DevOps Engineer - Azure Cloud (FinOps)
Role summary
We are seeking a mid-level DevOps Engineer with strong Azure Cloud experience to join the FinOps team. This role focuses on cloud financial management, cost optimization, governance, and operational efficiency across Azure environments. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded cloud professional who understands FinOps principles and can quickly adapt to tools such as Cloudability (prior hands-on expertise not mandatory). Key responsibilities include driving Azure cost optimization, ensuring cost visibility, managing budgets and forecasts, implementing governance controls, and automating operations using DevOps practices and IaC. The role involves partnering with engineering and finance stakeholders to enhance cost transparency and continuously improve financial management practices.
Job description:
Job Summary
We are seeking a mid-level DevOps Engineer with strong Azure Cloud experience to join the FinOps team. This role focuses on cloud financial management, cost optimization, governance, and operational efficiency across Azure environments. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded cloud professional who understands FinOps principles and can quickly adapt to tools such as Cloudability (prior hands-on expertise not mandatory).
Key Responsibilities
- Drive Azure cloud cost optimization initiatives (rightsizing, reservations, savings plans, storage lifecycle optimization).
- Ensure cost visibility through tagging governance, cost allocation models, and reporting frameworks
- Manage budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis for Azure subscriptions
- Implement governance controls to improve financial accountability across workloads
- Automate cloud operations and cost controls using DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Partner with engineering and finance stakeholders to enable showback/chargeback and cost transparency
- Continuously improve cloud financial management practices and operational efficiency
Skill Requirements
- 4–7 years of experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (compute, storage, networking, subscriptions, RBAC).
- Solid understanding of Azure Cost Management and cloud governance
- Good understanding of FinOps principles (cost allocation, forecasting, optimization, showback/chargeback)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- In addition to Azure, GCP experience is a plus but not mandatory
Other Requirements
- Exposure to Cloudability or similar FinOps tools (not mandatory)
- Azure certifications (AZ-104, AZ-400 or equivalent)
- (Optional) GCP certifications
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms
We offer:
Pay and Benefits:
Pay Range Minimum: $61,000 per year
Pay Range Maximum: $155,000 per year
HCLTech is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to secure@hcltech.com for investigation.
Compensation and Benefits
A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their work location, skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies: medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance; employee assistance program; 401(k) retirement plan; 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year); and 10 paid holidays per year.
How You’ll Grow
At HCLTech, we offer continuous opportunities for you to find your spark and grow with us. We want you to be happy and satisfied with your role and to really learn what type of work sparks your brilliance the best. Throughout your time with us, we offer transparent communication with senior-level employees, learning and career development programs at every level, and opportunities to experiment in different roles or even pivot industries. We believe that you should be in control of your career with unlimited opportunities to find the role that fits you best.