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From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation, our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space, cybersecurity and digital identity, we’re driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.\nThales has been present in the Republic of Indonesia for 45 years in the defence, aerospace and space domains, delivering a wide range of civil and defence solutions that highlight our strong commitment to working with the Indonesian government and local stakeholders. In recent years, our innovative solutions in air traffic management systems and telecom satellites have further strengthened our presence in the country alongside our digital portfolio of solutions such as biometrics, data protection and cybersecurity now serving the needs of diverse customers in civil sectors.FinOps Engineering\nYou will analyze cloud and platform usage, identify savings opportunities, develop scalable optimization tools, and work directly with IT squads to turn recommendations into measurable results. This role requires a strong combination of cloud engineering, data analytics, automation, financial reasoning, and stakeholder communication.\nWe are looking for someone who can go beyond dashboards: someone who can explain why an optimization is technically safe, demonstrate how its value was calculated, support its implementation, and verify that the expected benefit was achieved.\nIf you have hands-on experience with cloud cost optimization, Python or SQL, cloud billing data, automation, and engineering collaboration, we would like to hear from you.\nKey responsibilities\nIdentify optimization opportunities\nAnalyze cloud usage, billing, configuration, metrics, and business data to detect opportunities such as:\nDevelop optimization tooling and automation\nDesign, develop, and maintain tools that identify, prioritize, and track savings opportunities.\nProduce actionable recommendations\nConvert analytical findings into implementation-ready recommendations for users and IT squads\nExplain and defend recommendations\nPresent optimization proposals to both technical and non-technical audiences. The key points are the identification and evidences of each recommendation. It is crucial to assess and describe what are the potential impacts and how performance is protected. Then taken decisions facilitated by explanations must be recorded.\nPartner with service or product teams\nAct as a FinOps partner to application, infrastructure, data, AI, and platform teams\nMeasure and report optimization outcomes\nEstablish transparent metrics and reporting for the optimization lifecycle is the foundation to bring confidence in the decision process.\nRequired qualifications\nTechnical experience\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, finance, data analytics, or a comparable field, or equivalent professional experience\nTypically 10 or more years of experience in cloud engineering, FinOps, DevOps, cloud architecture, infrastructure operations, data engineering, or technology cost management\nAt least 3 years of hands-on experience identifying and delivering cloud cost optimization opportunities\nStrong practical knowledge of at least one major public cloud platform (Google Cloud Platform, TP-S3NS, Microsoft Azure)\nPractical understanding of cloud pricing, billing, discounts, reservations, commitments, and consumption models\nAbility to analyze large billing and usage datasets using SQL, Python, or comparable technologies\nExperience building automation, analytical tools, dashboards, or data pipelines\nUnderstanding of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, APIs, source control, and modern cloud operations\nAbility to interpret operational metrics such as CPU, memory, storage, I/O, latency, throughput, and request volume\nExperience quantifying the financial impact of technical changes\nUnderstanding of cost allocation, tagging, ownership, shared-cost distribution, showback, and chargeback concepts\nAnalytical capabilities\nStrong data-investigation and root-cause-analysis skills\nDistinguish correlation from a technically actionable cost driver\nBuild and validate financial models\nStrong attention to data quality and reconciliation\nPrioritize opportunities based on value, confidence, effort, and risk\nWork with incomplete data and explicitly document assumptions\nChallenge automated recommendations when they conflict with operational reality\nCommunication capabilities\nProfessional fluency in written and spoken English\nProduce clear technical and executive-level documentation\nConfidence presenting recommendations to engineers, architects, product owners, managers, procurement, and finance stakeholders\nExplain complex cloud-pricing and architecture concepts in practical business terms\nFacilitate discussions and obtain agreement across teams without direct authority\nStrong listening, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills\nCollaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams, mainly Europe.\nPreferred qualifications\nCertificationsFinOps Certified Practitioner certification\nFinOps Certified Professional, FinOps Certified Engineer, or FOCUS Analyst\nCloud architecture or cost-management from Microsoft or Google Cloud\n\nExperience aboutlarge international, industrial, regulated, or matrix organization\nmulti-cloud cost management\noptimizing Kubernetes, data platforms, AI workloads, GPUs, or SaaS consumption\nenterprise tools such as Cloudability, CloudHealth, Flexera, Apptio, ServiceNow, Power BI, or equivalent solutions\nnative services such as Google Cloud Billing, Google Cloud FinOps Hub, Azure Cost Management or Azure Advisor\nimplementing cost controls in Terraform plans or CI/CD pull requests\noperating in Agile, product-oriented, DevOps\n\nKnowledge ofunit economics and product-level cost attribution\nsoftware licensing and enterprise agreements\nsustainability metrics related to technology consumption\n\nAt Thales, we’re committed to fostering a workplace where respect, trust, collaboration, and passion drive everything we do. Here, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self, thrive in a supportive culture, and love the work you do. 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