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working on cloud financial operations to join one of our Consultancy clients on a 3 month contract. Inside IR35 - Remote Responsibilities: Lead Cloud Waste Management and Cost Optimisation: Drive initiatives focused on reducing cloud waste and costs by identifying inefficiencies and implementing best practices across group technology and divisions. Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with cloud subscription owners … and executive leadership to implement changes, ensure compliance, and align cloud spending with business goals. Conduct Workshops and FAQ Sessions: Upskill internal stakeholders on cloud financial management and cost-saving measures through workshops and FAQ sessions. Analyse Cloud Utilisation: Provide detailed analysis of cloud resource utilisation, summarising findings on usage patterns and wastage, and implementing tactical and strategic … prepare and execute the handover plan to the newly hired internal FinOps team, including conducting upskilling sessions. Experience: Demonstrable experience in cloud financial management, particularly in cost optimisation and reduction. Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and their cost management features, alongside proficiency in FinOps tools such as Azure Cost More ❯

working on cloud financial operations to join one of our Consultancy clients on a 3 month contract. Inside IR35 Remote Responsibilities: Lead Cloud Waste Management and Cost Optimisation: Drive initiatives focused on reducing cloud waste and costs by identifying inefficiencies and implementing best practices across group technology and divisions. Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with cloud subscription owners … and executive leadership to implement changes, ensure compliance, and align cloud spending with business goals. Conduct Workshops and FAQ Sessions: Upskill internal stakeholders on cloud financial management and cost-saving measures through workshops and FAQ sessions. Analyse Cloud Utilisation: Provide detailed analysis of cloud resource utilisation, summarising findings on usage patterns and wastage, and implementing tactical and strategic … prepare and execute the handover plan to the newly hired internal FinOps team, including conducting upskilling sessions. Experience: Demonstrable experience in cloud financial management, particularly in cost optimisation and reduction. Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and their cost management features, alongside proficiency in FinOps tools such as Azure Cost More ❯

working on cloud financial operations to join one of our Consultancy clients on a 3 month contract. Inside IR35 Remote Responsibilities: Lead Cloud Waste Management and Cost Optimisation: Drive initiatives focused on reducing cloud waste and costs by identifying inefficiencies and implementing best practices across group technology and divisions. Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with cloud subscription owners … and executive leadership to implement changes, ensure compliance, and align cloud spending with business goals. Conduct Workshops and FAQ Sessions: Upskill internal stakeholders on cloud financial management and cost-saving measures through workshops and FAQ sessions. Analyse Cloud Utilisation: Provide detailed analysis of cloud resource utilisation, summarising findings on usage patterns and wastage, and implementing tactical and strategic … prepare and execute the handover plan to the newly hired internal FinOps team, including conducting upskilling sessions. Experience: Demonstrable experience in cloud financial management, particularly in cost optimisation and reduction. Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and their cost management features, alongside proficiency in FinOps tools such as Azure Cost More ❯

working on cloud financial operations to join one of our Consultancy clients on a 3 month contract. Inside IR35 Remote Responsibilities: Lead Cloud Waste Management and Cost Optimisation: Drive initiatives focused on reducing cloud waste and costs by identifying inefficiencies and implementing best practices across group technology and divisions. Collaborate with Stakeholders: Engage with cloud subscription owners … and executive leadership to implement changes, ensure compliance, and align cloud spending with business goals. Conduct Workshops and FAQ Sessions: Upskill internal stakeholders on cloud financial management and cost-saving measures through workshops and FAQ sessions. Analyse Cloud Utilisation: Provide detailed analysis of cloud resource utilisation, summarising findings on usage patterns and wastage, and implementing tactical and strategic … prepare and execute the handover plan to the newly hired internal FinOps team, including conducting upskilling sessions. Experience: Demonstrable experience in cloud financial management, particularly in cost optimisation and reduction. Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and their cost management features, alongside proficiency in FinOps tools such as Azure Cost More ❯

