Azure architect-Finops_Pan india

Role & responsibilities

Senior Azure Architect - FinOps

Job Summary: We are seeking a seasoned Senior Azure Architect with extensive experience in cost assessment and optimization across a wide range of Azure services. This role requires a deep understanding of Azures foundational and mainstream services, along with the ability to analyze and suggest cost-saving measures for various customer environments.

Responsibilities:

1. Azure Advisor Recommendations:
   
• Utilize Azure Advisor to analyze customer environments and provide personalized recommendations for cost optimization.
• Implement best practice recommendations to improve resource efficiency and eliminate waste.
2. Azure Well-Architected Review:
   
• Conduct reviews of workload architectures against the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework.
• Document findings and identify areas for improvement that can lead to cost reductions.
3. Azure Hybrid Benefit:
   
• Advise customers on leveraging the Azure Hybrid Benefit to reduce compute costs.
• Assist in migrating on-premises licenses to Azure, optimizing licensing costs.
4. Reservations and Savings Plans:
   
• Evaluate workloads for suitability for Azure Reserved VM Instances and Savings Plans.
• Recommend and implement reservations and savings plans for predictable workloads to achieve significant cost savings.
5. Azure Spot Virtual Machines:
   
• Identify suitable workloads for Azure Spot Virtual Machines to take advantage of unused capacity at reduced costs.
• Implement spot instances where appropriate, ensuring alignment with workload flexibility.
6. Azure Dev/Test Pricing:
   
• Guide customers in utilizing Azures special pricing for development and testing environments to save costs.
7. Cost Management Tools:
   
• Utilize Microsoft Cost Management tools to provide detailed cost analysis and reporting.
• Integrate third-party platforms for comprehensive cloud cost management, including cost allocation and anomaly detection if necessary.
8. Kubernetes Cost Management:
   
• Deploy and manage Kubecost for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to optimize costs at the deployment, namespace, cluster, and service levels.
• Provide recommendations based on external cloud and infrastructure metrics to achieve deeper cost insights.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience as an Azure Architect with a focus on cost optimization.
• Strong understanding of Azure services, pricing models, and cost management tools.
• Experience with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework.
• Proficiency in using Azure Advisor, Azure Cost Management, and third-party cost management tools.
• Knowledge of Azure Reserved VM Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Virtual Machines.

Preferred candidate profile

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