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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. 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This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.\nGoogle, AWS, Azure, Oracle, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, CompTIA, and other Cloud Development Certifications are preferred.\nExperience:\n5+ 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. \nQualifications\nFinOps Platform Engineer Role Overview\nThe 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.\nKey Responsibilities Cloud Financial Management & Analysis\nAnalyze and interpret large, complex cloud cost datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.\nConduct detailed variance analysis, usage reviews, and monthly financial deep dives.\nDefine and maintain FinOps KPIs, success metrics, dashboards, and scorecards.\nBudgeting, Forecasting & Reporting\nAssist in cloud budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles across business units.\nMonitor spend against budgets and provide regular, actionable reporting to engineering and leadership teams.\nPartner with Finance on chargeback/showback processes, optimization accruals, and financial modeling.\nCost Optimization & Governance\nIdentify and implement cost-saving opportunities across AWS, Azure, and OCI-right sizing, purchasing commitments (SP/RIs), 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