Deepika

Cloud FinOps Engineer with over 4+ years of expertise in cloud financial management across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Proficient in cost governance, budgeting, forecasting, rightsizing, and optimizing commitments through Savings Plans and Reserved Instances. Skilled in anomaly detection, chargeback/showback, and AWS CUR analysis using Amazon Athena (SQL).

Experienced in developing FinOps dashboards and KPI reporting to enhance cost visibility and accountability. Collaborates effectively with Cloud, DevOps, Engineering, and Finance teams. Holds certifications as a FinOps Certified Practitioner and FOCUS Analyst.

Available to join immediately.

Cloud FinOps Engineer - Jaggaer

(2026-05 - 2026-10)

• Monitor and analyze cloud expenditures across subscriptions, resource groups, and business units, identifying key cost drivers and anomalies for stakeholder reporting.
• Establish and enforce tagging standards to support precise cost allocation through showback and chargeback models by business unit and workload.
• Analyze AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) data stored in Amazon S3 using Amazon Athena to generate detailed cloud cost and usage insights.
• Conduct service-level and resource-level cost analyses across EC2, EBS, RDS, and other AWS services to pinpoint primary cost drivers and optimization opportunities.
• Identify rightsizing, resource cleanup, and commitment optimization opportunities through comprehensive utilization and billing data examination.
• Execute query-based breakdowns of cloud expenditure by account, service, region, and workload to facilitate granular cost management.
• Assess Savings Plan utilization, amortized costs, coverage, allocation, and commitment requirements to improve cost efficiency.
• Evaluate workload demand relative to existing commitments to develop data-driven Savings Plan optimization strategies.
• Support FinOps governance by enforcing tagging standards, enabling accurate cost allocation, budget monitoring, optimization tracking, and anomaly detection.
• Establish structured processes to document, prioritize, assign, and monitor cloud cost optimization initiatives effectively.
• Deliver recurring FinOps reports to provide actionable insights and track progress on cost management efforts.

FinOps Practitioner - HCLTech

(2022-09 - 2026-04)

• Tracked, prioritized, and executed cost optimization initiatives, achieving up to 15% reduction in cloud expenditure.
• Implemented and enforced budget alerts, standardized tagging policies, and cost governance frameworks to maintain financial control and accountability.
• Enhanced FinOps processes by establishing tagging governance, anomaly detection mechanisms, and strict budget adherence protocols.
• Analyzed cloud usage patterns, reservation utilization, and savings opportunities to optimize costs across AWS and Azure platforms.
• Developed and integrated FinOps dashboards to visualize cloud spend, savings, and anomalies, increasing transparency for stakeholders.
• Collaborated with Cloud, DevOps, and Finance teams to embed FinOps best practices into daily workflows and operational processes.
• Defined, monitored, and reported key performance indicators (KPIs) including cost efficiency, ROI, and operational savings to quantify FinOps impact.
• Monitored daily AWS and Azure cloud spending using AWS Cost Explorer and Azure Cost Management, ensuring continuous expenditure visibility.
• Analyzed AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) and Azure usage data to deliver detailed cost breakdowns and actionable optimization recommendations.
• Implemented rightsizing strategies for EC2 instances and Azure Virtual Machines based on CPU, memory, and utilization metrics to reduce waste.

B.Tech / B.E. - Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) - University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra (2022)