Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (FinOps)

GFT Technologies SE

Kraków

Hybrid

PLN 177,000 - 271,000

Full time

3 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Medical insurance

Lunch subsidy

Life insurance

Online training

E-learning platform

Social events

Job summary

GFT Poland is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer in Kraków to drive cloud cost optimisation across Azure, AWS, and GCP within a hybrid work setup. You will leverage automation, IaC, and FinOps practices to reduce costs and improve governance across a multi-cloud environment.

You will build and deploy automation for cost savings, run governance and cost management activities, and present findings to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

Identify cloud cost optimisation opportunities across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Analyse logging data, retention and cost drivers to reduce spend.
Build automation and IaC to implement cost-saving changes.

Responsibilities

Identify cloud cost optimisation opportunities across logging, observability and storage services.
Analyse log ingestion, routing, retention, tiering and exclusion rules.
Access and analyse logging data using cloud-native tools to identify key cost drivers.
Build and deploy automation for logging and storage cost optimisation at enterprise scale.
Implement approved optimisation changes using Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment pipelines.
Prepare rollback plans and conduct post-change validation.
Produce optimisation proposals, savings forecasts, and business cases with clear assumptions.
Improve tagging, labelling, allocation, chargeback, and showback models.
Define and maintain cloud cost policies, guardrails, retention standards, quotas, and budget alerts.
Run optimisation sessions with platform, application, and engineering teams.
Present technical findings and recommendations to senior engineering stakeholders.
Prepare executive-level cost reports covering trends, forecasts, actual savings, and risks.
Create runbooks, technical controls, and supporting documentation.
Monitor cost regression and implement automated drift detection.
Ensure implemented changes comply with governance, risk, and change management requirements.

Skills

Cloud cost optimization

FinOps

Automation

IaC

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Python

Bash

Job description

Location: Kraków, PL, 30-302

Working place: Hybrid

Type of contract: Employment contract

Salary range: 15900 - 24300 PLN gross

What will you do?

As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, you will identify, quantify, and deliver cloud cost optimisation opportunities across Azure, AWS, and GCP. You will combine cloud engineering, automation, Infrastructure as Code, and FinOps practices to reduce cloud costs, improve cost transparency, and implement sustainable governance controls across a multi-cloud environment.

Identify cloud cost optimisation opportunities across logging, observability, and storage services
Analyse log ingestion, routing, retention, tiering, sampling, and exclusion rules
Access and analyse logging data using cloud‑native tools to identify key cost drivers
Build and deploy automation for logging and storage cost optimisation at enterprise scale
Implement approved optimisation changes using Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment pipelines
Prepare rollback plans and conduct post-change validation
Produce optimisation proposals, savings forecasts, and business cases with clear assumptions
Improve tagging, labelling, allocation, chargeback, and showback models
Define and maintain cloud cost policies, guardrails, retention standards, quotas, and budget alerts
Run optimisation sessions with platform, application, and engineering teams
Present technical findings and recommendations to senior engineering stakeholders
Prepare executive‑level cost reports covering trends, forecasts, actual savings, and risks
Create runbooks, technical controls, and supporting documentation
Monitor cost regression and implement automated drift detection
Ensure implemented changes comply with governance, risk, and change management requirements
Hands‑on experience with at least two public cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, or GCP
Strong knowledge of Azure core services, identity, networking, governance, and cost management
Good understanding of AWS and GCP cost drivers and pricing mechanisms
Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Diagnostic Settings, Storage Accounts, Event Hub, Sentinel, Azure Policy, and Azure Cost Management
Experience with AWS CloudWatch Logs, S3 lifecycle policies, Cost Explorer, or Cost and Usage Reports
Experience with GCP Cloud Logging, Log Router, sinks, BigQuery, storage lifecycle policies, or billing exports
Strong understanding of logging and observability architecture
Knowledge of log ingestion, routing, retention policies, and storage cost drivers
Experience analysing logging data at scale and identifying measurable cost reduction opportunities
Experience building and deploying automation using Python, Bash, or Terraform
Knowledge of CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, policy as code, and repeatable deployment patterns
Practical understanding of FinOps principles, cost allocation, chargeback, showback, optimisation levers, and cost governance
Experience producing savings forecasts, business cases, and structured optimisation proposals
Understanding of cloud governance, compliance, operational risk, and change control frameworks
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to present technical analysis and recommendations to senior stakeholders

Nice to have

AWS certification
Experience working in a financial institution

We offer

Hybrid work in our client's office (Kraków) 6 days a month
Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
Online training and certifications
Access to e-learning platform
Social events

We are GFT Poland. WE KNOW how to tackle complex issues with innovative approach to deliver the highest value. Our reputation has been built around one simple rule: we do not overpromise, WE DELIVER. We deliver to our employees, clients and partners. WE GROW as you grow, so investing in you is our business strategy. Caring for each other is our priority. WE CARE who you are, what you need, how you feel. WE CARE to smile, have fun and develop as human beings.

Why Choose GFT?