Capacity & Cost Management Specialist

Vodafone; Ohio; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Learning Resources

Parental Leave

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking a Cloud Cost Management professional to drive FinOps practices across multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI) in a fast-paced, global setting. You will monitor spend, implement cost controls, and provide leadership-facing dashboards to optimize cloud investments.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years in cloud engineering with strong governance, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills, and experience with cloud cost tools.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI.
• Strong FinOps knowledge, cost optimization frameworks.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools like Azure Cost Management and AWS Cost Explorer.
• Ability to translate technical consumption metrics into financial insights and business recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish cloud cost management across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private cloud environments.
• Monitor cloud spending and identify optimization opportunities.
• Develop and enforce tagging and cost allocation standards for financial visibility.
• Implement and manage chargeback/showback models across business and technology domains.
• Produce executive dashboards and reports on cloud consumption, capacity utilization, and savings.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations and Architecture to drive capacity planning.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Azure

AWS

GCP

FinOps

Cost Optimization

Governance

Stakeholder Mgmt

Reporting

OCI

Tools

Azure Cost Management

AWS Cost Explorer

Job description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we're not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers - we're shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you're part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you'll do

Drive cost optimization, financial accountability, capacity planning, and operational efficiency across cloud and technology platforms, ensuring services remain reliable, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Establish and maintain cloud cost management practices across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and private cloud environments.
• Monitor technology and cloud spending, identifying optimization and cost-saving opportunities.
• Develop and enforce tagging and cost allocation standards to ensure accurate financial visibility and accountability.
• Implement and manage chargeback/showback models across business and technology domains.
• Ensure compliance with Vodafone Group cloud governance, security, and financial management standards.
• Track actual spending against approved budgets and forecasts, highlighting risks and variances.
• Produce executive-level dashboards and reports on cloud consumption, capacity utilization, financial performance, and achieved savings.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Architecture teams to drive capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Analyze infrastructure utilization trends and recommend scaling, consolidation, or optimization actions.
• Support business case development for cloud investments and transformation initiatives.
• Identify and manage financial risks related to cloud consumption and technology services.
• Collaborate with vendors and procurement teams to optimize licensing, contracts, and cloud commitments.
• Drive FinOps best practices and increase cost awareness across technology teams.
• Support Lifecycle Management (LCM) planning by aligning infrastructure investment decisions with business and operational priorities.
• Act as the primary liaison between Finance, Cloud Engineering, Architecture, Procurement, and Operations teams.

Who you are

• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI.
• Strong knowledge of FinOps principles, methodologies, and cost optimization frameworks.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools such as Azure Cost Management and AWS Cost Explorer.
• Understanding capacity management, forecasting, and infrastructure utilization analysis.
• Experience working within governance, risk, and compliance frameworks.
• Strong analytical skills and reporting tools.
• Ability to translate technical consumption metrics into financial insights and business recommendations
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including Finance, Engineering, Architecture and Operations.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Award-winning work environment -certified #1 Top Employer in Greece
• Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package
• Private Health & Medical Insurance
• Unlimited connectivity with our mobile, landline and Vodafone TV services - Experience first what our customers love
• Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings
• Vodafone Parental Leave: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service
• Spirit of Vodafone days: dedicated time to pause, develop new skills and connect with our teams, values and services
• Extra days off: Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day
• Special employee offers and discounts

In accordance with applicable pay transparency legislation as of 1/11/2026, candidates will be informed, within a reasonable period before their first interview, of the initial remuneration for the position for which they have applied, as determined on the basis of objective and gender-neutral criteria.

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.