Platform Engineer

Hi, I have a contract opportunity for platform Engineer role for my banking client in Krakow, Poland

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Knowledge:
• Strong working knowledge of Azure (core services, identity, networking, governance) and good knowledge of AWS and GCP cost drivers and pricing mechanics:

o Azure: Log Analytics / Azure Monitor, Diagnostic Settings, Storage Accounts, Event Hub, Sentinel, Azure Policy, Cost Management.

o AWS: CloudWatch Logs, S3 lifecycle, Cost Explorer/CUR.

o GCP: Cloud Logging, Log Router/Sinks, BigQuery, Storage lifecycle policies, Billing exports.

o IaC/automation: Terraform, CI/CD (Git

• Hub Actions/Azure DevOps), policy-as-code
• Practical understanding of FinOps principles, including cost allocation, showback/chargeback concepts, optimisation levers, and cost governance.
• Understanding of cloud governance/compliance approaches and how to implement guardrails in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with at least two public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP), including their native logging and monitoring services.
• Strong understanding of logging/observability architecture, including log ingestion and routing, retention policies, and storage cost drivers.
• Proven ability to analyse logging data at scale to identify cost drivers and deliver measurable cost reduction opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying automation at scale using Python, Bash, and/or Terraform (including CI/CD and repeatable deployment patterns where applicable).
• Experience producing savings forecasts, building business cases, and writing structured optimisation proposals with clear assumptions and impacts.
• Strong communication skills, with experience presenting technical analysis and recommendations to senior technical stakeholders and influencing outcomes.
• Experience working in a highly governed enterprise environment, operating within compliance, operational risk, and change control frameworks.

Roles and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Optimisation delivery:

o Identify opportunities across ingestion, retention, tiering, sampling, routing, and exclusion rules; prioritise by ROI and risk.

o Implement changes via automation/IaC with rollback plans and post-change validation.

o Build and deploy automation for logging and storage cost optimisation across a multi-cloud estate at enterprise scale.

o Access and analyse logging data directly using cloud native tooling to identify cost drivers and reduction opportunities

o Produce optimisation proposals with projected saving forecasts.

o Operate within HSBC governance and compliance standards, obtaining appropriate approvals before implementing changes.

• FinOps governance

o Support tagging/labels and allocation model improvements for chargeback/showback accuracy.

o Define and maintain policies/guardrails (e.g., default retention standards, workspace quotas, budget alerts).

• Stakeholder management

o Run optimisation “clinics” with platform/app teams; agree actions, owners, timelines, and expected savings.

o Produce executive-ready reporting for senior stakeholders (trend, forecast vs actual, risks).

o Present technical findings and recommendations to cloud platform leads and senior engineering stakeholders.

• Operational excellence

o Create runbooks, controls, and documentation; ensure changes pass risk/compliance checks.

o Monitor for cost regression and create automated “drift” detection.

Contract duration: 12 months B2B contract

Interested candidates can apply immediately to [email protected]

Best regards, Dewakar.

O +443339980463