infrastructure projects Strong background in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and configuration management Experience implementing cloud governance, security, and compliance best practices Strong knowledge of cloud cost optimisation (FinOps) and monitoring tools Skilled in supporting CI/CD pipelines and development workflows Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills Beneficial experience includes: SQL Server, Windows Server, Active …/Bash, serverless technologies (AWS Lambda, Elastic Containers), and AI applied to IAC Responsibilities for Cloud Operations Team Leader: Oversee daily cloud operations, including monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and optimisation Lead short- and long-term project planning in an Agile environment Develop and enforce cloud governance, security, and compliance policies Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code improvements, leveraging AI … where applicable Collaborate with development teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines Monitor cloud performance and implement cost-optimisation strategies Mentor, coach, and support the professional growth of cloud engineers What the role offers: A supportive, people-focused culture with excellent training, career development, and performance-related bonus opportunities Competitive benefits package including 25 days holiday + More ❯

priority applications. Implement IaC at scale (Terraform preferred; standard modules; pipelines). Build observability (logs, metrics, traces, SLOs) and resilience (HA, DR, RTO/RPO). Drive FinOps —cost transparency, budgets, showback/chargeback, right‐sizing. Embed security‐by‐design and compliance (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, FCA/NHS/PCI as applicable). Key Responsibilities Architecture & Design … GCP . Proven delivery of enterprise landing zones , Kubernetes , IaC at scale, and secure network architectures . Strong track record in app migration/modernisation and cost optimisation . Comfortable in highly regulated environments (finance, healthcare, public sector) is a plus. Technical Stack (Desired) Cloud: Azure (Resource Manager, Entra ID, Policy, Monitor), AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, TGW … documentation. Security patterns (guardrails, policies, encryption standards). Observability standards (dashboards, alerts, SLOs). Application migration plans (waves, dependency maps) and executed milestones. FinOps reports and cost optimisation recommendations. KPIs/Success Measures % workloads onboarded to landing zones with guardrails enforced. Mean time to provision environments (baseline vs target). % policy compliance (CIS/NIST) and critical More ❯

behaviour and next move, and quickly and effectively respond to an attack. · Develop and optimize automation rules and playbooks in the SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel) · Carry out cost optimisation, considering what data tiering and appropriate filtering to ensure a cost effective solution for clients. · Assist in the onboarding and continued development of SOC clients and various … Defender for Office 365 · Development of runbook procedures and incident management processes (desirable) · Parsing of different format data into Sentinel · Experience with complex Sentinel architecture · Experience cost optimisation of Sentinel solution · Experience with on-premises infrastructure (desirable) · Sentinel Data Lake solution (desirable) · Integration of third-party solutions into Sentinel via suitable methods. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS · English level More ❯

planning and annual budgeting. Prepare detailed budgets and monitor performance. Management Reporting Design and implement financial reporting frameworks. Deliver monthly management reports for leadership teams. Cost Analysis & Optimisation Develop cost analysis frameworks and identify key business drivers. Recommend strategies for cost optimisation and efficiency. Core Competencies & Skills Strong communication skills with the … in Finance or related field. Part-qualified or fully qualified (ACCA, CIMA, ACA). Key Performance Indicators Timely and accurate financial reporting and compliance. Identification and implementation of cost-saving opportunities. Benefits Salary: 45,000+ (negotiable) Pension: 5% employer contribution, 3% employee contribution. Private Medical Insurance: Bupa. Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays. About Us We are dedicated More ❯

Looking for a senior Fin Ops Engineering. In this pivotal role, you'll enable teams to build cost-effective solutions on Microsoft Azure while maintaining agility and fostering innovation. This position is perfect for engineers who are passionate about optimising cloud usage, enhancing cost observability, and championing a Fin Ops culture. Experience in some of the … drive cost-efficiency across Azure Clear understanding of Fin Ops principles and how they apply to engineering responsibilities Design and implement automation to boost cost optimisation Build infrastructure and pipelines using Infrastructure as Code: Git, Terraform and Harness Familiarity with Azure Billing and Cost Management Experience in Agile working practices, Jira and Confluence … Contribute to cost visibility by using cost and usage data to enable self-service reporting Drive sustainable usage practices (e.g. terminating idle resources, autoscaling) Translate technical decisions into cost impacts, surfacing trade-offs to customers Work collaboratively across teams to embed cost-awareness into design, development, deployment, and monitoring practices More ❯

