Senior Azure FinOps Engineer
Job Description
Excella is a leading provider of Agile software development and data and analytics solutions to clients in the federal, commercial and non-profit sectors. We believe that great work leads to great things –- our experts measure success by the positive impact we make on our clients, community, and colleagues. We are growing fast and need passionate, innovative people who love working with technology and are ready to make an impact. Here’s what you can expect from us:
- Workplace sites look different for everyone – whether it’s your home or the office, we believe in a flexible work/life balance that supports you regardless of your location. We offer a home office allowance that can be used for home office furniture/equipment, a daily pass for a coworking space, etc. Our commute reimbursement plan has you covered for whether you bike, Metro, or drive to work.
- We offer top of industry medical, dental, and vision benefits with multiple options to choose from such as an employer-contributed health savings account, infertility coverage, and orthodontia so you can select the plan that works best for you.
- Regardless of what stage of life you’re in, Excella wants to support you. We provide 8 weeks of Parental Leave, discounted pet insurance, and a Care.com membership with 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually – all available to you on your first day.
- Starting day one, every employee is bonus eligible and receives 15 days of paid vacation, 6 federal holidays, and 4 floating holidays.
- Doing your best work means having the best tools! Excella’s TechEleX program provides you with multiple options to suit your technology needs. Choose between a variety of Mac or PC devices, and to ensure your hardware remains current, at the end of a 3-year period Excella will replace your existing computer with a new model from the program. Plus, we’ll even give you the original device to keep for your personal use!
- Excella provides a Workplace Allowance to offset both the costs to maintain a distributed work environment and to enhance your workplace wellness. Excella will reimburse all full-time Excellians for up to $500 in expenses incurred during the calendar year.
- Diversity and inclusion matter. Excella created and continues to support employee led-affinity groups and the Inclusion Diversity Equity Ambassador (IDEA) team, a cross-functional employee-led initiative to continually foster innovation and increase inclusion within Excella.
- We’ll invest in your career by providing 3 days of paid professional development every year, including travel and registration fees to attend classes and conferences.
- We encourage mindfulness and overall well-being through employee wellness events, a HeadSpace membership, as well as access to TalkSpace and mental health coverage through our medical plans.
Position Summary
FinOps Engineers at Excella are experts in maturing cloud cost management practices and identifying and implementing opportunities to create the most efficient, cost-effective cloud infrastructure possible.
Mindset:
You might be the right person for this role if you are knowledgeable in optimizing cloud systems to align with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, and especially skilled in balancing cost optimization with performance.
- Cost optimization: Managing costs to maximize the value delivered
- Performance efficiency: The ability of a system to adapt to changes in load
- Operational excellence: Operations processes that keep a system running in production.
- Security: Protecting applications and data from threats.
- Reliability: The ability of a system to recover from failures and continue to function
Responsibilities
We are looking for FinOps Engineers with demonstrated experience in the following areas:
- Cloud cost optimization: Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings, including implementing automated tools and scripts to manage underutilized resources
- Cost visibility and reporting: Creating dashboards and analysis into cloud costs, including through tools such as Azure Cost Management, Apptio or Power BI
- Cloud resource governance: Define resource tagging best practices and work with organizations to implement practices aligned with budgets
- Technical consulting: You are able to advise other technical and non-technical practitioners regarding best practices, opportunities for cost savings and implementation of those opportunities, and you have a solid understanding of cloud architectures
- FinOps project management: You are able to navigate customers through initial conversations to understand their needs, perform assessments of their cloud architecture, make and implement recommendations, and oversee continuous improvements as cloud resources scale
- Financial/data analysis: Your analytical skills enable you to pull data from multiple sources, provide views with the necessary level of granularity, and curate datasets to present information and insights to various audiences and in the context of varying business questions
Qualifications / Skills
You will have experience with using, supporting, administering, and leveraging tools in the following areas:
- Cloud Architecture: Solid knowledge of strategies to build cloud architectures balancing cost effectiveness and performance
- Cloud Cost Management and Optimization: Experience with Cost Analysis Tooling such as Azure Cost Management, AWS Cost Explorer, or Google Cloud Billing
- Leadership: Experience serving as a key subject-matter expert or thought leader to individuals to internal and external teams. Project planning and execution of enterprise level cloud solutions in an Agile environment. Driving achievable technical outcomes through hands-on technical subject matter expertise. You solve problems, and you help others do so.
- Financial Analysis and Reporting: Ability to generate and interpret cost reports, and understand key financial metrics
- Governance and Policy Implementation: Experience in setting up cost control mechanisms and governance policies to prevent cloud overspending and audit ability.
- Azure: 3+ years of experience with Azure cloud platforms in a technical, operational, or financial role.
- Resource Management Tools: Proficiency with scripting and automation tools (e.g., PowerShell, Python, or Terraform) for resource management and optimization.
- FinOps Principles: Experience with FinOps principles and cloud financial management practices.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical teams.
- Data Visualization: Experience with BI tools like Power BI or Tableau for creating cost visualization dashboards.
Preferred:
- Azure or FinOps certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or FinOps Certified Practitioner).
- Knowledge of financial forecasting, budgeting, and accounting practices related to cloud services.
- Understanding of DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) and the capabilities within the DORA capability catalog is encouraged.
Excella is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Excella is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact [email protected] or 703-840-8600.
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