Associate, Platform Engineering, Fin Ops

The Associate Platform Engineering, Fin Ops is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and support of the Bank’s platforms and software solutions.

The Associate plays a critical role within the squad, taking a lead on designing, developing and optimising EBRD's infrastructure and software solutions within their own value stream.

The Associate provides guidance to individual contributors and works closely with other multi-functional teams and business product owners, to deliver high quality, product aligned services, that meets our users' needs. 

The role may involve leading small projects and the individual is expected to be proficient in software design and ability to implement CI/CD pipeline, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or technologies within their specialism.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Technology experience in this area includes but is not limited to:

•             Microsoft Azure Cost Management + Billing for spend analysis and optimisation.

•             Integration of FinOps tooling into Microsoft (Azure DevOps & GitHub) pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform).

•             Automated resource tagging and cost allocation across Azure subscriptions, management groups, and landing zones.

•             Forecasting, budgeting, and anomaly detection using Azure Budgets, Cost Analysis, and Power BI.

•             Rate optimisation strategies including Azure Reservations, Savings Plans, and Spot VMs.

•             Workload efficiency and architectural optimisation leveraging Azure Advisor recommendations.

•             Development of dashboards and reporting for cost visibility using Power BI and Azure Monitor.

•             Policy and governance frameworks using Azure Policy, RBAC, and Management Groups for cost control.

•             Collaboration with Procurement / Contract and Vendor Management teams to reconcile Enterprise Agreement (EA) and Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) billing and manage commercial commitments.

•             Management and optimisation of Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC) agreements to maximise value and align with engineering delivery.

•             Enablement and education of engineering squads on FinOps principles within Microsoft-centric environments.

•             On-premises cost management for virtualised environments and private cloud, including chargeback / showback models, capacity planning, and integration with hybrid cost reporting.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• Designing and implementing FinOps practices within Azure platform engineering workflows. Guiding and collaborating with Engineers to embed in DevOps practices.

• Working with Managed Service Providers and FinOps tooling vendors in a Microsoft ecosystem.

• Intermediate to advanced certification in FinOps (FinOps Certified Practitioner).

• Hands-on experience with Azure Cost Management, Pricing Calculator, and hybrid/on-prem financial optimisation approaches.

• Foundational knowledge of financial modelling and forecasting for cloud and on-prem spend.

• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with other Capabilities and promote cost accountability culture.

• Cost optimization for a given workload to help achieve a high return on investment (ROI) based on the business value that workload delivers.

• Enforced spending guardrails through governance policies, resource limits, and access controls.

Practical experience to implement the guiding principles of Aure Cost optimisation Well Architected Framework (WAF) pillar.

What is it like to work at the EBRD?

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in. 

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital  transformation at the heart of what we do.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does.  A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation. The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities.  As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).