04 nov
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FinOps Weekly
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Galicia
04 nov
FinOps Weekly
Galicia
Port.io is hiring a FinOps Engineer to improve visibility and accountability for cloud spend across its R&D; organization. The role is focused on identifying cost issues, validating them with data, and working with the right teams to ensure they are resolved. You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, R&D; leadership, and Finance to explain cost trends, support forecasting, and help leadership make informed decisions. The position combines technical analysis, cross-functional follow-up, and recurring reporting. Success in this role means fewer cost surprises, faster resolution of known issues, stronger detection of meaningful optimization opportunities, and reporting that leadership can trust.
Key Responsibilities
* Monitor cloud and infrastructure spend across AWS and other relevant vendors to identify inefficiencies, anomalies, and emerging cost risks.
* Investigate cost drivers with engineering and DevOps teams to understand why services cost what they do.
* Translate technical cost details into clear business impact, including the drivers, financial effect, and value of potential fixes.
* Triage cost issues to the appropriate owning team and provide enough context for quick action.
* Track open issues through resolution, following up until the impact is reflected in the numbers.
* Own the FinOps reporting process, including cadence, methodology, cost trends, savings, and open risks.
* Work with vendor and cloud account teams such as AWS and DoiT to support reviews and negotiations.
* Help establish tagging, budgeting, and cost-allocation practices that improve future visibility and control. Required Skills
* 5+ years of experience as a FinOps Engineer.
* Strong technical understanding of cloud billing models, including compute, storage, data transfer, and managed services.
* Ability to interpret cost breakdowns and ask informed questions.
* Strong business and financial acumen, including budgeting, trend analysis, ROI framing,
and narrative building from data.
* Experience with cost management or observability tools such as AWS Cost Explorer, DoiT, or similar platforms.
* Experience owning a recurring leadership-facing deliverable end to end, such as reporting or forecasting.
* Excellent cross-functional communication skills.
* Fluency in Hebrew and English. Preferred Skills
* Experience working directly with AWS or other cloud vendor account teams on cost reviews.
* Background in vendor management or technical program management.
* Experience as a DevOps engineer working with AWS. Cloud Providers
* AWS
* Other relevant cloud vendors FinOps Platforms
* AWS Cost Explorer
* DoiT
* Other similar cost management or observability tools Cloud Cost Topics
* Compute
* Storage
* Data transfer
* Managed services
* Tagging
* Budgeting
* Cost allocation FinOps Responsibilities
* Monitor cloud spend to identify inefficiencies, anomalies, and cost trends.
* Investigate and explain cost drivers in partnership with engineering and DevOps.
* Translate technical spend data into business terms for leadership and finance.
* Maintain leadership-facing reporting on cost trends, savings realized, open risks, and future direction.
* Support vendor and cloud account reviews and negotiations.
* Help implement tagging, budgeting, and cost-allocation practices. Why You Might Be Interested This role offers the chance to take ownership of FinOps visibility and accountability across a growing R&D; organization. It combines hands-on analysis with direct collaboration across engineering, DevOps, Finance, and leadership. The work is closely tied to improving cost control, surfacing meaningful optimization opportunities, and shaping reporting that supports decision-making. It may be a strong fit for someone who enjoys both technical investigation and cross-functional influence. Useful Links
* Company Website: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/(phone hidden) #J-18808-Ljbffr
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