? IT Infrastructure Architect (FinOps) | Azure & AWS | Remote | Freelance

? 100% Remote

? Freelance Opportunity

? Italian & English Required

? Must be based in Italy – No sponsorship available

We are looking for an IT Infrastructure Architect (FinOps) to support a cloud cost optimisation project focused on Azure, AWS, and IBM Apptio .

Key Responsibilities

- Monitor and optimise cloud costs across Azure and AWS
- Create FinOps reports and dashboards using IBM Apptio
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend improvements
- Define cloud governance, tagging strategies, and cost allocation models
- Gather business and technical requirements from stakeholders
- Develop Python scripts for automation and reporting

Required Skills ✅ FinOps experience (Inform, Optimise, Operate)

✅ Azure:

- Azure Cost Management
- Landing Zones
- Policies & Governance




- Resource Graph & KQL
- Functions & Event Hubs

✅ AWS:
- Cost Explorer
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Organizations
- AWS Config
- Lambda & SNS
- Core services (EC2, EKS, S3, EFS, Databases)

✅ Python scripting and automation ✅ Cloud cost analysis and optimisation

✅ Fluent Italian and professional English

Nice to Have

- IBM Apptio Cloudability experience
- FinOps Certifications (FOCP, FCE, FCP)

Experience

- Ideally 3+ years in FinOps
- Candidates with 2+ years of FinOps experience and strong Apptio knowledge will also be considered

What We Offer ✔ Fully remote work

✔ Freelance opportunity

✔ Long-term project potential

✔ Company laptop provided

📌 IT Infrastructure Architect (Italia)
🏢 Hays
📍 Italia