Alex Cui
@alexcui
FinOps professional/alibaba cloud/Cloud operation and maintenance expert
What I'm looking for
At Botanee Group, I lead public-cloud infrastructure planning, operations, and FinOps governance across 20+ business projects. I reduced annual cloud spend from approximately RMB 18 million to RMB 11 million and delivered RMB 6.824 million in cumulative realized savings.
Previously, at Shanghai Azula Network Technology Co., Ltd., I led a migration of 120 servers and TB-scale databases from Tencent Cloud to AWS with near-zero user disruption. I’m open to remote opportunities in FinOps, cloud financial management, cloud cost optimization, and cloud governance.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead public-cloud infrastructure planning, operations, and FinOps governance for 20+ business projects, 1,000+ cloud resources, and annual cloud spend above RMB 10 million; coordinate a seven-person operations team.
• Own budgeting, project and shared-cost allocation, usage analysis, rightsizing, pricing-model optimization, multi-account governance, and vendor coordination.
• Reduced annual cloud
Cloud Operations Supervisor
Jun 2019 - Jul 2023 (4 years 1 month)
Managed global mobile gaming infrastructure across Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, AWS, and Google Cloud.
• Defined standards for cloud architecture, networking, security, disaster recovery, vendor management, and infrastructure procurement.
• Reduced server costs by approximately 50% through configuration changes, architecture optimization, and supplier negotiations.
• Led a Tencent Cloud-to-AWS mi
• Monitored hosts, networks, and databases using Zabbix, Prometheus, and Kibana; triaged alerts and coordinated incident resolution.
• Supported cloud inspections, application releases, and configuration maintenance.
• Built operating procedures, incident case libraries, and runbooks while continuously improving monitoring and response workflows.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Donghua University
Master of Engineering - MEng, MEM
2025 - 2028
Grade: A
Activities and societies: Cloud Cost Optimization Saa S Entrepreneurship Practice for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Research direction: Research on construction and optimization methods of enterprise-level cloud cost governance system based on Fin Ops
Huazhong Agricultural University
Bachelor, Information Management and Information Systems
2013 - 2017
Grade: B
Activities and societies: null
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