Lead FinOps – H/F

FinOps Weekly; France; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

FinOps Weekly is seeking a Lead FinOps professional to help clients control and optimize cloud spend across environments. You will define the organization, processes, and tools to embed FinOps into daily team practices, focusing on cloud cost management and IaaS resources.

You will collaborate with client IT, finance, and architecture teams to keep spending predictable while maintaining technical stability, delivering assignments at major CAC40 clients in aeronautics, aerospace, and digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Experience as an infrastructure and automation consultant.
• First professional experience with infrastructure as code and scripting tools (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python).
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Linux, and Kubernetes.
• Fluency in French and English; strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.

Responsabilités

• Analyze cloud expenditure and drive cost optimization actions, especially on IaaS services.
• Build the FinOps operating model by defining the required organization, processes, and tooling.
• Deploy and manage tools to track cost trends, identify anomalies, and compare actual spend against forecasts.
• Support the design of new services in a cost-effective way and optimize existing services.
• Work with client stakeholders to maintain predictable spending and stable technical environments.

Connaissances

infrastructure consulting

French language

English language

team collaboration

Formation

Engineering degree or MSc in computer science

Outils

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

Description du poste

About the Role

The Lead FinOps role focuses on helping clients control and optimize cloud spend across their environments. You will define the organization, processes, and tools needed to embed FinOps into everyday team practices, with a particular emphasis on cloud cost management and IaaS resources. You will work closely with client IT teams, finance teams, and architects to keep spending predictable while maintaining technical stability. Assignments are delivered at major CAC40 clients in aeronautics, aerospace, defense, security, and digital identity/security.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze cloud expenditure and drive cost optimization actions, especially on IaaS services.
• Build the FinOps operating model by defining the required organization, processes, and tooling.
• Deploy and manage tools to track cost trends, identify anomalies, and compare actual spend against forecasts.
• Support the design of new services in a cost-effective way and optimize existing services.
• Work with client stakeholders to maintain predictable spending and stable technical environments.

Required Skills

• Background as an infrastructure and automation consultant.
• Engineering degree or Master’s degree (M2) in computer science.
• First professional experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, and Python.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Linux, and Kubernetes.
• Fluent in French and English.Excellent interpersonal skills, strong service orientation, and a focus on quality.
• Comfortable working in a team environment.

Cloud Platforms & Technologies

Cloud Providers

• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• OVH / OVHcloud

Infrastructure Automation & Scripting

• Terraform
• Ansible
• PowerShell
• Python

Containers & Orchestration

• Kubernetes

Operating Systems / Server Environments

• Windows Server
• Linux

Monitoring / Observability

• Dynatrace

DevOps / Collaboration

• GitLab

Other Explicitly Mentioned Platforms

• VMware
• SUSE
• HashiCorp
• Veeam
• ServiceNow
• Google
• Microsoft

FinOps Responsibilities

• Analyze cloud costs and identify savings opportunities.
• Optimize spend on cloud services, with a focus on IaaS resources.
• Deploy tools to identify cost trends, anomalies, and budget variances.
• Define and track budgets by account, project, cost center, and similar structures.
• Support forecasting and monitor actuals versus forecasts.
• Work with finance teams on budgets, forecasts, tagging, FinOps KPIs, SLA analysis, and reporting requirements.
• Collaborate with architects to improve cost efficiency while preserving platform stability.

Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers hands-on responsibility for cloud cost governance in complex client environments. It combines close collaboration with IT, finance, and architecture stakeholders and gives you direct impact on budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and optimization practices. The position also aligns with a career path in infrastructure automation and private or hybrid cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, and OVH.