Finance professional going into FinOps
I am a financial analyst in the uk. Total work experience more than a decade in Asia and the UK. Based on my reading I have come to know that FinOps people do not have expertise in both worlds (as they should I think). I have finance qualifications and experience but I dont have the cloud side and for that I have already done AWS Cloud Practitioner. Currently I am doing AWS Solutions Architect Associate. Next stop will be FinOps Certified Practitioner and FinOps Focus Analyst. This is my phase 1. After completing phase 1 I plan to go get my hands dirty. Get a temp role or an entry level job. Then after a while I plan to do phase 2 of certifications like Kubernetes Admin, Terrform, AWS Solutions Pro etc. Intention is to become an expert with experience in the cloud infrastructure world and I already have the finance side I believe. Am I heading in the right direction? My goal is to be able to understand any cloud infra fully as I believe without that you cannot do any cloud financial management. Please drop your advice and let me know if I need a reality check or calibration.