Description:
Define Governance and Cloud cost optimization framework
∙Develop a strong cost management practice in the Cloud for AWS and Azure.
∙Streamline the opportunities for cost optimization; Analyse AWS / Azure financial reports
and identify opportunities for optimization.
∙Optimize the Cloud costs by defining / tracking cost plans, reserved Instances, enterprise
saving plans.
∙Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure capacity and demand forecasts by establishing the
mechanism to track day to day monitoring
∙Set up tracking and optimization of cloud capacity & resource mgmt. for all services
∙Define cloud cost performance KPIs and track against agreed KPIs on a regular basis.
∙Implement cost optimization and governance strategies for continuous cost optimization.
∙Help define, implement, maintain and automatically remediate tagging standards for AWS
and Azure.
∙Drive a positive and close working relationship with cross functional teams
.
Experience
∙7+ years of experience with one/more public/private cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP,
etc.).
∙Experience with capacity forecasting, cloud cost optimization techniques, financial reporting,
and workflow management in a large service operations environment. Familiarity with
monitoring and reporting tools/APIs.
∙Understanding of cloud providers, platforms and configurations and familiarity with workload
usage/consumption patterns on cloud.
∙Good understanding of billing on cloud platforms (incl. impact of usage patterns on TCO)
∙Ability to support agile decision making across multiple cloud services, with short-cycle
analytics and problem solving.
∙Ability to develop effective reporting schemes/metrics to maintain strong control on usage
and billing of cloud services.
∙Ability to liaise with multiple stakeholders (across IT, finance, business functions) and
proactively identify opportunities for service improvement.
∙Demonstrated skills in working across multi-functional teams to bring increased business
value through seeing the bigger picture, collaboration and alignment of diverse needs
∙Any Cloud Solutions Architect certification preferred