About the job
Contract Details
- Role: Data Analyst III
- Location: Hybrid schedule in Mechanicsville, VA 23116
- Contract Type: 1099
- Hourly Rate: $33-$53/hr
- Duration: 05/08/2026 to 06/30/2026
- Requisition ID: 799862
Role overview
This short-term contract focuses on financial analysis within a complex IT environment. The Data Analyst III will examine costs related to cloud and data center services, helping drive financial transparency and informed decision-making. The work supports cost optimization and strategic planning for enterprise systems.
Main responsibilities
- Analyze IT financial data from Azure and VITA, focusing on consumption, billing, and chargeback processes.
- Design and maintain Power BI dashboards and reports to monitor cost trends, migration impacts, and identify optimization opportunities.
- Conduct variance analysis on monthly and annual IT spending to spot anomalies and potential savings.
- Update and refine datasets from sources such as Apptio, Azure Portal, and SharePoint.
- Validate and ensure completeness of data from multiple sources.
- Document financial reporting workflows and analysis methods.
- Build and enhance data models to support forecasting and financial planning.
- Partner with cloud engineering, infrastructure, operations, and finance teams to align cost models with actual operations.
- Support Azure migration planning through cost modeling and capacity forecasting.
- Advance FinOps strategy by highlighting cost drivers and usage patterns.