Looking for a senior Fin Ops Engineering. In this pivotal role, you'll enable teams to build cost-effective solutions on Microsoft Azure while maintaining agility and fostering innovation. This position is perfect for engineers who are passionate about optimising cloud usage, enhancing cost observability, and championing a Fin Ops culture. Experience in some of the … drive cost-efficiency across Azure Clear understanding of Fin Ops principles and how they apply to engineering responsibilities Design and implement automation to boost cost optimisation Build infrastructure and pipelines using Infrastructure as Code: Git, Terraform and Harness Familiarity with Azure Billing and Cost Management Experience in Agile working practices, Jira and Confluence … Contribute to cost visibility by using cost and usage data to enable self-service reporting Drive sustainable usage practices (e.g. terminating idle resources, autoscaling) Translate technical decisions into cost impacts, surfacing trade-offs to customers Work collaboratively across teams to embed cost-awareness into design, development, deployment, and monitoring practices This role More ❯

voice heard. We are a close team, who have the opportunity to learn and grow as OnBuy evolves. About the Role The Senior Database Administrator to lead the design, optimisation, operation, and cost effective scaling of our GCP data platform. The role will focus on Cloud SQL (MySQL) and BigQuery, with responsibility for performance, reliability, security, automation … and observability across transactional and analytical workloads. Key Responsibilities Administer high availability setups in CloudSQL. Performance tuning: indexing, partitioning, query tuning, load balancing and resource sizing. Cost optimisation for Cloud SQL and BigQuery and lifecycle policies. Troubleshoot performance and incidents; lead incident response, MTTR ownership, RCA and continuous improvements. Provide 2nd-line DBA support: own and resolve … for schema and infra changes, automated remediation and runbooks. Capacity planning - forecasting growth. Maintaining, monitoring and observability of database solutions; own dashboards, SLOs, logging, metrics and actionable alerts. Cost and resource governance: tagging, quota controls, cost monitoring and chargeback recommendations. Mentoring and documentation: maintain runbooks, knowledge base, and coach engineers on DB best practices. Vendor/ More ❯

We are seeking a high-calibre Quantity Surveyors to support our clients pivotal energy projects. This role is instrumental in delivering end-to-end commercial and cost control services for transformational projects that support the UK's energy transition strategy. The positions can be based in either Bristol, London or Glasgow and will consist on working on Renewable … Energy, Nuclear, Net Zero, Transmission and Distribution or Carbon Capture projects on a hybrid basis (3 days a week client site). Key Responsibilities Lead full-cycle cost management across project lifecycles—from tendering and procurement through to contract negotiation, cost control, and final account settlement. Administer NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4 preferred), overseeing valuations, change … cost variance coordination. Provide robust forecasting, monitoring, and reporting of cost performance; ensure accurate and timely financial insights. Drive value engineering and cost optimisation strategies in alignment with project and client needs. Establish and maintain strong relationships with client teams, contractors, and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes. Mentor and guide junior More ❯

We are seeking a high-calibre Quantity Surveyors to support our clients pivotal energy projects. This role is instrumental in delivering end-to-end commercial and cost control services for transformational projects that support the UK's energy transition strategy. The positions can be based in either Bristol, London or Glasgow and will consist on working on Renewable … Energy, Nuclear, Net Zero, Transmission and Distribution or Carbon Capture projects on a hybrid basis (3 days a week client site). Key Responsibilities Lead full-cycle cost management across project lifecycles—from tendering and procurement through to contract negotiation, cost control, and final account settlement. Administer NEC contracts (NEC3/NEC4 preferred), overseeing valuations, change … cost variance coordination. Provide robust forecasting, monitoring, and reporting of cost performance; ensure accurate and timely financial insights. Drive value engineering and cost optimisation strategies in alignment with project and client needs. Establish and maintain strong relationships with client teams, contractors, and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes. Mentor and guide junior More ❯

