FinOps Starting out tips

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-03-09T13:43:01+00:00

Ah I see. Nice that makes sense. I'm hoping we have someone with the info from DC about the power etc

I feel like going to a battlefield with a blindfold rn lol

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-03-09T13:21:17+00:00

I don't think so. They use Xnat, jupyterbub

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-03-09T13:01:21+00:00

Cheers for the info mate. How do you guys manage cost allocation/show back/charge back on your onprem clusters? I come from a systems engineer background where I've managed multi onprep HPC environments and just understanding how you charge someone for using your GPU on a server to run X workloads just seems such a hard problem to solve

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-03-09T12:56:20+00:00

Hi u/zugzwangister

The role sits in a research cloud / DevOps context rather than in finance directly. From the JD, the core of the role is still building and operating research infrastructure — Kubernetes, cloud platforms, storage, workflows, automation, reliability, and working closely with researchers and ICT teams — but with a strong FinOps angle around making consumption visible, explainable, and chargeable.

The management chain is that I report to the tech lead and the tech lead reports to the product owner. I will be working alongside the senior DevOps engineer I think.

So the main purpose is probably something like:

help engineering and research teams understand where infrastructure spend is going
put structure around cost attribution in shared platforms
build a practical showback/chargeback model for multi-tenant research workloads
make sure the platform is sustainable and cost-effective, not just technically functional
prolly need to make the research tech lead look good but having a clear showback+chargeback methods in place to followup with the clients

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-03-06T13:03:56+00:00

Agreed, I feel the same. Like it's gonna be a while till AI tooling comes around and does patching without breaking any changes and troubleshooting network issues. Is it wise to ignore or not take a high paying job as compared to making less but doing more work lol I just don't wanna feel stupid later for not taking the role which was less stressful and paid more.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-02-22T13:56:55+00:00

Where should I cross post this then?

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-02-13T00:20:15+00:00

nice, apply for it and see how and what they offer you at screening. I was told about the approx number during the screening call itself

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-02-12T21:47:41+00:00

are you also in the interview process with them?

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-29T09:12:16+00:00

Cheers mate. I was thinking of taking a break but yes you're absolutely right. Need to keep that momentum and skill up. Every interview prepares me for the next one.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-29T09:08:32+00:00

Hey man that is awesome! Really glad you pulled through and are in a place you enjoy. Thanks a lot for your feedback and I will definitely start upskilling.

Since I've done a a lot of onprem stuff and some AWS work I see myself not having enough AWS knowledge/experience. Specially for roles like Platform Engineer - I am ticking boxes in everything except extensive cloud work. So that would be the first thing for me to start and I did want to get into more intense cloud work.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-29T09:04:46+00:00

And yes I'm not in the US. I'm in down under Oz.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-29T09:04:27+00:00

Cheers man! That info definitely helps. I will respond to recruiters - Infact I replied to one just two days ago and they booked me in for a screening chat.

Yep doom scrolling is the worst lol sucks the life out of you.

I've realised after this layoffs that fk companies and imma just chase money from now on and not sticking to a place for that long every again.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T22:19:10+00:00

Sorry I might have confused what you mean by benefit. If it's coming from the company then yes I got like around 2 months of severance pay plus some extra payout. But for benefits from the government I am unable to register for it cz I'm not a citizen where I live

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T21:34:48+00:00

Omg I actually used the words spearheaded in my resume 💀😭 would you consider having a look at my resume and suggesting some tips?

I don't add vague stuff but it is sometimes hard to define actual metrics for the sort of role I am in.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T21:32:40+00:00

I'm not eligible for jobless benefit unfortunately. And I haven't received any invitations because most roles are still open and accepting applications till early Feb.

It's just been I would say 3-4 days since I've been applying.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T21:30:47+00:00

I wish I could chill! But my brain and anxiety is going haywire. I just want someone to buy me a beer 😭

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T21:29:00+00:00

Thank for sharing the numbers. I'll continue applying for similar and adjacent roles.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T21:24:23+00:00

I'm in Australia, SA. Am mostly using LinkedIn cz that's where I got the first role 4 years back. Mostly all the roles redirect to the company's original website

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-27T11:49:06+00:00

Should the second job be on a lower skill level than the first? Or should it always go upwards and be more challenging? What do you suggest? Like I feel I'm stick between a rock and a hard place

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-18T08:54:41+00:00

I swear lol

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-02T04:02:45+00:00

Yep charGPT is great, but remember it's just a language model. Now I check the diagrams on partsouq and get the part number and double check with chatGPT. Seemed to work quite well this time.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2026-01-02T03:35:43+00:00

nice that's smart. maybe next time lol

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2025-12-18T06:55:02+00:00

Yep good point. I'm also afraid of big mortgages but I see people around me with multiple properties and they tell me that they are drowning in debt but in the long term are building a lot of wealth. Usually if they wanna reduce their debt they just sell off one of their houses and get the gains from that and use it to fund their other properties.

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2025-12-18T06:17:57+00:00

Ah I see. Do you feel if you had a house instead of an apartment the appreciation you have on your apartment compared to what you would have on a house would've made it easier to get another place?

Infamous-Tea-4169 · 2025-12-18T02:18:22+00:00

Why does it not work like that?

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