Remote Cloud FinOps Specialist: Cost Optimisation & Governance

We are looking for a hands‑on Azure Fin Ops & Cloud Cost Optimisation Specialist to support a targeted engagement focused on cost visibility, storage optimisation, and governance enablement within a complex, multi‑entity Azure environment.

• Identifying and implementing low‑risk, high‑impact cost savings
• Improving cost allocation and tagging
• Optimising storage and telemetry (Log Analytics / Sentinel) costs
• Enabling practical, sustainable Fin Ops practices

• Analyse Azure spend across multiple subscriptions and services
• Break down costs by
  • Storage, compute, SQL, monitoring
  • Resource groups and workloads
• Identify key cost drivers and optimisation opportunities

• Analyse and optimise
  • Blob storage, managed disks, backups, snapshots
  • Log Analytics and Microsoft Sentinel ingestion
• Implement
  • Storage tiering (Hot / Cool / Archive)
  • Lifecycle and retention policies
• Reduce
  • Over‑retention of logs
  • Unnecessary telemetry ingestion

• Identify and implement
  • Orphaned resource cleanup
  • Snapshot and backup rationalisation
  • Dev/Test scheduling
  • VM rightsizing

• Assess and improve tagging maturity
• Define and implement
  • Standardised tagging model
  • Cost allocation logic across shared services
• Support automation of cost reporting

• Build and configure dashboards using
  • Azure Cost Management
  • Power BI (preferred)
• Provide
  • Cost by country
  • Cost by application
  • Cost by environment

• Implement
  • Azure Policy for tagging enforcement
  • Budget alerts and cost controls
• Establish
  • Cost ownership model
  • Reporting cadence
• Support adoption of practical Fin Ops practices

• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure
• Proven experience in cloud cost optimisation / Fin Ops
• Experience with
  • Azure Cost Management + Billing
  • Azure Storage (Blob, Disk, Backup)
  • Log Analytics / Microsoft Sentinel
• Solid understanding of
  • Resource tagging and governance
  • Cost allocation models
  • Subscription and resource group structures

• Experience in multi‑entity / multi‑country environments
• Exposure to financial services or enterprise environments
• Experience implementing
  • Azure Policy
  • Cost reporting dashboards (Power BI)
• Knowledge of
  • Reserved Instances / Savings Plans
  • Dev Ops / CI‑CD cost considerations

• Hands‑on practitioner (not purely strategic)
• Able to work in imperfect / low‑governance environments
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical mindset
• Comfortable engaging with
  • Technical teams
  • Finance stakeholders
• Able to deliver quick wins under time pressure

• Contract
• Location:
  
  Remote
• Start:
  Immediate / short notice preferred

• Identification and implementation of quick‑win savings
• Reduction in storage and telemetry costs
• Improved cost visibility and allocation

• Cloud
• Optimisation
• Specialist