FinOps Jobs
Since I joined Devoteam and started blogging more I get more regular InMail from recruiters.
Happy camper at Devoteam on this side of the screen. However it is interessting to see who is looking for FinOps profiles at this moment also the job descriptions themselves are interessting to see.
Let me give you some insights…
Recently I got contacted by 2 agents both of them looking for a high level cloud finance person to join the team. Interesstingly enough both of them had on their LinkedIn profile and name the statement they were looking for DevOps profiles mostly. That brings me to a point I wanted to make…
DevOps is not the same as FinOps
So one of them called me and explained me the role they envision for me was one where I could impact the code of the company before noon and after lunch I could build and work on practices to optimize the cloud expenditure. It is a job with impact that’s for sure… However I explained the recruiter that he was looking for what they call in Dutch a “witte raaf” or freely translated to a white raven. Additionally this white raven has a unicorn horn… As difficult as it is to find a unicorn or a white raven it is impossible to find someone that combines both animals in 1. Never say neve with our abilities to change DNA these days but for now I’m leaving my answer to impossible…
The reason why is very simple. A DevOps engineer is the one impacting the code and the functionality of the company whereas the FinOps architect or engineer is the one helping the company to put guardrails in place to optimize and maintain in control of the cloud bill. The DevOps person is the one using the services within the boundaries set by the FinOps practice.
FinOps on a rise
Nevertheless my experience on the job market today. I can conclude that customers are actually budgetting for a FinOps function today. I can not get more enthusiastic about that! Making sure the cloud journey is going well with boundaries both process wise as financial are extremely important! So no moments to waste to get this on the road and make customers succesfull in their cloud endeavours.