areas such as Entra ID (Active Directory), Key Vault, Firewalls, VNets, and routing configurations. Manage Azure database solutions, including Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. Develop and automate data workflows, including ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines, with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps methodologies. Collaborate with analytics, application … and AI/ML teams to integrate Azure technologies into advanced data and intelligence solutions (e.g. Azure Foundry, Cognitive Services, and Search). Champion FinOps and cost optimisation, applying best practices for monitoring, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Embed DevSecOps principles, incorporating Zero Trust models, service meshes, and secure automation into cloud delivery pipelines. What You’ll More ❯

areas such as Entra ID (Active Directory), Key Vault, Firewalls, VNets, and routing configurations. Manage Azure database solutions, including Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. Develop and automate data workflows, including ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines, with Infrastructure as Code and DevOps methodologies. Collaborate with analytics, application … and AI/ML teams to integrate Azure technologies into advanced data and intelligence solutions (e.g. Azure Foundry, Cognitive Services, and Search). Champion FinOps and cost optimisation, applying best practices for monitoring, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Embed DevSecOps principles, incorporating Zero Trust models, service meshes, and secure automation into cloud delivery pipelines. What You’ll More ❯

responsible for identifying the best approaches to model deployment, building scalable infrastructure using Terraform, and ensuring that the entire ML lifecycle - from experimentation to production - runs smoothly and cost-effectively. Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, automated infrastructure for deploying ML models in AWS, using Terraform as the primary provisioning tool. Manage and optimise existing AWS environments (SageMaker … both real-time inference and batch processing workloads. Collaborate closely with Data Scientists and Engineers to productionise models efficiently. Monitor system performance and cost, identifying opportunities for optimisation and automation. Maintain infrastructure security, reliability, and compliance with best practices. Essential Skills & Experience Extensive hands-on experience with Terraform, including provisioning and managing complex AWS infrastructure. Strong knowledge … and DevOps principles. Desirable Skills AWS Certified (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Machine Learning Specialty). Terraform Certification. Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and MLflow. Experience in cost optimisation and performance tuning within AWS. What We’re Looking For This is a critical role - the infrastructure you build underpins the company’s ability to deliver and scale its More ❯

to Have Experience with platform engineering and internal developer platforms Knowledge of GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux) Familiarity with policy-as-code (OPA, Kyverno) Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization Contributions to open-source DevOps projects Familiarity with Docker image pipelines and artifact repositories Salary Range Join TRG Screen and unlock your potential in an environment where innovation More ❯

engineering teams to build pipelines, enable ML workloads, and support platforms like Azure Foundry, Hub, and Search. Integrate DevSecOps and Zero Trust principles into delivery. Champion cost optimisation (FinOps) and strong disaster recovery practices. Provide technical mentorship and help shape our cloud culture as the team scales. What Will Set You Up for Success - you should apply More ❯

global infrastructure investment fund manager - who acquired Arriva in 2024. We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Head of Platforms and Operations to lead the design, delivery, and optimisation of our core technology platforms, across on premise, cloud and hybrid environments, sustaining Arriva's technical backbone and ensuring seamless technical operations to support the business. They will provide … improvement Build and lead a high-performing platform and operations team. Provide mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities to team members. Platform Management Oversee the build, seamless operation and optimisation of our core IT platforms, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and secure. (incl end user compute, storage, networking, container orchestration and middleware) Drive consistency and simplification through platform standardisation … and on- premise platforms and ensure that platforms and operations deliver measurable business value and meet key performance indicators (KPIs). Manage platform financial performance, driving cost optimisation and value realisation through data-led insights, rightsizing strategies, and effective budgetary control. Solutions Architecture Lead the solutions architecture team in designing scalable, secure, and efficient IT solutions that More ❯

