Finops Specialist

About the job

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**Company Description**:

- Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting-edge technologies, and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.- Ubisoft IT is currently looking for a FinOps Specialist to join the FinOps and Vendor Management team. This team designs and standardizes processes that relate to IT infrastructure sourcing and optimization for all of Ubisoft including our game productions. This includes transparent spending oversight via cost and usage reporting and consumption auditing, resource optimizations, enterprise discount program management, and contract renewal processes.- As a FinOps Specialist joining this team, you will be responsible for participating in cost optimization, capacity planning, and Budget studies. You will also be responsible for planning, tracking, and optimizing our cloud investments and consumption for Ubisoft.**Responsibilities**
- Gather requirements and assist internal customers to express their needs and forecast their cloud usage;
- Provide Cloud consumption best practices to Ubisoft projects teams and Production teams;
- Analyze our past, current, and forecasted consumption and provide optimization plans;
- Lead the cost optimization and investment process using reserved instances and savings plans;
- Participate in project architecture reviews to optimize costs;
- Support our procurement teams for contract renewal and negotiations;
- Organize presentations of solutions and initiatives to colleagues;
- Provide IT management with cost reports and KPIs.

**Qualifications**:

- Previous experience working in Information technology, with demonstrated accounting, financial, and analysis skills;
- Good experience leading cloud platforms such as Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS;
- Good experience with Kubernetes services such as AKS, EKS, and GKE;
- Experience in budget management or IT financial planning, capacity planning, infrastructure management, and data analysis;
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across organizational boundaries on topics such as infrastructure costs in our cloud environment.

**Additional Information**:

- Just a heads up: If you require a work permit, your eligibility may depend on your education and years of relevant work experience, as required by the government.**_ At Ubisoft, we embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment for all. We know the importance of providing a pleasant interview experience, therefore if you need any accommodation, please let us know if there is anything we can do to facilitate the interview process._