The purpose of this position is to ensure we are using the cloud infrastructure effectively, eliminating unnecessary spending, and obtaining clear visibility of our usage. In this position, you will be responsible for proactively collaborating with stakeholders such as engineering, product, finance, and executives to manage cloud resources, execute cost optimization methods, and ensure cloud spending and usage constructively support organizational growth.
Unique and Bold Challenges
Mercari’s FinOps team plays a meaningful role in optimizing cloud spend and improving business agility. We develop a platform that allows our organization to make data-driven decisions, crafting maximum business value. Since the cloud infrastructure is used not only by Mercari JP but also by Merpay, Mercari US, and other group companies, any improvements could affect the performance of the entire organization.
Responsibilities
- Monitor cloud consumption, investigate, and escalate anomalies and unplanned spikes
- Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports with meaningful insights that can inform strategic and operational decisions
- Constantly improve the tagging strategies in the cloud environment
- Support the budget and forecast process in collaboration with stakeholders
- Discuss with development teams to drive usage and rate optimization
- Leverage automation and scripting to democratize and deliver meaningful alerts, insights, anomalies, and other tools to be leveraged to manage and optimize our cloud spend.
- Promote a cost-conscious culture and conduct knowledge-sharing sessions to deliver best practices across the group
Requirements
- Shared belief in Mercari’s mission and values
- Experience in infrastructure management and automation
- Experience in operating and being the admin of cloud (GCP or AWS) in production, ability to drive cost optimization discussions with development teams
- Experience in writing design docs or proposals and reaching agreements with stakeholders
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in both technical and non-technical contexts
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- FinOps certification
- Public cloud provider certification
- Experience in public cloud cost management projects in a larger organization
- Experience with 3rd party cloud cost management tools (e.g. Apptio Cloudability)
- Knowledge of financial and accounting principles
- Japanese language ability
