Technical Foundations of FinOps on Google Cloud

Master your cloud spend with hands-on FinOps training

Discover how to gain full financial visibility and control over your cloud usage in this free, instructor-led session. Learn to identify cost inefficiencies, optimize your resources, and build a sustainable FinOps practice on Google Cloud.

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130

Days

18

Hours

37

Minutes

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Date

Dec 9 2025

Time

3 PM – 7 PM (CEST)

Location

Online – Zoom

Language

English

Speaker

Martijn van der Grift

Unlock the power of FinOps to take control of your cloud spend

Cloud Financial Management is becoming an essential skill for every cloud professional. In this two-day technical training, you’ll dive into the principles of FinOps and how it bridges the gap between technology and finance in the cloud. Through hands-on labs, expert instruction, and real-world use cases, you’ll gain the skills to turn financial chaos into clarity. Whether you’re working with GKE, BigQuery, Vertex AI, or Cloud SQL — this session will show you how to manage and optimize cloud costs like a pro.

Why attend?

Understand where your money goes and make your cloud budget work smarter. This session will equip you with the tools and frameworks needed to optimize cloud costs without slowing down innovation.

Key Takeaways

  1. Learn the core concepts of FinOps and how to apply them on Google Cloud
  2. Use BigQuery and Looker Studio to gain insights into your billing data
  3. Discover how to manage and optimize costs in GKE, Cloud SQL, Vertex AI, and more
  4. Explore hands-on labs for tagging, budget alerts, and automation using IaC
  5. Build a roadmap to implement FinOps in your organization

Program

This course includes 10 modules and 13 labs, covering everything from billing data and budgets to automation and team enablement.

Modules

  • Foundations of FinOps on Google Cloud
  • Exploring and Understanding Billing Data
  • Compute, GKE, and BigQuery Cost Management
  • Cloud Storage and Database Optimization
  • Cost Control for Machine Learning and Vertex AI
  • Automating Budget Alerts with Pub/Sub
  • Building a FinOps Practice

For Whom Is It?

This training is designed for cloud architects, engineers, and technical professionals who want to master financial governance and cost control in the cloud.

What Will You Learn?

Take control of your cloud costs

Learn how to gain visibility into your spending and optimize costs without compromising performance.

Apply FinOps best practices

Discover proven strategies for cost management using tagging, budget alerts, and data insights with Looker Studio and BigQuery.

Automate and govern at scale

Leverage APIs and external tools to enhance GitHub Copilot’s capabilities.

Reserve your spot

Spots are limited — join us for this free training and take the next step toward becoming a FinOps expert.