The FinOps team is responsible for cost lifecycle management and continuous cost operations. It aims to help teams efficiently use cloud resources within the budget and continuously improve the cost-effectiveness of cloud resources to maximize business value. The FinOps team usually consists of FinOps coaches and cloud cost operations engineers. The following table lists their responsibilities and skill requirements.
Table 1 Roles and responsibilities of a FinOps team
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Role |
Responsibility |
Skill Requirements |
Source |
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FinOps coach |
- Guide and train team members to understand and apply FinOps principles and best practices. Continuously learn and promote new methods of optimizing cloud costs.
- Help develop and implement cloud cost management strategies to ensure that each department can efficiently use cloud resources within the budget.
- Promote cross-department collaboration, drive cost optimization, and improve resource utilization.
- Promote the FinOps culture and concepts within the organization.
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- Have an in-depth understanding of the FinOps framework and best practices of cloud cost management.
- Be familiar with the billing modes and cost management tools of mainstream cloud platforms.
- Be familiar with common cloud cost optimization methods.
- Have project management capabilities and be able to drive cross-department collaboration and transformation.
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IT department or external recruitment |
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Cloud cost operations engineer |
- Monitor and analyze the usage of cloud resources to identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Generate detailed cost analysis reports and provide data support for decision-making.
- Work with the cloud O&M team and application team to optimize the cost-effectiveness of application systems.
- Implement cost optimization strategies, such as changing billing modes, offering resource packages, and disabling idle resources.
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- Be familiar with cost management tools of the cloud platform.
- Be familiar with the billing modes of various cloud services.
- Have data analysis capabilities and be able to extract valuable insights from a large amount of data.
- Have good communication skills and be able to effectively collaborate with technical and financial teams.
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IT department or external recruitment |
