Azure FinOps Lead: Cost & Cloud Optimization

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group); St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement planning

Volunteer days and wellbeing programs

Job summary

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) in St. Louis is seeking an Azure Senior FinOps Engineer to optimize cloud spending and govern Azure costs across environments.

You will partner with application, finance, and procurement teams, driving cost/performance improvements through data-driven analysis and automation. Responsibilities include building dashboards, implementing tagging standards, and automating FinOps tooling via APIs while staying current with industry trends and best practices for cloud

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of Azure Cloud FinOps experience with optimization
• Experience evaluating infrastructure for cost improvement without reducing performance
• Experience with REST APIs and automation
• Proficient in Python; scripting in PowerShell or Bash
• 5+ years in a large organization, similar role
• Excellent debugging and proactive analysis skills
• Fluent English in speech and writing

Responsibilities

• Analyze Azure pricing models, detect cost trends, and provide data-driven insights
• Ensure appropriate Azure services are used to avoid overspending
• Track KPIs for Azure financial performance and optimize tooling configurations
• Collaborate with platform teams to configure cost management tooling across environments
• Create dashboards to monitor cost trends and perform root-cause analyses
• Automate configuration and management of cost tooling via APIs
• Build pipelines for daily/weekly updates and automated reports
• Enforce tagging standards and implement new guidelines
• Translate business needs into PoCs or new features for stakeholders
• Stay updated on industry trends to advise on cost/performance improvements
• Collaborate with teams to break down complex requests using diagrams

Skills

Azure FinOps

Fluent English

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelors in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Python

REST APIs

PowerShell

Bash

Azure Cost Management

Job description

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) in St. Louis is seeking an Azure Senior FinOps Engineer to optimize cloud spending and govern Azure costs across environments.

You will partner with application, finance, and procurement teams, driving cost/performance improvements through data-driven analysis and automation. Responsibilities include building dashboards, implementing tagging standards, and automating FinOps tooling via APIs while staying current with industry trends and best practices for cloud