FinOps Platform Engineer

Job Summary:

Responsible for defining, building and communicating a shared technical and architectural vision for a Product Team to help ensure the system or solution is fit for its intended purpose.

Key Responsibilities:

Defines, explores, and supports the implementation of enablers to evolve solution intent, working directly with Product teams to implement them; Guides enablers through planning and enablement, and work with customers and suppliers to help ensure fitness for purpose. Enables the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps - advocates for and steers the development and improvement of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline, as well as helps architects to enable Release on Demand. Defines & implement subsystems and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to subsystems, understands solution deployment, and communicates requirements for interactions with solution context, defines Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs). Participates in planning, definition, and high-level design of the solution and explore solution alternatives. Works with Product Owners to determine the capacity allocation for enablement work; Participates in Planning, Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Reviews, and Inspect and Adapt Events. Delivers solution adhering to standards and leveraging re-use of components; Provides oversight and fosters Built-In Quality and Team and Technical Agility; Adopts new mindsets and habits in how people approach their work while supporting decentralized decision making. Assists in technical analysis of potential solutions including evaluating the technical fit and viability of commercial-of-the-shelf products versus custom built solution. Proactively seeks opportunities to enhance efficiency in the build and deploy processes, promote reusability of component designs to reduce costs and shorten time to deliver solutions by leveraging automation where possible. Create high-level and detail design of infrastructure, interfaces, extensions, and workflows while meeting architecture, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability requirements. Maintain strong relationships to deliver business value using relevant Business Relationship Management practices.

Competencies:

Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.

Agile Architecture - Designs the fundamental organization of a system embodied by its components, their relationships to each other and to the environment to guide its emergent design and evolution.

Agile Systems Thinking - Embraces a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems to ensure the economic success of the solution.

Business Architecture Design - Defines and creates business capability maps using standards, templates, tools and methodologies to provide a common understanding of key capabilities aligned to strategic objectives and tactical demands.

Continuous Delivery Pipeline - Implements the workflows, activities, and automation by providing the enterprise with the capability to shepherd a new piece of functionality all the way from ideation to an on-demand release of value to the end user.

Lean Agile and SAFe Mindset - Advocates for and leads others in the concepts of the Agile Manifesto and Lean thinking in support of adopting and applying the 9 SAFe principles and practices for the organization.

Regulatory Risk Compliance Management - Evaluates the design and effectiveness of controls against established industry frameworks and regulations to assess adherence with legal/regulatory requirements.

Release Planning - Plans and manages the release of capabilities, features or products using inputs from the prioritized roadmap, planning, available resources and skills to communicate expected availability and releases of capability.

System Solution Architecture - Creates solution designs and patterns using the Cummins Technical Reference Model (CTRM), CLEAN standards, and existing reference patterns to maintain alignment to Cummins standards.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Business or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Google, AWS, Azure, Oracle, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, CompTIA, and other Cloud Development Certifications are preferred.

Experience:

5+ years of relevant experience required. Experience in IT utilizing a broad knowledge base in fundamental IT skills, modern development and deployment practices, DevSecOps tooling and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) knowledge preferred. Hands on experience as an IT Architect preferred.

Qualifications

FinOps Platform Engineer Role Overview

The FinOps Platform Engineer plays a critical role in driving cloud financial accountability, cost transparency, and operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments. With 5+ years of experience in cloud financial operations, this role supports end-to-end FinOps delivery-spanning budgeting, forecasting, cost allocation, optimization strategies, and data-driven decision support. The engineer partners closely with Finance, Cloud Platform, and Product teams to operationalize FinOps practices and enable sustainable, cost-efficient cloud growth.

Key Responsibilities Cloud Financial Management & Analysis

Analyze and interpret large, complex cloud cost datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.

Conduct detailed variance analysis, usage reviews, and monthly financial deep dives.

Define and maintain FinOps KPIs, success metrics, dashboards, and scorecards.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting

Assist in cloud budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles across business units.

Monitor spend against budgets and provide regular, actionable reporting to engineering and leadership teams.

Partner with Finance on chargeback/showback processes, optimization accruals, and financial modeling.

Cost Optimization & Governance

Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities across AWS, Azure, and OCI-right sizing, purchasing commitments (SP/RIs), storage optimization, and workload efficiency.

Collaborate with engineering teams to apply cost allocation, tagging standards, and governance policies.

Drive adoption of optimization tools such as Turbonomic, ParkMyCloud, Cloudability, or native cloud cost platforms.

Work with product and platform teams to embed cost awareness into architectural and operational decision-making.

FinOps Enablement & Stakeholder Collaboration

Partner with Finance, Cloud Ops, and Product Owners to operationalize FinOps practices across business units.

Lead cross-functional discussions on cloud spend, architectural efficiency, and optimization recommendations.

Conduct training sessions and workshops to educate teams on cloud cost optimization best practices.

Document FinOps processes, playbooks, and financial operating procedures.

Core Skills & Technical Expertise Financial & Data Analysis

Strong analytical skills with expertise in interpreting cost/usage data.

Proficiency with Excel, SQL, Power BI, or similar analytics tools.

Experience modeling cost forecasts, budgets, and financial scenarios.

Cloud Cost Management Tools

Hands-on experience with tools such as:

Cloudability, CloudHealth, ParkMyCloud, Turbonomic, ProsperOps, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, OCI Cost Analysis.

Cloud Platforms & Architecture

Solid understanding of AWS, Azure, and/or OCI services, pricing, and cost drivers.

Experience partnering with engineering teams to implement cost controls like tagging, resource hygiene, RI/SP strategies, and auto-scaling.

Governance & Chargeback

Familiarity with cloud tagging strategies, cost allocation models, and governance frameworks.

Experience collaborating with Finance on showback/chargeback mechanisms.

Communication & Leadership

Excellent communication skills for presenting financial insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to influence teams and advocate for cost-conscious engineering practices.

Note : Although the role category is indicated as on site with Felxibility, the position is Hybrid in nature and requires 2-3 days of working from office each week.