FinOps Analyst (Data Engineer)

Required for a six month contract in Sweden, a Data Engineer & FinOps Analyst with experience of cloud cost management to manage and optimise cloud spend across Azure and GCP platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Cost Management: Oversee the organization's cloud costs for Azure and GCP.
• Data Integration: Process cloud cost data, integrate it with the business hierarchy, and build comprehensive reports and dashboards for various teams.
• Cost Optimization: Visualize reservations, savings plans, and identify cost anomalies, taking necessary actions to reduce wastage.
• Reporting: Create detailed dashboards for cloud cost, chargeback, showback, governance, engineering, and compliance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product teams, controllers, engineering teams, and cloud vendors to provide necessary data and resolve cost-related issues.

Required Skills:

• Data Reporting Tools: Proficiency in Power BI, Data Factory, PowerAutomate (preferred but not mandatory), and Fabric (nice to have).
• Cloud Knowledge: Strong understanding of Azure and GCP fundamentals, BigQuery, and cloud cost management APIs.
• Automation & Queries: Knowledge of PowerShell and resource graph queries.
• Data Analysis: Experience in analysing datasets and identifying cost trends or anomalies.
• FinOps Practices: Hands-on experience with FinOps principles such as cost optimization, governance, chargeback, and showback.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Azure Workbooks, Logic Apps, and GCP BigQuery.
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimization tools and techniques.

To arrange a Teams-based interview, please email in the first instance your CV to (see below)

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