Job Description

Job Title : Cloud FinOps Engineer

Location : Remote (Canada)

Salary : $120k-$140k

Skills : Cloud Cost Analysis, Cost Forecasting, Cost Optimization, Reporting

About Company / Opportunity : This is an amazing opportunity to join a well-established technology company that delivers specialized solutions tailored to a unique professional service sector. Their offerings include website development, marketing tools, and business management software, all aimed at enhancing personalization, operational efficiency, and digital transformation. Their mission is to help service providers run their businesses more effectively while improving the overall client experience.

Responsibilities :

• Monitor and analyze cloud usage and spending across services and departments, identifying cost anomalies or spikes.
• Recommend and implement cost optimization strategies, including right-sizing, reserved instances, auto-scaling, and removal of idle resources.
• Collaborate with finance and engineering teams to create cloud cost forecasts and define budgets for projects or departments.
• Build automated dashboards and generate regular cost reports using tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, or third-party platforms (e.g., CloudHealth, Cloudability).
• Define and enforce tagging strategies to ensure accurate cost attribution by project, team, or environment.
• Promote cloud cost best practices and FinOps culture by educating teams and aligning cloud usage with business goals.
• Automate cost optimization tasks and alerting using scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Establish and enforce cloud spend policies to maintain compliance with organizational and industry standards.

Must-Have Skills :

• Proficiency with AWS and/or Azure, or Google Cloud (at least one deeply, familiarity with others).
• Experience with tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, CloudHealth, or Cloudability.
• Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation tasks.
• Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Operations, Datadog, or similar.
• Implementing and enforcing tagging policies for cost attribution.
• Identifying cost-saving opportunities (e.g., reserved instances, spot instances, right-sizing).
• Understanding of cost models and forecasting techniques.
• Data Analysis: Strong skills in Excel/Google Sheets; bonus: SQL or BI tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.

Nice to Have :

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner / Solutions Architect
• Azure Fundamentals / Azure Administrator
• FinOps Certified Practitioner (from FinOps Foundation)

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