Cloud Engineer - FinOps and Observability - Remote

Overview

You play a central role in the further development of our cloud environment with a focus on FinOps and Observability. Your goal: Ensure transparency and cost control in our AWS and Azure platforms while optimizing monitoring & logging with Datadog. You work independently, but not in isolation – collaboration in the team is essential. With clear processes and best practices, you set new standards for our FinOps and Observability setup.

In Short

• You develop and optimize our FinOps strategy focusing on cloud cost control, tagging strategies, dashboards, and reporting.
• You drive the further development of the Datadog platform as a central monitoring and observability solution.
• You automate and optimize monitoring processes as well as the integration of new features and best practices.
• You create and maintain standards for cost control and observability and support other teams through enablement.
• You work closely with development teams to understand and best implement requirements for the monitoring platform.
• You identify cost and optimization potentials in our cloud environments and support developer teams in their independent implementation.
• You participate in the further development of our cloud platform and support cross-functional technical initiatives.

Requirements

• You have solid experience in cloud engineering with a focus on FinOps and Observability.
• You possess a deep understanding of the implementation, optimization, and management of AWS and Azure cloud environments.
• You bring experience with Terraform as an Infrastructure-as-Code tool.
• You master Datadog as the primary monitoring tool – alternatively, you have experience with comparable solutions like Elastic or OpenTelemetry.
• You are familiar with FinOps practices for optimizing cloud costs and resource management.
• You have scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for process automation (desirable).
• You work independently and proactively, recognize technical challenges, and develop solutions.
• You communicate confidently and enjoy collaborating with various teams and stakeholders.

Benefits

• Attractive employee discounts.
• Subsidy for EGYM Wellpass.
• Corporate benefits.
• Subsidy for the Germany ticket.
• Company pension scheme.