FinOps Engineer

Sutherland

FinOps Engineer responsible for cloud financial management focusing on cost visibility and optimization across GCP and AWS environments. Contributes to CloudOps and SRE practices for infrastructure optimization.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud cost management across GCP and AWS, with a focus on cost optimization strategies, tagging compliance, and financial accountability. Proven ability to communicate complex cost data effectively to diverse stakeholders while driving measurable savings and operational efficiency.

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Cloud Cost ManagementGCP Cost ToolingFinOps ExperienceKubernetes Environment ProficiencyAWS Cost Management

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Hard Skills

Cloud Cost ReportingCost OptimizationCloud Tagging StrategyBudget Alerts SetupAnomaly DetectionCost Allocation FrameworksIncident ResponseInfrastructure Health ReviewsCost Savings DeliveryMonitoring Hygiene

Soft Skills

Strong Communication Skills

Tools & Technologies

DatadogCloudZeroApptio CloudabilityGCPAWS

Certifications & Qualifications

FinOps Foundation Certification (FOCP)

Industry Keywords

FinOpsPlatform EconomicsCloud OperationsSRE

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesNode.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own cloud cost reporting across GCP and AWS — weekly, monthly, and ad hoc dashboards for engineering and business stakeholders
Drive cost optimisation: rightsizing, committed use discounts (CUDs / RIs), idle resource cleanup, storage lifecycle policies, and network egress reduction
Design and enforce a cloud tagging strategy — define taxonomy, automate compliance checks, and resolve untagged resources
Build showback and chargeback models so teams understand and are accountable for their spend
Lead monthly FinOps review meetings — present spend trends, highlight anomalies, explain variances, and recommend actions
Set up and maintain budget alerts, anomaly detection, and forecasting models
Partner with product and engineering to embed cost awareness early in architecture and feature design
Support day-to-day cloud operations on GCP and AWS: incident response, monitoring hygiene, and infrastructure health reviews
Contribute to Datadog observability — dashboards, monitors, and alert tuning, particularly for cost-correlated signals
Participate in on-call rotations and post-incident reviews with a cost lens on RCA
Work with platform and SRE teams on Kubernetes cluster efficiency — node utilisation, autoscaling, and namespace-level cost attribution

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of cloud infrastructure or engineering experience
At least 3 years in a dedicated FinOps, cloud cost management, or platform economics role
Hands-on GCP cost tooling experience — Billing export, Recommender, CUD analysis
Proven track record of delivering measurable cloud cost savings
Strong communication skills — you can translate a complex cost anomaly into a clear story for a non-technical stakeholder
Experience building and maintaining tagging strategies and cost allocation frameworks
Comfortable in a Kubernetes environment — you understand what node pools and resource limits mean in cost terms.
Nice to have: FinOps Foundation certification (FOCP) or equivalent
Experience with CloudZero, Apptio Cloudability, or similar FinOps platforms
SRE or CloudOps background — you understand what drives cloud spend from the inside.
AWS cost management experience: Savings Plans, Cost Anomaly Detection

Benefits

Comp & perks

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.