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Most FinOps engineers move in from cloud infrastructure or DevOps roles after picking up cost-management tooling and the FinOps Certified Practitioner credential, since the role leans on cloud architecture fluency as much as financial analysis.
No, most successful candidates come from engineering backgrounds and pick up budgeting and forecasting skills on the job; a pure finance background without cloud infrastructure experience is uncommon in these roles.