FinOps Architect

Job Description: FinOps Architect

Role: FinOps Architect

Experience: 4 to 10 years

Locations: Bangalore & Hyderabad

Employment Type: Full-time (Onsite/Hybrid as per business requirement)

About the Role

We are seeking a skilled FinOps Architect with strong expertise in cloud financial management, cost optimization, governance, and multi-cloud cost modeling. The role involves enhancing FinOps practices, improving cloud cost accountability, driving optimization initiatives, and building dashboards & automation for Cloud Cost Management (CCM).

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Cost Optimization

• Identify cost‑saving opportunities through right-sizing , RDS optimization , reserved instances/Savings Plans , auto‑scaling, and workload scheduling.
• Provide deep analysis of cloud usage patterns across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Recommend architecture improvements based on cloud financial best practices.

FinOps Governance

• Enhance the current FinOps model and drive accountability across teams.
• Implement governance standards, tagging strategy, cost allocation models and compliance rules.
• Lead cost reviews, anomaly investigations, and governance ceremonies.

Reporting & Dashboards

• Build and maintain cost visibility dashboards integrating AWS CUR using QuickSight or other BI tools.
• Implement budget tracking, anomaly detection , and automated alerting mechanisms .
• Deliver insights on spend, unit economics, and optimization progress.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with Engineering, DevOps, Finance, and Product to align cloud usage with business goals.
• Advocate cost‑efficient architecture patterns and best practices.
• Work with procurement/vendor teams to optimize cloud contracts.

Tooling & Automation

• Evaluate, implement, and integrate FinOps tools such as CloudHealth, Cloudability, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management.
• Automate reporting, cost allocation, budgeting workflows, and governance processes.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Vendor Management

• Develop and maintain cloud forecasting models using historical usage and business demand.
• Track budgets vs. actuals and enforce financial controls.
• Work with procurement/legal teams for contract and pricing optimization.

Essential Skills & Knowledge

Cloud Expertise

• Hands-on experience with AWS (preferred), plus exposure to Azure/GCP.
• Familiarity with cloud computing models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).

Financial & Analytical Skills

• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost modeling.
• Ability to translate cloud usage into financial impact.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of cloud resource orchestration, governance policies, tagging automation.
• Experience working with CUR, QuickSight, Cost Explorer, and FinOps tooling.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence engineering teams and leadership.
• Strong analytical mindset and problem‑solving abilities.