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Position:  Data Analyst (Ref: 18295)

Location:  Mechanicsville, VA USA, 23116

Salary:  $47.26/hr.

Duration:  1 Years 2 Months 4 Days - Contract

Openings:  1

Deadline:  05/04/2026

Description:

***Local Candidates
***Hybrid

We are seeking a Data Analyst who will be pivotal in analyzing, modeling, and forecasting financial data related to Azure cloud services and on-premises data center workloads. The ideal candidate combines financial acumen with strong data analytics skills to support strategic decision-making and cost optimization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:
• Analyze and interpret IT financial data across Azure and environments, including consumption, billing, and chargeback models.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to visualize cost trends, server migration impacts, and workload optimization opportunities.
• Perform variance analysis on monthly and annual IT spend, identifying anomalies and opportunities for savings.
• Manually maintain and enhance datasets from Apptio, Azure Portal, and SharePoint sources to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Document processes and procedures for financial reporting and analysis
• Collaborate with the technical cloud team, I&O team and finance stakeholders to align cost models with operational realities.
• Supporting Azure migration planning by modeling server cost scenarios and forecasting reserve capacity needs.
• Contribute to FinOps strategy development by providing insights on cost drivers and utilization patterns.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field.
• Advanced level of proficiency in Power BI, including Power Query and DAX, Excel (advanced), and data visualization best practices.
• Some data modeling and data manipulation skills to maintain data sets from multiple, heterogenous sources
• High familiarity with Azure cost management, Apptio, and cloud billing structures.
• Understanding of server migration strategies and workload cost modeling.
• Ability to translate technical data into insights for technical teams and managers
• FinOps certification or training.
• Experience with Azure Reserved Instances and Just-In-Time (JIT) capacity planning.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture and strategic IT planning frameworks.

 

Required / Desired Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field. Required - 4 Years
  • Advanced level of proficiency in Power BI, including Power Query and DAX, Excel (advanced), and data visualization best practices. Required - 5 Years
  • Some data modeling and data manipulation skills to maintain data sets from multiple, heterogenous sources Required - 5 Years
  • High familiarity with Azure cost management, Apptio, and cloud billing structures. Required - 5 Years
  • Understanding of server migration strategies and workload cost modeling. Required - 5 Years
  • Ability to translate technical data into insights for technical teams and managers Required - 5 Years