RQ00143-Intermediate Cloud Strategist

Job title: RQ00143-Intermediate Cloud Strategist

Company: Randstad


Job description: Do you have demonstrated experience in cloud tagging implementation, governance, and remediation? Do you have experience with FinOps tools like Apptio Cloudability, Cloud Health, or native cloud cost platforms? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!Our client is looking for a Intermediate Cloud Strategist for a 6-month contract in Toronto. This is a hybrid role-2 days onsite/3 days remote.Advantages
– You will get a chance to closely work with Finance, Engineering, and Cloud Operations teams
– Long term project
– Hybrid role
– Earn a competitive rate within the industryResponsibilities

• Support & Drive cloud cost optimization strategies by identifying over-provisioned or underutilized resources
• Work closely with engineering and product teams to incorporate financial perspectives into design and architecture decisions.
• Collaborate with vendors and procurement teams to evaluate pricing structures and opportunities for savings.
• Drive outcomes from FinOps tools by turning cloud cost data into insights, and insights into strategic actions that reduce spend, improve forecast accuracy, and align investments with business priorities.
• Design and implement a comprehensive cloud tagging strategy to ensure full visibility of cloud spend across departments, applications, environments, and projects.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and operations teams to enforce tagging compliance through automation, tooling, and policy frameworks.
• Identify gaps or inconsistencies in tagging and lead remediation efforts to improve cost attribution accuracy and chargeback/showback processes.
• Maintain documentation and training to ensure ongoing awareness and adoption of tagging best practices.
• Build and maintain multi-year cloud cost forecasts in alignment with technology and business roadmaps.
• Analyze historical cloud usage trends to project accurate future spend across cloud providers.
• Collaborate with Finance and Technology teams to ensure budget alignment, including ongoing updates to forecasts and actuals.
• Develop and maintain accurate cloud cost forecasts based on usage trends, business plans, and anticipated changes in workloads.
• Drive re-baselining exercises and year-over-year forecasting improvements to align financials with actual consumption trends.
• Utilize cloud-native tools (e.g., Azure Cost Management) and FinOps platforms (e.g., Apptio Cloudability,) to provide cost visibility and trend analysis.
• Own the creation of executive dashboards, variance analysis, and forecast accuracy metrics.
• Identify gaps between forecasted and actual spend and drive corrective actions.
• Develop models for cost attribution, showback/chargeback, and unit cost analysis
• Leverage platforms like Apptio (Cloudability), Azure Cost Management, and Power BI for reporting and analysis.
• Implement tagging and resource management policies to ensure accurate data collection for forecasting and accountability.
• Continuously optimize tool usage to derive actionable insights and improve cloud cost transparency across departments
• Oversee the implementation and onboarding of the FinOps tool, ensuring data accuracy, role-based access, and reporting alignment with organizational goals

Qualifications
Must Haves:· 3+ years experience – Support & Drive cloud cost optimization strategies by identifying over-provisioned or underutilized resources
· 4+ years experience Leverage platforms like Apptio (Cloudability), Azure Cost Management, and Power BI for reporting and analysis.
· 4+ years experience Implement tagging and resource management policies to ensure accurate data collection for forecasting and accountability.
· 4+ years experience Continuously optimize tool usage to derive actionable insights and improve cloud cost transparency across departments
· 4+ years experience Oversee the implementation and onboarding of the FinOps tool, ensuring data accuracy, role-based access, and reporting alignment with organizational goalsRequirementsEducation Completion of a diploma in Computer Science, or a related discipline – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalentExperience Minimum six (8) years’ experience in the analysis, design and development of corporate system architecture. Experience developing & designing roadmaps, implement strategies & transformation plans for clients. Hands-on experience with FinOps tools .Certifications or Designations FinOps Certified Practitioner or equivalent certificationSummary
If you are interested in the Intermediate Cloud Strategist in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

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Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Fri, 02 May 2025 03:08:17 GMT

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