Technical FinOps Specialist

BuildxPartners; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

BuildxPartners in Chennai is seeking a Cloud Operations & Infrastructure professional to enhance operational efficiency and manage cloud costs. The role involves collaboration with finance and product teams, ensuring effective resource utilization across multiple cloud providers.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree and over 5 years of experience in cloud management, preferably within a SaaS environment. Strong skills in AWS, Linux, and cost optimization tools are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall experience, preferably within a SaaS environment.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong understanding of cloud pricing and cost structures.

Responsibilities

• Create operational metrics and dashboards to monitor cloud costs.
• Manage reserved and dedicated cloud resources to optimize infrastructure spending.
• Contribute to the development of tools and processes for operational efficiency.

Skills

AWS

Cloud cost management

Linux

Terraform

Docker

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Business, Finance, or Analytics

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

CloudHealth

Ansible

Job description

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Job Description

Our Cloud Operations & Infrastructure Team

We are a globally growing team focused on delivering first-class platforms and associated services to both customers and internal teams, with 24x7 runtime operations and support. We embrace Reliability Engineering — toil is our enemy, while automation at scale is our ally.

Where Do You Fit In?

• Drive cost-efficiency initiatives and help build a strong FinOps culture across the organization
  
• Work in a multi-cloud environment with a diverse yet cohesive technology stack that is continuously evolving
• Support and optimize the usage of a rapidly growing cloud budget within a fast-growing company
• Build and promote financial observability along with cloud optimization best practices
• Apply an engineering mindset focused on performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost optimization
• Collaborate closely with Product teams in a fast-paced environment to continuously adapt cloud infrastructure for new features and products
• Partner with the Sales team to architect and design cost-efficient solutions tailored to customer-specific use cases

Who You Are
You bring an engineering mindset and enjoy designing, optimizing, and challenging the status quo on a daily basis. You are passionate about building scalable solutions while maximizing efficiency and delivering more with less. Optimization is your strength, and maintaining operational control is your approach. Strong communication, collaboration, analytical thinking, and stakeholder management skills will be critical for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Create operational metrics and dashboards to monitor cloud costs, usage trends, and identify optimization opportunities
  
• Develop and maintain a cloud resource tagging governance model across multiple cloud providers
• Act as a liaison with cloud providers to obtain recommendations for effective resource utilization and cost reduction
• Manage reserved and dedicated cloud resources to optimize infrastructure spending
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Presales, and R&D teams on cloud cost management and optimization initiatives
• Contribute to the development of tools and processes that improve automation and operational efficiency
• Identify and implement operational improvements to strengthen processes, support quality, and customer satisfaction
• Review and challenge existing deployments and technical architectures to optimize cloud costs
• Provide hands-on technical support for infrastructure migration and optimization initiatives
• Build financial and analytical models to support investment decisions and business cases
• Prepare and present quarterly financial and optimization updates to executive stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Business, Finance, Analytics, or a related field
  
• 5+ years of overall experience, preferably within a SaaS environment
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with Linux operating systems
• Strong understanding of AWS, GCP, Azure, and OVH cloud pricing and cost structures
• Experience implementing cloud resource tagging strategies and governance models
• Hands-on experience with cloud cost management and optimization tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, CloudHealth, Cloudability, etc.
• Experience automating deployments using Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools
• Experience with container-based technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, and other CNCF ecosystems
• Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Go or Python
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments
• Excellent organizational, time management, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience building analytical and financial models to support data-driven decisions
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to work independently
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-changing business environment
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across all organizational levels, including executive leadership