FinOps Engineer Lead (Python exp. required)

LOB Description

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Development and Infrastructure teams to understand technical solutions and implement monitoring capabilities outlined in the application and system monitoring designs put forward by the Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
• Develops and maintains reliability scripts, tools and libraries and leverages them for common instrumentation, automation, and operational needs, and when mentoring SRE resources on reliability practices and established tools/capabilities
• Partners to implement code changes to make use of common reliability libraries and tools and helps Application Production Services and Application Development teammates understand how to use them
• Participates regularly in architecture community of practice meetings and communication via other channels
• Identifies vulnerabilities and opportunities for reliability improvement, such as investigating low level error rates and 'noise' in monitoring, and defines solutions to reduce manual support effort and/or improve system reliability
• Engages as a subject matter expert in major incident triage efforts and failure scenario modelling and diagnosis with Problem Manager root causes for major incident/problem management investigations.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and executive reporting related to cloud spending and optimization initiatives.
• Design and establish a unified backend data platform and front-end service layer that provides a consistent, single interface for consuming cloud cost, usage, and optimization insights—enabling seamless integration, improved data accessibility, and standardized FinOps consumption across enterprise stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain cloud financial reporting, dashboards, and automated processes to provide visibility into cloud spend and resource utilization.
• Support FinOps activities including budgeting, forecasting, chargeback/showback, cost optimization, and variance analysis.
• Administer and support Cloudability and other FinOps tools, ensuring data accuracy, validation, and reporting integrity.
• Create automated reporting and analytics solutions using Python, SQL, and related tools to improve efficiency and streamline data processes.
• Partner with Agile, engineering, and business teams to promote FinOps best practices and improve financial accountability across cloud environments.
• Monitor cloud usage trends and recommend optimization strategies to improve cost efficiency and operational performance.
• Document FinOps processes, methodologies, and governance procedures to support scalability and standardization.

Required Qualifications

• FinOps & Cloud Cost Management
• Experience with cloud cost and usage reporting, including analysis of consumption trends and cost drivers across cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of cost allocation methodologies and chargeback/showback concepts to support financial transparency and accountability.
• Ability to perform optimization analysis, identify savings opportunities, and recommend cost efficiency improvements.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis activities related to cloud financial management.
• Ability to provide actionable reporting and insights to both technical and business stakeholders.

Programming & Automation

Cloud Platforms

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with FinOps tools such as Cloudability, Apptio, or similar platforms.

Skills

• Automation
• Collaboration
• Influence
• Production Support
• Result Orientation
• Analytical Thinking
• Application Development
• Architecture
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Adaptability
• DevOps Practices
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Solution Delivery Process