FinOps - Consultant

Cognizant

5 - 10 years

Chennai

Posted: 26/02/2025

Job Description

FinOps - JD:

Location - Chennai and Hyderabad

Experience - 9 to 14 Years

  • 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

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Experience

  • 5+ 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

About Company

Cognizant is a global leader in technology and consulting services, helping businesses transform their operations through digital solutions. Specializing in IT services, including software development, business process outsourcing, and consulting, Cognizant supports clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and retail. With a focus on innovation, Cognizant assists organizations in modernizing their technology, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing customer experiences. Headquartered in the U.S., it is consistently ranked among the most admired companies in the world and is a member of the NASDAQ-100.

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