VDOT – Data Analyst 3

Job Description

This role is 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 VITA 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.

– Support 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.

Required Skills & 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

Preferred Qualifications:
– 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.