Cloud Finops Consultant

Security; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

La Fosse is seeking a Contract Cloud Finops Consultant to optimise Azure and AWS environments, identify cost-saving opportunities and implement improvements across cloud infrastructure, platform architecture, FinOps and governance.

You will develop a unified multi-cloud architecture, standardised engineering practices and governance processes, communicating recommendations to technical and business stakeholders and delivering agreed savings with a clear handover.

Responsibilities

• Review Azure and AWS environments across production and non-production, establishing a baseline of cloud usage and expenditure.
• Identify and remove redundant resources, rightsize compute, databases and storage, and implement cost-saving measures.
• Assess environments against the Well Architected Framework, improve reliability, security, performance and efficiency.
• Design a target-state architecture for a unified multi-cloud platform, with high-level designs and ADRs.
• Develop standardised architecture patterns and tagging strategies, with policy-as-code and IaC modules for governance.

Job description

Cloud Finops Consultant

A Global Organisation requires a Contract Cloud Finops Consultant to be responsible for optimising and assessing existing Azure and AWS environments, identifying cost saving opportunities and implementing improvements across cloud infrastructure, platform architecture, FinOps and governance. Develop a unified multi-cloud architecture and standardised engineering practices, while working with technical and business stakeholders to communicate recommendations, track savings and deliver agreed improvements.

• Day Rate: £500pd
• IR35 Status: Outside
• Travel: Remote
• Duration: Initial 6 months

Responsibilities:

• Review Azure and AWS environments across production and non-production, establishing a clear baseline of cloud usage and expenditure. Identify and remove redundant resources, recommend opportunities to rightsize compute, databases and storage, and implement agreed cost-saving measures.
• Assess existing cloud environments against the Well Architected Framework, identifying improvements across reliability, security, performance and operational efficiency. Design a target-state architecture for a unified multi-cloud platform, supported by high-level designs and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Develop standardised architecture patterns and tagging strategies across Azure and AWS, alongside policy-as-code guardrails and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules to improve consistency, automation and governance.
• Develop dashboards to track cloud spend, resource consumption and platform health, implementing budgets and anomaly alerts. Review reserved instance and savings plan options to identify opportunities for further cost optimisation.
• Review cloud commercial agreements, including Microsoft and AWS pricing, partner arrangements and reseller margins. Establish cost allocation models with business stakeholders and develop governance processes to track, manage and report on savings.
• Communicate technical findings and recommendations in clear, business friendly language to internal stakeholders and external suppliers. Own delivery of agreed architecture improvements, contribute to the future roadmap and transition plan, and ensure a structured handover with supporting documentation and knowledge transfer.