## About the Role

Penlink is hiring a Cloud FinOps Engineer to connect the central FinOps team with business units, engineering, and finance. This role owns end-to-end cloud cost optimisation across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with responsibility for daily monitoring, anomaly detection, commitment management, and reporting.

The position supports assigned business units while partnering closely with engineering, product, and finance stakeholders. It also includes advising on new project designs to improve cost efficiency, supporting commercial procurement decisions, and helping teams build stronger cloud cost awareness.

## Key Responsibilities

– Monitor multi-cloud spend on a daily basis and investigate anomalies.
– Lead root-cause analysis for unexpected cost changes.
– Drive optimisation work, including rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, AWS MAP, and architectural improvements.
– Manage Azure RI and RI/SP purchases across cloud environments.
– Provide commercial guidance on reseller agreements and procurement decisions.
– Build and maintain FinOps dashboards, KPIs, and automations.
– Own budget management, cost allocation, and forecasting for assigned business units.
– Run FinOps reviews with engineering, product, and finance stakeholders.
– Advise on new project designs with cost efficiency in mind.
– Deliver FinOps education sessions to improve cloud cost awareness across the organisation.

## Required Skills

– 3 years of experience in FinOps, Cloud Cost Management, or DevOps.
– Strong AWS cloud experience.
– Experience managing RI / Savings Plans end to end.
– Strong analytical skills, including Excel, SQL, and large-dataset analysis.
– Experience with FinOps tools such as Cost Explorer, Umbrella, Azure Cost Management, or similar.
– Solid financial acumen across budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and allocation.
– Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

## Preferred Skills

– FinOps Foundation certification (FOCP / FOCE).
– Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
– Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or QuickSight.
– Experience with AWS MAP or other cloud migration programmes.
– Experience with Azure and GCP.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

– **Cloud Providers:** AWS, Azure, GCP
– **FinOps Tools:** Cost Explorer, Umbrella, Azure Cost Management
– **Scripting Languages:** Python, PowerShell, Bash
– **Data & Analysis:** Excel, SQL
– **BI Tools:** Power BI, Tableau, Looker, QuickSight
– **Cloud Cost Programmes:** RI / Savings Plans, AWS MAP

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Daily cloud spend monitoring and anomaly detection
– Root-cause analysis for spend variances
– Rightsizing and architectural cost optimisation
– Commitment management, including RI / Savings Plans and Azure RI
– Budget ownership, cost allocation, and forecasting
– Dashboarding, KPI tracking, and automation
– Stakeholder reviews with engineering, product, and finance
– Cost-efficiency input for new project designs
– FinOps education and awareness across the organisation

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers broad ownership across multi-cloud FinOps, with direct responsibility for spend visibility, forecasting, and optimisation. It combines analytical work with stakeholder engagement, giving you regular exposure to engineering, product, finance, and business teams. You will also have the opportunity to build dashboards, automation, and internal education that influence cloud cost decisions across the organisation.