Lead/Senior DevOps Engineer $$$$

About Client:
Our client, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Our client is a seven-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service.

About the project:
The project is dedicated to the Sales Tax area: building a SaaS solution that helps clients track and forecast their performance.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze utilization metrics to right-size instances, databases, and containers
• Enforce strict resource tagging and allocation for accurate cost tracking and reporting
• Automate shutdowns of non-production environments and manage ephemeral resources efficiently
• Monitor cloud spend using native tools (AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, Google Cloud Cost Management) and third-party platforms like Firefly
• Collaborate with development and product teams to shift-left FinOps, ensuring cost considerations are integrated early in the design phase
• Recommend cost-saving strategies such as spot instances, reserved instances, and optimized storage tiers
• Build and maintain dashboards to track KPIs, including cost per deployment, idle resource percentage, and cost per feature.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of DevOps experience
• Proven experience with Azure cloud platform and cost management tools
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and automation
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Knowledge of FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization strategies
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and scalable architectures
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret utilization metrics and implement actionable changes
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
• Upper-Intermediate level of English