Lead Technology Analyst - Finops E3

Prestwick Aerosystems; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus India Private Limited seeks a Cloud FinOps Architect (f/m) to lead cloud cost governance and optimization across AWS, GCP, and Azure from its Bangalore location. The role demands strategic financial engineering, tooling leadership, and executive advisory to align cloud spend with corporate roadmaps.

The successful candidate will drive real-time cost visibility, implement automation in FinOps pipelines, and foster a culture of cost accountability across global engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of cloud cost governance across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Strong background in cloud pricing models and cost-optimization methodologies.
• Ability to translate technical telemetry into actionable financial guidance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute long-term cloud cost management strategies.
• Architect cost-optimization frameworks across multi-cloud environments.
• Governance and compliance stewardship for cloud financial controls.
• Lead FinOps tooling selection and integration for visibility.
• Design dashboards and KPIs for real-time usage and spend across clouds.
• Advise executives on cloud spend alignment with strategic roadmaps.
• Promote cost accountability through training and governance models.

Skills

Multi-Cloud

Cloud Architecture

FinOps Fluency

Executive Stakeholder Management

Automation & DevOps

Kubernetes

Communication Skills

Tools

CloudHealth

Apptio Cloudability

Vantage

Job description

Cloud FinOps Architect (f/m) – 1 position – Location: Bangalore, India. Airbus pioneers sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. The Company constantly innovates to provide efficient and technologically-advanced solutions in aerospace, defence, and connected services. In commercial aircraft, Airbus offers modern and fuel-efficient airliners and associated services. Airbus is also a European leader in defence and security and one of the world's leading space businesses. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions and services worldwide.

Responsibilities / Architectural Mandate

• Strategic Financial Engineering: Author and execute long-term cloud cost management strategies, encompassing macro-level budgeting, predictive forecasting, and automated cost allocation models across enterprise scales.
• Architectural Efficiency Optimization: Continuously analyze deep multi-cloud usage patterns to architect cost-optimization frameworks, translating complex telemetry into highly actionable engineering and architectural recommendations.
• Governance & Compliance Stewardship: Establish, champion, and enforce enterprise-grade cloud financial governance policies. Institutionalize strict compliance with internal financial controls, external data/financial regulations, and global FinOps frameworks.
• FinOps Tooling & Ecosystem Leadership: Strategically evaluate, implement, and orchestrate advanced FinOps platforms and observability tools to enhance absolute cloud cost visibility. Drive the integration of next-generation FinOps technologies and automation trends.
• Multi-Cloud KPI & Reporting Design: Architect, build, and oversee high-fidelity dashboards and KPIs that deliver granular, real-time usage and spend statistics across a complex, multi-cloud landscape ($AWS, GCP, Azure$).
• Executive Stakeholder Advisory: Partner with senior business and technology leaders to align cloud spend with overarching corporate roadmaps, product growth trajectories, and budgeted financial forecasts.
• Value Demystification & Business Value Realization: Act as a critical advocate for internal customers, breaking down complex cloud cost economics to maximize Unit Economic efficiency and accelerate business value.
• Culture of Accountability & Evangelism: Institutionalize a corporate culture of cost awareness by delivering advanced training, mentoring engineering teams, and establishing accountability models (such as gamified optimization or chargeback structures).
• Executive Reporting & Presenting: Synthesize intricate financial and infrastructure data into strategic executive summaries, presenting clear, high-impact savings recommendations directly to C-suite and Senior VP levels.

Qualifications & Technical Mastery

• Expert Multi-Cloud Acumen: Deep, production-level understanding of cloud-based resource consumption and complex pricing matrices across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Advanced Cloud Architecture & FinOps Fluency: Mastery of cloud pricing models (RI/SP management, spot strategies), optimization methodologies, and their systemic impact on modern cloud-native architectures.
• The "Finance-Tech" Bridge: A proven, unique capability to sit at the intersection of Enterprise Finance and Infrastructure Engineering, seamlessly speaking the language of both accounting and systems architecture.
• Cross-Organizational Influence: Strong leadership presence with a demonstrated ability to partner across global business units and assertively drive high-stakes cost optimization negotiations.
• Enterprise Tooling Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience deploying and leveraging advanced 3rd-party cloud cost optimization platforms (e.g., CloudHealth, Apptio Cloudability, Vantage, or native cloud enterprise hubs).
• Automation & DevOps Mindset: Strong champion of Continuous Optimization (CO); possessing an automation-first mindset with proven experience embedding cost-control mechanisms into DevOps pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaaC), and microservice architectures.
• Core Engineering Foundation: A robust technical background spanning large-scale cloud infrastructure, virtualization, container orchestration ($Kubernetes/EKS/GKE$), enterprise databases, and global networking topologies.
• High-Impact Communication: Superior articulation skills, with a track record of translating abstract technical dependencies into fiscal impacts for financial stakeholders, and vice versa.
• Agile Practice & Stakeholder Orchestration: Proven success leading and navigating complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives using Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
• Customer-Centric Advisory: A natural habit of putting internal/external customers first, combining empathy, technical depth, and strong negotiation skills to bridge user needs with cost-efficient tech stacks.

Preferred Strategic Qualifications

• Data & Programming Capability: Practical experience leveraging SQL, Python, or specialized data science libraries to query, manipulate, and model massive scale cloud billing datasets (e.g., AWS CUR).
• Advanced Data Visualization: Proficiency in constructing enterprise-ready data narratives using advanced visualization suites (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, Amazon QuickSight).
• Advanced Cloud Certification: Professional or Expert-level certification in AWS, Azure, or GCP (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional).
• FinOps Professional Credentials: FinOps Certified Professional or FinOps Certified Practitioner designation.

Additional Details

• Company: Airbus India Private Limited
• Employment Type: Permanent
• Experience Level: Professional
• Job Family: Digital

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief. Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all.