimize cloud resources.
* Identify and eliminate idle, unused, or over-provisioned resources.
* Review and optimize Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, committed-use discounts, and other cloud pricing models.
* Support cloud migration and modernization projects from a cost-optimization perspective.
* Establish cloud cost governance and ensure adherence to defined policies.
* Provide monthly cost analysis, forecasting, variance analysis, and optimization recommendations.
* Track and report realized savings versus identified savings opportunities.
* Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to align cloud consumption with business requirements.
* Continuously evaluate new cloud services and pricing models to identify optimization opportunities.
Technical Skills Required
Cloud Platforms – strong hands-on experience in at least one:
* AWS
* Microsoft Azure
* Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
FinOps / Cost Management:
* Cloud cost analysis and optimization
* Budgeting and forecasting
* Cost allocation and tagging
* Cost anomaly detection
* Resource rightsizing
* Reserved Instances / Savings Plans / committed-use discounts
* Cloud billing and usage analysis
* Cost dashboards and reporting
Tools:
Experience with tools such as:
* AWS Cost Explorer / AWS Cost & Usage Reports
* Azure Cost Management
* Google Cloud Billing
* CloudHealth / Apptio / Cloudability or similar FinOps tools
* Power BI / Excel / Tableau for cost reporting and dashboards
Good to Have
* FinOps Certified Practitioner certification
* AWS / Azure / GCP certification
* Experience with cloud migration projects
* Knowledge of DevOps and infrastructure management
* Knowledge of Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
* Basic scripting knowledge using Python, PowerShell or Bash
Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who:
* Has strong hands-on cloud experience along with FinOps knowledge.
* Can independently analyze cloud bills and identify optimization opportunities.
* Is comfortable working with both technical and business stakeholders.
* Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Can convert cloud usage data into actionable cost-saving recommendations.
* Understands that FinOps is not just reporting costs but actively driving cloud cost optimization.
Key Performance Indicators
The person will primarily be measured on:
* Reduction in avoidable cloud expenditure
* Realized cloud cost savings
* Cloud cost forecast accuracy
* Identification and closure of optimization opportunities
* Improvement in cloud cost visibility and governance
* Adoption of tagging, budgeting and cost-control practices
Pay: ₹800,000.00 - ₹1,000,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
