Sr. FinOps Practitioner/Professional

HCLSoftware; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLSoftware is seeking an experienced FinOps Professional to optimize multi-cloud spending and drive cost efficiency across engineering and product teams. You will implement FinOps best practices, develop dashboards, and work with stakeholders to maximize cloud investments.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in cloud platforms with 5+ years in FinOps, strong data analysis and communication skills, and experience with Azure and AWS cost tools.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience on cloud platforms with 5+ years in cloud FinOps service management.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• FinOps Practitioner or FinOps Professional certification preferred.
• Engineer/Architect level certs for Azure & AWS.
• Proven cloud cost management experience and FinOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end FinOps delivery for multi-clients with cost optimization and forecasting.
• Demonstrate expertise in FinOps Foundation framework and maturity stages Crawl/Walk/Run.
• Own FinOps deliverables: cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting, anomaly detection, optimization.
• Build cost visibility dashboards and KPIs using MyXalytics, Cloudability, and cloud-native tools.
• Collaborate with engineering, finance, and product teams to align cloud usage with financial goals.
• Lead client interactions, governance calls, and stakeholder management with a consultative approach.
• Identify opportunities for rightsizing, reservations, and architectural improvements.
• Establish FinOps policies, SOPs, and run books for sustainable cost management.
• Support maturity assessments and roadmaps with POCs and pilot FinOps projects.
• Track savings and drive accountability to realize 15–20% actual cost savings.

Skills

FinOps

Cost management

Azure

AWS

Power BI

Excel

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/Engineering)

Tools

MyXalytics

Cloudability

Azure Cost Management

AWS Cost Explorer

CloudHealth

Job description

Job Description:

Exp: 8+years

Location: Noida

Work mode: 5 Days office

Role Summary:

We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated FinOps Professional/Practitioner or a Consultant to join our growingteam. In this role, you will be responsible for optimizing multi cloud platform spending, drivingcost efficiency, and fostering a culture of financial accountability for our client’s engineering, leadership and product teams. You will work closely with stakeholders across various cloud platform services consumers to implement FinOps best practices and ensure we are maximizing the value of cloud platform investments.

Responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end FinOps deliveryfor multi clients,ensuring cost optimization, forecasting accuracy, and financial accountability across cloud environments.
• Demonstrate strongexpertise in the FinOps Foundation framework, including Crawl,Walk & Run maturity stages and core principles.
• Own and effectively leverage FinOps tools (MyXalytics, Cloudability, Azure & AWS cloud native Cost Management tool) and collaborate with the Product/Professional Services team to enhancecapabilities by developing new features, customdashboards, and reportsaligned with evolving client requirements and business demands.
• Manage and own all FinOps deliverables such as cost allocation, budgeting, forecasting, anomaly detection, and optimization recommendations.
• Collaborate with engineering, finance,and business teams to align cloud usage with financial goals and business priorities. Should be capable to map core FinOps personas with stakeholders.
• Build and maintain cost visibility dashboards, reports, and KPIs using tools like MyXalytics, Cloudability, Azure & AWS cloud native Cost Management tool, or similar platforms.
• Lead client interactions, governance, advisory calls, and stakeholder management with a consultative approach to drive value realization.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities throughrightsizing, reservation management, and architectural improvements.
• Establish FinOpsbest practices, policies,and standard operatingprocedures and run books for sustainable cost management.
• Support FinOps maturity assessments and define roadmaps to enhance client capabilities and operational efficiency by conducting POC and limitedtime FinOps assessment projects.
• Ensure continuous improvement by tracking savings,measuring performance, and driving accountability across teams.
• Demonstrate a strong cost-optimization mindset, consistently identifying opportunities to recommend at least 20–30% savings across the cloud platform.
• Drive ownership and accountability to ensure realization of 15–20% actualcost savings through execution, tracking, and continuous follow-up.
• Should take initiative independently and be a strong team player who actively supportsand contributes to the learning and growth of others.

Qualifications:

• Required:
• Overall, 10 Years of working exp. on cloud platform out of that 5+ yearsof experience in cloud FinOps service management.
• Bachelor’s degreein computer science,Engineering, or a related field.
• FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Professional certification will be preferred.
• Engineer/Architect levelcertification of CloudPlatform (Azure &AWS).
• Proven experience in cloud cost management and FinOps frameworkand principles.
• Strong understanding of cloudplatforms (Azure & AWS).
• Proficiency in data analysisand reporting tools (e.g., Excel,Power BI).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization tools(MyXalytics, Cloudability, CloudHealth, Cloud Native: AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management).
• Flexible to support clientsacross US, UK, and other global time zones.