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