Senior FinOps Engineer - Cloud Cost Optimization

FinOps Weekly; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities in a fast‑

Collaborative and innovative work env.

Cutting-edge cloud technologies

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development support and认证

Job summary

FinOps Weekly in Lisbon is seeking a Senior FinOps Engineer to lead cloud cost optimization across the technology stack. You will partner with finance, engineering, and business teams to embed FinOps practices and improve cost visibility.

You will build forecasting models, budgets, dashboards, and showback/chargeback processes, while mentoring teams and promoting cost-conscious architectures. Flexible work arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering.
• At least 3 years focused on cloud financial management (FinOps).
• Strong knowledge of major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Understanding of cloud pricing models.
• Experience with FinOps tools and data visualization.
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex topics to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and ongoing improvement of FinOps practices across the organization.
• Develop cost allocation strategies, tagging policies, and showback/chargeback processes.
• Build and maintain cloud cost forecasts and budgets.
• Analyze cloud resource usage to identify optimization opportunities.
• Create dashboards and reports that improve visibility into cloud spend.
• Work with engineering teams to support cost-aware architecture and cost controls.
• Partner with finance teams to incorporate cloud costs into financial planning.
• Automate FinOps processes where possible.
• Stay current on cloud pricing models and optimization approaches.
• Educate and mentor teams on FinOps principles and cloud cost management.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure engineering

FinOps / cloud financial management

Data analysis and visualization

Communication skills

Infrastructure as code

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Python

Bash

PowerShell

PowerBI

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

FinOps Weekly in Lisbon is seeking a Senior FinOps Engineer to lead cloud cost optimization across the technology stack. You will partner with finance, engineering, and business teams to embed FinOps practices and improve cost visibility.

You will build forecasting models, budgets, dashboards, and showback/chargeback processes, while mentoring teams and promoting cost-conscious architectures. Flexible work arrangements are available.