Operations Engineer

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is looking for a FinOps Engineer to support their Azure services migration. This role involves managing costs, optimizing cloud environments, and ensuring quality and compliance in financial reporting. The successful candidate will have strong Azure expertise, relevant certifications, and be ready to work in a hybrid model, contributing significantly to modernizing their IT capabilities.

Benefits

28 days of core annual leave

Performance-Related Discretionary Bonus

Company pension scheme contributing up to 18%

Private medical cover for self and family

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in system administration or related fields.
• Experience with Entra ID, Azure, and/or AWS.
• Experience managing IT service providers.

Responsibilities

• Develop FinOps processes for effective cost management.
• Governance of cost management and financial reporting on Azure.
• Support ITIL processes like incident and change management.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Problem Solving

Cost Management

Governance

Cloud Environment Optimization

Scripting

Education

Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification

Tools

ARM

Bicep

Terraform

JSON

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Job Description

FinOps Engineer | London | Hybrid Working - 2 Days Per Week | £75,000

We’re recruiting for a FinOps Certified Engineer! This is a great opportunity for an Azure FinOps Engineer to join a global Financial Services Company that is undergoing significant technology modernization. The project aims to improve service and IT capabilities, supporting a migration from On-Premises to Azure for most services.

This FinOps Engineer role offers a starting salary of £75,000 plus a Performance-Related Discretionary Bonus, 28 days of core annual leave (with an option to buy up to 5 days), a company pension scheme contributing up to 18%, private medical cover for yourself and family members, and many other benefits.

We’re seeking an experienced FinOps Engineer skilled in managing costs across an Azure portfolio, delivering reliable cost reporting, performance telemetry, and cloud environment optimization.

• Develop FinOps processes for effective cost management.
• Governance of cost management, financial reporting, and workload risk management on Azure; act as the point of contact for issues, incidents, or problems.
• Support ITIL processes such as incident, change, and problem management.
• Ensure adherence to standards and operating procedures to maintain quality, productivity, and controls compliance.
• Collaborate with the team and automation tools to enforce cost management policies.
• Support Azure VM lifecycle management aligned with cloud management processes.
• Engage with external support partners for system maintenance, support, and troubleshooting as needed.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Entra ID; previous support and development experience with Azure and/or AWS.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform).
• Proficiency in scripting and command-line tools (JSON, Python, PowerShell).
• 5-10 years of experience in system administration, infrastructure development, or related fields.
• Experience managing outsourced IT service providers.
• Experience managing operational changes through a route-to-live release process.

If you’re interested in this FinOps Engineer role, please click the APPLY button, and a Spencer Scott Consultant will contact you.

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