Gartner

Senior Software Engineer – FinOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Cost Optimization, AWS Cost Explorer, Harness CCM, Apptio Cloudability

Gartner

full-time

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Location: Gurgaon • India

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Analyse cost and usage across different cloud platforms, implement FinOps practices for cost allocation, optimization, and governance.
  • Identify, report and fix inefficient architectural patterns to optimize compute, storage (lifecycle, snapshots), and networking (data transfer) costs etc.
  • Leverage cloud cost management platforms and develop automation to streamline financial operations, cost efficient patterns, guardrails and ROI tracking.
  • Work with technology FinOps partners to implement processes to monitor cloud spend in real-time, identifying anomalies, inefficiencies, and opportunities for cost control.
  • Implement rightsizing, auto-scaling, and tagging strategies.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to build roadmaps for efficiency and educate developers on cost-impactful decisions.
  • Ensure that optimizations do not compromise system performance, scalability, or availability.
  • Develop robust self-service capabilities, empowering users to access and implement optimization recommendations seamlessly.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code modules (Terraform, CloudFormation) with cost-optimization best practices baked in.
  • Create dashboards and reports that provide visibility into cloud costs and ROI metrics.
  • Present actionable insights to leadership and stakeholders.
  • Support Technology teams with ad-hoc analysis needs.
  • Act as the FinOps liaison to Engineering and Operations teams-translate financial goals into actionable engineering tasks.
  • Ensure compliance with financial policies and standards.

Requirements

  • Must have Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related field required.
  • 4-6 years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years focused on cloud infrastructure and cloud cost optimization/FinOps.
  • Proven experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, and GCP) and their cost categories.
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud cost management tools like AWS Cost explorer/Harness CCM/Apptio Cloudability or any other similar tools.
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, and containerization (Kubernetes).
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python or related languages.
  • Good to have Strong knowledge of FinOps principles and cloud billing models.
  • AWS/Azure/GCP certification.
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner or Professional.
  • Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI or similar tools).
Benefits
  • An upbeat, positive culture.
  • Integrity, objectivity, collaboration, results and a no-limits mindset are central to our values.
  • Limitless growth.
  • We work with you to help you meet your goals and advance within the company.
  • Encouragement to be innovative and challenge status quo.
  • Exposure to industry leading training and development.
  • Performance based recognition and rewards.
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud cost optimizationcloud infrastructurecloud networkingcloud storagecloud computescriptingautomationdata visualizationinfrastructure-as-codecontainerization
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingleadershipeducationreportingpresentationstakeholder managementad-hoc analysis
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceAWS certificationAzure certificationGCP certificationFinOps Certified PractitionerFinOps Certified Professional