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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 ❯

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 ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic More ❯

ML pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and incident management. Partner with data science, ML, and product teams to ensure infrastructure supports innovation and business needs. Oversee system reliability, cost optimisation, and vendor relationships to keep infrastructure scalable and efficient. Take ownership of critical ML/infra incidents, ensuring swift resolution and continuous learning. Deliver clear progress, risk, and priority … Familiarity with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Ray, TensorFlow Distributed, PyTorch Distributed). Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and observability for large-scale ML systems. Experience in cost optimisation for compute/GPU workloads. Excellent people leadership and communication skills, able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strategic 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 ❯

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 ❯

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 ❯