FinOps Engineer

Greetings from SwaaS!

Role:Associate FinOps Engineer

Experience: 3 years

Location: Guindy, Chennai

Role & Responsibilities:

• Monitor and analyse cloud usage and spending across AWS and Azure environments and identify cost optimisation opportunities.
• Support cloud budgeting, forecasting, spend planning, and monthly financial reporting activities.
• Analyse cloud cost trends and perform budget vs. actual variance analysis to provide actionable insights.
• Manage and support cloud tagging, cost allocation, chargeback, and showback processes across business units and cost centres.
• Use AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, AWS CUR, Azure Cost Management, and Azure Advisor for cloud cost monitoring and optimisation.
• Identify idle, underutilised, orphaned, and non-compliant resources and support rightsizing and resource optimisation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain cloud cost dashboards and reports using Power BI and Advanced Excel, with basic to intermediate SQL for data analysis.
• Create simple automation scripts using Python, PowerShell, or Bash to improve cost reporting, data collection, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Business teams on FinOps governance and cost optimisation initiatives.
• Apply strong financial and accounting knowledge, including budgeting, forecasting, accruals, cost-centre accounting, reconciliation, and variance analysis, along with a good understanding of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes/container concepts.