status. Environment Rationalisation: Analyse current environment usage and identify opportunities to consolidate, standardise, and streamline the environment landscape. Strategy Development & Execution: Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for environment optimisation, focusing on cost efficiency, demand fulfilment, and adherence to best practices. Deliver a consistent model across technology with our partners. Process Improvement: Continuously identify and implement improvements … to environment management processes, tools, and documentation to simplify and optimise the environment landscape. Environment Cost Optimisation: Monitor, forecast, and manage environment-related costs across all delivery stages, aligning provisioning and scheduling with demand to ensure efficient resource utilisation and scalable costs across ERP, digital, and cloud-native platforms. Security, Vulnerability Management & Compliance: Ensure robust security practices … ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under pressure. Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and QA methodologies. Ability to rationalise environments and develop and execute strategic optimisation plans. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience collaborating with internal and external partners. Experience with various environment technologies and tools (e.g., virtualization, cloud platforms, containerisation) is a More ❯

emerging tech Eligible for SC or DV clearance (current clearance a strong plus) Nice to have: Experience leading teams or managing technical deliverables Familiarity with cloud cost optimisation, monitoring and logging tools What's on offer: £55k-£80k salary depending on experience Flexible, hybrid working from Bristol Cutting-edge projects across defence and wider industry A supportive More ❯

emerging tech Eligible for SC or DV clearance (current clearance a strong plus) Nice to have: Experience leading teams or managing technical deliverables Familiarity with cloud cost optimisation, monitoring and logging tools What's on offer: 55k- 80k salary depending on experience Flexible, hybrid working from Bristol Cutting-edge projects across defence and wider industry A supportive More ❯

Governance & Continuous Improvement Ensure compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, and GxP; champion agile delivery and continuous improvement using DevOps and Kanban Monitor platform KPIs and drive measurable outcomes in cost optimization, uptime, and delivery velocity Collaborate with Global Commercial, Global Market Access, IT, as well as US, Germany and other affiliates to onboard data and solutions Align global stakeholders More ❯

Build and maintain high-quality data pipelines and models in Snowflake to support analytics and reporting needs. Architecture Implementation: Apply defined data architecture standards to ingestion, transformation, storage, and optimisation processes. Pipeline Development: Develop robust ELT/ETL workflows using dbt and orchestration tools, ensuring reliability and maintainability. Performance & Cost Optimisation: Configure Snowflake warehouses and implement … query optimisation techniques for efficiency. Data Quality & Governance: Apply data quality checks, lineage tracking, and security standards aligned with InfoSec and regulatory requirements. Feature Adoption: Leverage Snowflake capabilities (Tasks, Streams, Snowpark, Time Travel, Secure Data Sharing) to improve automation and accessibility. Collaboration: Work closely with analysts and stakeholders to deliver data products and troubleshoot issues. Analytics Enablement: Implement dimensional … models to provide clean, reusable datasets for reporting and advanced analytics. Monitoring & Reliability: Maintain monitoring, alerting, and cost-management processes for Snowflake and pipelines. Continuous Improvement: Contribute to shared engineering standards and best practices across the team. What You'll Need to Succeed Proven experience delivering cloud-based data engineering solutions, ideally with Snowflake. Strong proficiency in SQL More ❯

our IT Operations team and help drive innovation, automation, and reliability across our Azure cloud environments. In this role, you'll take ownership of the performance, security, and cost-effectiveness of our cloud platforms. You'll bring a strong DevOps mindset, expertise in automation and Infrastructure as Code, and a passion for … continuous improvement across all aspects of cloud operations. Key Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure Operations: Manage and monitor daily operations across Azure SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments. FinOps & Cost Optimisation: Implement best practices to monitor usage, optimise costs, and forecast spend, aligning cloud consumption with business goals. Disaster Recovery & Backup: Design and test DR strategies for critical cloud workloads … working with Azure. Strong knowledge of IaC (Terraform, PowerShell, Python), CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions), and cloud security best practices. Proven experience embedding FinOps and cloud cost-management strategies. Background in regulated industries such as finance or government. Why Join Us You'll work in a forward-thinking, collaborative IT Operations team where innovation is encouraged More ❯