FinOps automation across seven environments Automated scheduling and rightsizing that took roughly $280k a year out of the cloud bill.

Who it was for: A large regional bank running seven cloud environments.

The problem. Seven environments, most of them idle outside working hours, and no visibility into which team was spending what. Cost conversations were happening after the invoice rather than before.

What I did. Established a cost baseline per environment, then automated resource scheduling so non-production stopped paying for nights and weekends. Rightsized the workloads that were provisioned for peaks that never came. Built daily and weekly cost reporting so stakeholders could see the trend without asking for it.

The result. Around $280k of annual run-rate removed, with ongoing reporting that keeps the saving from creeping back.