Senior Consultant - Cloud FinOps Engineer

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

As a Cloud FinOps Engineer you will help to drive cost optimisation and efficiency in cloud environments. This hands-on role will involve:

Cost Optimisation & Analysis

• Review and Analysis: Examine cloud usage patterns to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising performance and availability.
• Architectural Guidance: Guide application teams in making cost-effective architectural decisions.
• Financial Accountability: Establish and enforce budget-aligned policies to ensure financial accountability.

Automation & Tooling

• Automation: Automate Cloud Financial Management tooling using programming languages like JavaScript and Python.
• Policy-as-Code: Implement policy-as-code guardrails for cost optimisation, ensuring preventative and auto-remediation capabilities.
• API Integration: Utilise APIs to integrate and automate cloud financial management tools.
• Infrastructure as Code: Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.

Collaboration & Initiative Implementation

• Initiative Management: Build and manage a backlog of cost-saving initiatives, effectively implementing them to support clients' financial goals.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with development and operations teams to implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate complex financial data clearly to stakeholders.
• Technical Skills & Visualisation
• FinOps and TBM Tools: Hands-on experience with tools like Cloudability, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, and Google Cloud Cost Management.
• Data Visualisation: Proficiency in platforms like Tableau and Power BI.
• Programming Skills: Strong skills in JavaScript, Python, and SQL to drive insights and build dynamic dashboards.
• APIs: Familiarity with APIs for integrating and extending tool functionalities.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities),   offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

Here are some of the key skills and experience we may expect for this role, though they are not limited to these, as we value and appreciate the diverse backgrounds and experience everyone brings:

Cloud Cost Management

•  Experience: Proven experience in reviewing cloud usage, identifying cost optimisation opportunities, and implementing cloud financial controls.
•  Cloud Platforms: Understanding of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms and their cost structures.

Programming & Scripting

•  Programming Languages: Strong skills in JavaScript, Python, C#, and SQL.
•  Automation: Proficiency in automating cloud financial processes using scripting languages.
•  API Integration: Experience with APIs to integrate and automate cloud financial management tools.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

• Infrastructure Tools: Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
• Policy-as-Code: Implementing policy-as-code for cost optimisation and guardrails.

Data Analysis & Visualisation

•  FinOps and TBM Tools: Hands-on experience with Cloudability, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, and Google Cloud Cost Management.
•  Data Visualisation: Proficiency in Tableau and Power BI.
•  Dashboard Creation: Ability to build dynamic dashboards and generate insights from data.

Collaboration & Project Management

• Teamwork: Strong collaborative skills to work with development and operations teams on cost-saving initiatives.
• Project Execution: Proven track record of driving initiatives from planning to execution.
• Communication: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Policy Development

• Governance: Experience designing and enforcing financial governance policies for cloud environments.
• Compliance: Ensuring adherence to budgets and compliance with financial regulations.

Technical Proficiency

• DevOps Practices: Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Microservices Architecture: Understanding of microservices architecture and its impact on cloud costs.
• Containerisation: Knowledge of containerisation technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Soft Skills

• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Analytical Thinking: Excellent problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking.
• Adaptability: Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

What You'll Love About Working Here

Join the close-knit, rapidly growing Cloud Transformation Tribe at Capgemini Invent, where you’ll play a key role in helping top organisations unlock the full potential of their cloud investments. As part of our team, you’ll work on impactful projects that drive innovation and efficiency, collaborating closely with experts in a supportive, agile environment that values growth, learning, and teamwork. If you’re excited to be part of a dynamic group making real transformations in cloud technology, Capgemini Invent is the place to grow.

We provide a host of opportunities for learning and certification through internal and partner led programmes from AWS, Google and Microsoft and  hold monthly showcases of our digital transformation initiatives, sharing knowledge and showing off how the power of technology is impacting our clients. 

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about.  In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.