FinOps SRE: Cloud Cost & Reliability Engineer

Talent Octopusventures; City Of London; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Wellbeing program

Disability & Life Insurance

Job summary

Talent Octopusventures is seeking a FinOps Site Reliability Engineer to bridge engineering, operations, and financial governance. The role embeds cost optimization into infrastructure, automation, and observability while maintaining reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform experience, plus a background in cloud automation and FinOps. This US-based posting anticipates annual incentive bonuses and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Systems Engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Proven experience implementing cloud automation and observability solutions.
• Experience leading cloud cost optimization and FinOps initiatives.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or Generative AI platform capabilities.
• FinOps Certification (Nice to have)

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud cost optimization initiatives across Azure and AWS.
• Drive optimization initiatives involving compute, storage, AI workloads, networking, and managed services.
• Support enterprise AI, Generative AI, and machine learning platforms.
• Implement governance, monitoring, and financial accountability for AI services and GPU-enabled environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation solutions.
• Build CI/CD and GitOps capabilities that improve platform delivery and consistency.
• Eliminate manual processes through automation and self-service capabilities.
• Promote engineering efficiency through reusable patterns, templates, and tooling.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across cloud, FinOps, and platform initiatives.
• Lead technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and platform modernization efforts.
• Drive adoption of engineering, governance, and operational excellence standards.

Skills

Azure

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Observability

Automation

AI platforms

FinOps

Cost optimization

Leadership

Job description

Talent Octopusventures is seeking a FinOps Site Reliability Engineer to bridge engineering, operations, and financial governance. The role embeds cost optimization into infrastructure, automation, and observability while maintaining reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform experience, plus a background in cloud automation and FinOps. This US-based posting anticipates annual incentive bonuses and comprehensive benefits.