Service Automation Lead – Continual Compliance

• Build and lead a capability for automated, continual, and evidence-based governance across FinOps, security, and architecture compliance




• Design and run automated compliance analytics across FinOps, Security, and Architecture




• Convert policies and regulatory requirements into codified checks with clear pass/fail outcomes




• Deliver audit-ready evidence with trend reporting and insights




• Monitor cost governance, security posture, and architectural standards through automated measurement




• Lead and develop a lean service automation team of 2–3 engineers




• Set technical direction, standards, and delivery cadence




• Operate the team as a product function with a backlog, SLAs, and stakeholder engagement




• Champion an automation-first DevOps culture with guardrails over manual approvals




• Build automation to reduce manual compliance, reporting, and remediation effort




• Develop APIs, services, and data pipelines integrating cloud, security, identity, and finance systems




• Enable self-service analytics and reporting for internal teams




• Embed secure, zero-trust patterns across automation and workflows




• Own executive dashboards, scorecards, and reporting outputs




• Translate technical data into business and regulatory insights




• Partner with Finance, Risk, Audit, and Engineering on governance and reporting




• Define and evolve automation and compliance strategy




• Establish policy-as-code and governance patterns




• Recommend tools and platforms to improve cost, compliance, and operational efficiency




• Enable safe self-service through guardrails and standards

Requirements

• Strong FinOps expertise, including cost control, tagging, unit economics, and optimisation




• Experience automating compliance and governance into measurable analytics




• Proven delivery of cloud cost savings and optimisation outcomes




• Experience leading technical teams in DevOps, SRE, FinOps, or platform engineering




• Track record of mentoring and growing engineers




• Experience operating a product-focused function with stakeholders




• Hands-on engineering background in automation, tooling, or systems integration




• Experience building data pipelines or reporting solutions




• Experience working in regulated industries




• Strong understanding of audit, controls, and evidence requirements




• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders across Finance, Risk, and Engineering




• Knowledge of Azure governance tools: Azure Policy, Resource Graph, and Cost Management




• Knowledge of identity and access management: AAD, RBAC, and PIM




• Familiarity with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, APIs, and messaging




• Proficiency in Python, Go, or C#




• Experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Bicep




• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps




• Experience building dashboards and self-service analytics solutions




• Knowledge of ETL/ELT, APIs, and event-driven data pipeline patterns




• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting




• Knowledge of cloud cost allocation and optimisation strategies




• Knowledge of policy-as-code and compliance-as-code approaches




• Knowledge of audit evidence generation and regulatory reporting

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong FinOps expertise with a focus on cost control, compliance automation, and governance analytics. Capable of leading technical teams and driving an automation-first culture while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• FinOps Expertise




• Automation and Compliance Analytics




• Cloud Cost Optimisation




• Team Leadership in DevOps




• Azure Governance Tools

Hard Skills

• Python




• Go




• C#




• Terraform




• Bicep




• CI/CD Pipelines




• Data Pipeline Development




• Policy-as-Code




• Compliance-as-Code




• Audit Evidence Generation

Soft Skills

• Mentoring Engineers




• Stakeholder Engagement




• Technical Direction

Industry Keywords

• Regulated Industries




• Audit




• Controls




• Evidence Requirements




• Cost Allocation Strategies

Tools & Technologies

• Azure Policy




• Resource Graph




• Cost Management




• AAD




• RBAC




• PIM




• Azure Functions




• Logic Apps




• GitHub Actions




• Azure DevOps