time left to apply End Date: February 24, 2025 (24 days left to apply)
job requisition id R0072518
Job Description
At abrdn, enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. By combining expertise, insight, and innovative technology, we deliver solutions that empower our clients to achieve their goals. Beyond financial outcomes, we invest responsibly to build a better world. About the Department
The Cloud Capability Centre, part of abrdn’s Group Technology division, plays a key role in driving cloud adoption and innovation across the organisation. The Centre focuses on creating a robust Azure cloud platform that supports product, project, and operational delivery while fostering a financially responsible cloud adoption approach. Collaborating with teams across abrdn, the Centre ensures cloud-related decisions align with the organisation's technology, business, and governance priorities. About the Role
As a
Cloud FinOps Analyst , you will analyse and report on resource usage in abrdn’s cloud environments, providing actionable insights on trends, cost opportunities, and spend alignment. You will play a vital role in embedding cost optimisation practices across our Azure platform and workloads. Working closely with the Cloud Platform Engineering team and other stakeholders, you will identify opportunities for savings, support the adoption of FinOps practices, and contribute to building automation processes that enhance financial efficiency. Key Responsibilities
Develop FinOps dashboards and reports to provide insights into workload and platform costs, cost drivers, and FinOps success metrics. Analyse workload and platform data to identify usage trends, spikes, and over-configuration. Identify cost optimisation opportunities through reservations, rightsizing, and savings plans. Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure workloads are optimised from the start. Conduct operational reviews of workloads to drive the adoption of FinOps practices. Monitor cost tagging compliance and tech lifecycle changes to identify risks and opportunities. Work with engineering teams to automate FinOps practices across the Azure environment. About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess the following: Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of cloud economics, including cost optimisation concepts like rightsizing and forecasting. Familiarity with budgets, reservations, savings plans, and tagging strategies to manage costs. Experience using tools like Azure Cost Management, Power BI, or AWS Cost Explorer to analyse and report on costs and trends. Understanding of FinOps practices and foundations (e.g., FinOps Foundation Practitioner certification). Background in analysis with some experience in cloud financial operations (FinOps) across Azure, AWS, or GCP. Benefits
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans, and access to an employee discount portal. Our Business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. An Inclusive Way of Working
At abrdn we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching, and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients, and our business. About Us
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors. abrdn plc manages and administers £505.9 billion of assets for clients, and has over 1 million shareholders (as of August 2024). We are structured around three businesses – Investments, Adviser, and Personal – focused on the changing needs of our clients.
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At abrdn, enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. By combining expertise, insight, and innovative technology, we deliver solutions that empower our clients to achieve their goals. Beyond financial outcomes, we invest responsibly to build a better world. About the Department
The Cloud Capability Centre, part of abrdn’s Group Technology division, plays a key role in driving cloud adoption and innovation across the organisation. The Centre focuses on creating a robust Azure cloud platform that supports product, project, and operational delivery while fostering a financially responsible cloud adoption approach. Collaborating with teams across abrdn, the Centre ensures cloud-related decisions align with the organisation's technology, business, and governance priorities. About the Role
As a
Cloud FinOps Analyst , you will analyse and report on resource usage in abrdn’s cloud environments, providing actionable insights on trends, cost opportunities, and spend alignment. You will play a vital role in embedding cost optimisation practices across our Azure platform and workloads. Working closely with the Cloud Platform Engineering team and other stakeholders, you will identify opportunities for savings, support the adoption of FinOps practices, and contribute to building automation processes that enhance financial efficiency. Key Responsibilities
Develop FinOps dashboards and reports to provide insights into workload and platform costs, cost drivers, and FinOps success metrics. Analyse workload and platform data to identify usage trends, spikes, and over-configuration. Identify cost optimisation opportunities through reservations, rightsizing, and savings plans. Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure workloads are optimised from the start. Conduct operational reviews of workloads to drive the adoption of FinOps practices. Monitor cost tagging compliance and tech lifecycle changes to identify risks and opportunities. Work with engineering teams to automate FinOps practices across the Azure environment. About the Candidate
The ideal candidate will possess the following: Experience, Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of cloud economics, including cost optimisation concepts like rightsizing and forecasting. Familiarity with budgets, reservations, savings plans, and tagging strategies to manage costs. Experience using tools like Azure Cost Management, Power BI, or AWS Cost Explorer to analyse and report on costs and trends. Understanding of FinOps practices and foundations (e.g., FinOps Foundation Practitioner certification). Background in analysis with some experience in cloud financial operations (FinOps) across Azure, AWS, or GCP. Benefits
When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans, and access to an employee discount portal. Our Business
Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. An Inclusive Way of Working
At abrdn we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching, and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients, and our business. About Us
At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors. abrdn plc manages and administers £505.9 billion of assets for clients, and has over 1 million shareholders (as of August 2024). We are structured around three businesses – Investments, Adviser, and Personal – focused on the changing needs of our clients.
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