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We're Hiring: Senior Azure FinOps & Cloud Optimization Consultant
Location: Piscataway, NJ
Work Model: Hybrid
Employment: Contract / Full-Time
We are looking for an experienced Senior Azure FinOps & Cloud Optimization Consultant to drive Azure cost optimization, FinOps governance, automation, and cloud financial management across a large Microsoft Azure environment.
The ideal candidate will combine strong Azure Cloud, FinOps, cost optimization, and automation expertise and be comfortable working with Microsoft, Engineering, Infrastructure, Finance, Application, Data, and AI teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Azure FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization initiatives.
- Analyze Azure spend, consumption patterns, and major cost drivers.
- Optimize Compute, Storage, Networking, Databases, PaaS, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure AI/OpenAI.
- Implement automated start/stop scheduling, dynamic scaling, resource cleanup, budget alerts, and anomaly detection.
- Build automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure Resource Graph, Azure Automation, Functions, Logic Apps, Azure Policy, Terraform/Bicep, and APIs.
- Optimize Reservations, Savings Plans, and Azure Hybrid Benefit.
- Drive Microsoft Fabric capacity and Azure AI/OpenAI cost optimization.
- Implement and operationalize FinOps / Cloud Cost Management platforms.
- Establish Azure cost governance, tagging, ownership, budgets, policies, and resource lifecycle controls.
- Partner with Microsoft Azure and FinOps specialists to validate and implement optimization recommendations.
Required Experience
- 7 years of Cloud/Infrastructure experience.
- Strong hands-on Microsoft Azure expertise.
- 3 years of FinOps / Cloud Cost Optimization experience.
- Strong knowledge of Azure Cost Management and Azure pricing models.
- Experience with PowerShell, Azure CLI, Resource Graph, Azure Policy, Terraform, Bicep, or APIs.
- Experience with Reservations, Savings Plans, and Azure Hybrid Benefit.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure AI/OpenAI cost management.
- Experience implementing or operating a FinOps / Cloud Cost Management platform.
- FinOps certification is a plus.
- Strong stakeholder management and consulting skills.
Key Deliverables
- Azure FinOps assessment and optimization roadmap.
- Prioritized cloud cost optimization backlog.
- Realized and measurable Azure savings.
- Automated scaling and scheduling framework.
- Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI/OpenAI optimization framework.
- Reservation and Savings Plan optimization.
- FinOps dashboards, alerts, reporting, runbooks, and governance.
How to Apply
Interested candidates can share their updated resume at:
sandip.barode@talent-matics.com
You can also DM me directly if you are interested or know someone who would be a good fit.