Capacity & Cost Management Specialist
Core
Drive cost optimization, financial accountability, capacity planning, and operational efficiency across cloud and technology platforms.
Role type
Senior IC FinOps and Cloud Cost Management Specialist
Builds
Cloud cost management practices, chargeback/showback models, executive dashboards, and infrastructure optimization strategies.
Domain
Telecommunications / Cloud Infrastructure / FinOps
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Cloud cost management, capacity planning, FinOps principles, financial forecasting, stakeholder management, data analysis, cloud governance, vendor contract negotiation, budget tracking, resource optimization.
Preferred skills
Experience with Azure Cost Management, AWS Cost Explorer, Lifecycle Management (LCM) planning, business case development.
Technologies
AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Private Cloud, Azure Cost Management, AWS Cost Explorer.
Responsibilities
Establish and maintain cloud cost management practices across multi-cloud environments; Monitor technology and cloud spending to identify optimization opportunities; Develop and enforce tagging and cost allocation standards; Implement and manage chargeback/showback models; Track actual spending against approved budgets and forecasts; Produce executive-level dashboards and reports on cloud consumption and financial performance; Partner with Engineering and Architecture teams to drive capacity planning and resource optimization; Collaborate with vendors and procurement to optimize licensing and contracts; Drive FinOps best practices across technology teams.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC