FinOps Engineer

Telefónica Tech; Portishead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a FinOps Engineer to drive cost optimisation in cloud environments. This hands-on role involves analysing cloud costs, implementing optimisation strategies, and guiding clients on cost-effective architectural decisions. The ideal candidate has strong DevOps skills, experience with FinOps tools, and relevant certifications. Join us to help organisations maximise their public cloud investment and innovate through efficient financial operations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing FinOps to optimise cloud costs.
• Strong understanding of FinOps Framework capabilities.
• Ability to develop and maintain client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Examine and calculate potential cloud cost savings.
• Implement optimisations within Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Architect and develop automation runbooks for cost efficiencies.

Skills

FinOps principles

Cloud cost optimisation tools

Terraform

DevOps skills

Financial analysis

Education

FinOps Practitioner Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification

Tools

IBM Cloudability

KubeCost

ServiceNow

Job description

As a FinOps Engineer you will help to drive cost optimisation and efficiency in cloud environments. This is a hands‑on role that will help organisations drive cost efficiencies in their cloud environments by continually aligning FinOps capabilities to continuously optimise spend and deliver maximum value from their public cloud investment.

Responsibilities

• Examine, analyze and prioritise cloud cost optimisation recommendations and calculate potential savings and benefits using FinOps tools
• Implement rate and usage optimisations within public cloud environments (Azure, AWS and GCP)
• Guide our customers in making cost‑effective architectural decisions
• Communicate FinOps principles to key stakeholders with our customers
• Collaborate with managed services teams to design and implement cost optimisation recommendations and best practices
• Build and manage a backlog on cost‑saving initiatives
• Architect and develop automation runbooks to help drive cloud cost efficiencies along with continual development of policy‑as‑code initiatives further bolstering Cloud Cost Governance

Qualifications

• Hands on experience implementing FinOps to optimise cloud costs and deep understanding of levers available to optimise cloud costs
• Strong understanding of the FinOps Framework capabilities lifecycle and domains
• Hands on experience with native and 3rd‑party public cloud cost management tools such as IBM Cloudability and KubeCost
• ServiceNow experience as a Cloud Management Platform
• Strong DevOps skills including Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation along with RedHat Ansible
• Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships
• Highly strong numerical and finance skills to investigate data and spot trends and anomalies
• Certifications such as FinOps Practitioner or FinOps Professional
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Microsoft Certified : Azure Fundamentals
• Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification

EEO Statement

At Telefónica Tech we believe inclusion is the bridge that empowers everyone to be their authentic selves. We celebrate and respect our differences because diversity drives innovation and makes us stronger. Be yourself with us and feel that you belong. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We are also committed to equity accessible hiring practices and creating an inclusive culture through many means including TogetHer (Women’s network) and our Employee Resource Groups which include Diversity and Inclusion, Telefónica Tech Pride, Neurodiversity, ELEVATE (African and Caribbean heritage network) and Sustainability. We dont believe hiring is a tick box exercise so if you feel that you dont match the job description 100% but would still be a great fit for role please get in touch.