Job Description
Senior Azure FinOps Engineer
Location: Onsite – London – 3 x days per week onsite, rest remote
Rate: £400/day Outside IR35
Length: Initial 6 months + chance for extension
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Azure FinOps Engineer to lead cloud financial operations and drive end-to-end Azure cost governance at enterprise scale. This is a senior, leadership-oriented individual contributor role for someone who can independently design, implement, and scale FinOps frameworks while influencing both technology and business stakeholders.
You will bring deep expertise in Azure cost architecture, optimization strategies, budgeting, forecasting, and automation, with the ability to translate financial insights into actionable outcomes.
What You’ll Do
Strategic FinOps Leadership
Own and lead Azure cost optimization strategies across multiple subscriptions, landing zones, and business units
Establish FinOps governance models, accountability structures, and cost control policies
Drive showback/chargeback models and enterprise cloud budgeting and forecasting
Deep Cost Engineering & Optimization
Analyze large-scale Azure consumption to identify waste, anomalies, and optimization opportunities
Lead right-sizing, scaling optimization, storage lifecycle management, and idle resource remediation
Optimize Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, Hybrid Benefits, and pricing models
Provide cost-aware architectural guidance to cloud and engineering teams
Recommend and implement greenfield FinOps solutions
Advanced Reporting & Executive Insights
Build executive-level dashboards using Azure Cost Management, Power BI, and Azure Workbooks
Deliver monthly C-level insights including trends, forecasts, variance analysis, and future cost projections
Define and operationalize unit economics models (cost per application, environment, or transaction)
Automation & Operational Excellence
Design and implement automation for tagging compliance, resource cleanup, anomaly detection, and scheduling policies
Champion FinOps maturity across teams through governance, coaching, and best practices
What We’re Looking For
10–15+ years of experience in cloud financial management, FinOps, or cloud cost engineering
Deep hands-on expertise with Azure cost optimization and enterprise cloud environments
Strong ownership mindset with the ability to work independently at a strategic level
Excellent stakeholder influence across engineering, finance, and leadership teams
If this role is of interest, please apply now.