FinOps Practioner

Telefónica Tech (part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.

We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany.

The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI (Adatis), Enterprise Applications (Incremental), Workplace Services and Cyber Security & Networking.

Values: Open, Bold, Trusted

Trusted Partners:

• Microsoft: Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner Circle Partner
• HPE: Platinum Partner – FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year
• Palo Alto & Crowdstrike: part of our NextDefense Cyber Security Portfolio
• Fortinet: Elite VIP Program – one of only 2 in the UK
• AWS: Advanced Solution & Managed Service Provider Program

FinOps Engineer

As a FinOps Engineer you will help to drive cost optimisation and efficiency in cloud environments. This is a hands-on role will help organisations drive cost efficiencies in their cloud environments, by continually aligning FinOps capabilities to continuously optimise spend and deliver maximum value from their public cloud investment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Examine, analyse, prioritise cloud cost optimisation recommendations and calculate potential savings and benefits using FinOps tools
• Implement rate and usage optimisations within public cloud environments (Azure, AWS and GCP)
• Guide our customers in making cost-effective architectural decisions
• Communicate FinOps principles to key stakeholders with our customers
• Collaborate with managed services teams to design and implement cost optimisations recommendations and best practices.
• Build and manage a backlog on cost-saving initiatives
• Architect and develop automation runbooks to help drive cloud cost efficiencies, along with continual development of Policy as Code initiatives, further bolstering Cloud Cost Governance

Skills / Experience

• Hands on experience implementing FinOps to optimise cloud costs, with deep understanding of levers available to optimise cloud costs
• Strong understanding of the FinOps Framework, capabilities, lifecycle and domains
• Hands on experience with native and 3rd party public cloud cost management tools such as IBM Cloudability and KubeCost
• ServiceNow experience as a Cloud Management Platform
• Strong DevOps skills, including Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, along with RedHat Ansible
• Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships

Highly strong numerical and finance skills to investigate data and spot trends and anomalies

• Certifications such as FinOps Practitioner or FinOps Professional
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
• Google Cloud Digital Leader Certification

Be yourself with us, and feel that you belong. 

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. 
 
We are also committed to equity, accessible hiring practices, and creating an inclusive culture through many means including TogetHer (Women's network) and our Employee Resource Groups which include Diversity and Inclusion, Telefónica Tech Pride, Neurodiversity, ELEVATE (African and Caribbean heritage network), and Sustainability.

We don’t believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don’t match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.