## About the Role

HCL Software is seeking a Senior FinOps Practitioner to support cloud cost management efforts for its product development organization in Noida. The role is focused on improving cloud spending efficiency, strengthening financial accountability, and helping engineering and product teams manage cloud consumption more effectively.

You will work across engineering, product, and finance stakeholders to apply FinOps practices, improve visibility into cloud costs, and support governance around budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. The position requires close collaboration with internal teams to identify savings opportunities, communicate insights, and drive cost-aware decision-making.

This is an on-site role based in Noida with a five-day in-office work model.

## Key Responsibilities

– Analyze cloud spend patterns and identify opportunities to reduce costs.
– Implement optimization measures such as rightsizing, reserved instances, CUDs, savings plans, and spot instances.
– Build and maintain cloud cost dashboards and KPI reports.
– Monitor cloud resource utilization and support ongoing cost optimization.
– Establish and enforce cloud cost policies and procedures.
– Develop and manage cloud budgets and forecasts.
– Implement chargeback and showback models to improve cost awareness and accountability.
– Ensure alignment with cloud cost management best practices.
– Partner with engineering, product, and finance teams on optimization initiatives.
– Share cloud cost findings and recommendations with stakeholders at different levels.
– Provide training and education on FinOps practices.
– Evaluate and implement cloud cost management tools and platforms.
– Maintain awareness of current FinOps tools and trends.
– Produce accurate forecasts, budget tracking, and variance analysis.

## Required Skills

– 7+ years of overall experience in cloud cost management / FinOps.
– Proven experience in cloud cost management and FinOps practices.
– Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP.
– Proficiency with data analysis and reporting tools such as Excel and Power BI.
– Experience with cloud cost optimization tools such as Cloudability, CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, and GCP Billing Console.
– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
– Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
– Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and finance teams.

## Preferred Skills

– FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) certification.
– Engineer-level certification for AWS, Azure, or GCP.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– AWS
– Azure
– GCP

### FinOps Platforms
– Cloudability
– CloudHealth
– AWS Cost Explorer
– Azure Cost Management
– GCP Billing Console
– Cloud native portal

### Reporting & BI
– Excel
– Power BI

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Analyze cloud spending to identify cost reduction opportunities.
– Optimize spend through rightsizing, reserved instances, CUDs, savings plans, and spot instances.
– Develop dashboards and reports to track cloud cost KPIs.
– Monitor and improve cloud resource utilization.
– Establish cloud cost policies and governance procedures.
– Build and manage cloud budgets and forecasts.
– Implement chargeback and showback models.
– Provide variance analysis and budget adjustment recommendations.
– Support cloud cost awareness through stakeholder communication, training, and education.
– Evaluate and implement cloud cost management tools.

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to work on cloud financial management within a product development environment and influence how cloud spend is governed across engineering and product teams. The position combines analysis, stakeholder engagement, and hands-on FinOps execution across major cloud platforms. It may suit someone with deep cloud cost management experience who wants to apply FinOps practices in a structured, cross-functional setting.

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