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Mangesh Powar

Cloud Engineer FinOps
Pune

Summary

Dynamic Cloud Engineer and FinOps Specialist with extensive experience in cloud cost optimization, architecture, and automation. Achieved 35% annual savings through strategic financial management and optimization initiatives. Skilled in leveraging Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, driving cloud governance, and enhancing operational efficiency across AWS. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to align cloud strategy with business objectives.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Cloud Engineer/FinOps

Capgemini Technology Services.
Pune
04.2025 - Current
  • Monitor and analyze AWS cost and usage across multiple accounts using AWS Cost Explorer, CUR (Cost & Usage Report), and CloudWatch.
  • Identify underutilized resources (EC2, EBS, RDS, Load Balancers, etc.) and recommend rightsizing, scheduling, or termination.
  • Drive storage optimization by transitioning data to cost-efficient classes (S3 IA, Glacier, etc.).
  • Implement and manage Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans strategies for predictable workloads.
  • Ensure efficient use of Spot Instances for non-critical workloads.
  • Partner with application, DevOps, and business teams to align cloud spend with budgets.
  • Implement cost allocation tagging strategies (business unit, environment, project, application).
  • Build chargeback/showback reports for stakeholders to track and justify spend.
  • Establish budgets and alerts in AWS Budgets and Service Catalog to prevent overspend.
  • Build and maintain FinOps dashboards in AWS Cost Explorer.
  • Deliver weekly/monthly cost optimization reports to leadership and business teams.
  • Work closely with Cloud Architects, DevOps Engineers, and Finance teams to implement FinOps best practices.
  • Contribute to FinOps maturity model adoption (Inform → Optimize → Operate).
  • Validate compliance with Capgemini internal FinOps framework and governance models.
  • Hands-on AWS cost optimization techniques (RIs, SPs, tagging, scheduling, rightsizing).
  • How you worked with cross-functional teams (Finance, Engineering, Business).

Cloud Engineer / FinOps Specialist

Tata Consultancy Services
Pune
08.2024 - 01.2025
  • Right-sized 25+ EC2 instances using Compute Optimizer and CloudWatch, saving ~$30K/year.
  • Implemented auto-stop Lambda jobs for dev EC2s, reducing monthly compute costs by 20%.
  • Removed idle NAT Gateways and Elastic IPs, saving monthly in VPC costs.
  • Downsized staging RDS instances using Performance Insights and scheduled auto-stop during off-hours.
  • Used S3 lifecycle policies to transition data to Glacier Deep Archive, cutting storage costs by 40%.
  • Created QuickSight dashboards integrating CUR, RI/SP utilization, and tag compliance metrics.
  • Automated anomaly detection alerts using AWS Budgets + SNS to catch high-spend patterns early.
  • Collaborated with engineering and finance for cost reviews, tagging enforcement, and budget alignment.

Cloud Engineer / FinOps

Tech Mahindra
Pune
12.2020 - 03.2024
  • Managed AWS Auto Scaling Groups and Spot Instance strategies to optimize compute spend.
  • Contributed to monthly FinOps reviews with recommendations for RI and Savings Plan purchases.
  • Built SOPs for cost optimization playbooks including idle resource cleanup and tag governance.
  • Coordinated anomaly tracking and cleanup actions with the engineering team.
  • Build chargeback/showback reports for stakeholders to track and justify spend.
  • Deliver weekly/monthly cost optimization reports to leadership and business teams.
  • Report cost anomalies and work with teams to resolve them quickly.
  • Implement cost allocation tagging strategies (business unit, environment, project, application).

Cloud Engineer (L1 Support)

Key Resourcing
Pune
01.2020 - 09.2020
  • Provided Level 1 support for AWS cloud environments.
  • Monitored infrastructure using CloudWatch Monitor; raised alerts for critical issues.
  • Logged and tracked incidents via Service Now, ensuring SLA compliance.
  • Performed basic user and permission tasks using IAM roles and policies.
  • Escalated unresolved incidents to L2/L3 support after initial triage.
  • Assisted in EC2 instance reboots, volume detachment, and snapshot verification.
  • Maintained logs and documentation for incident handling and resolution.
  • Coordinated with on-call engineers and followed ITIL processes.

Cloud Engineer (L1 Support)

Wipro Limited
Pune
07.2016 - 10.2019
  • Provided L1 cloud support; handled EC2 monitoring, IAM troubleshooting, and basic issue triage.
  • Maintained SLA compliance across high-volume ticket queues and escalations.
  • Escalated unresolved issues to L2/L3 support with detailed logs and steps taken.
  • Monitored EC2 instance health using CloudWatch Monitor.
  • Supported user provisioning and access control through IAM.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Graduate in Commerce

Shivaji University
Kolhapur
01.2015

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, Lambda)

  • FinOps Tools: AWS Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Budgets, Apptio Cloudability, QuickSight, AWS CUR

  • Cost Optimization: Rightsizing, Tagging, RI/SP Strategy, Cost Allocation, Anomaly Detection

  • Scripting/Automation: AWS CLI, Lambda, EventBridge, Python basics

Dashboards: AWS QuickSight, Excel-based reporting

  • Frameworks: AWS Well-Architected, FinOps Framework, CI/CD Basics, ITIL

Websites

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Timeline

Cloud Engineer/FinOps

Capgemini Technology Services.
04.2025 - Current

Cloud Engineer / FinOps Specialist

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2024 - 01.2025

Cloud Engineer / FinOps

Tech Mahindra
12.2020 - 03.2024

Cloud Engineer (L1 Support)

Key Resourcing
01.2020 - 09.2020

Cloud Engineer (L1 Support)

Wipro Limited
07.2016 - 10.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Graduate in Commerce

Shivaji University

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