Data Analyst (FinOps)

Trilogy Federal seeks an experienced Data Analyst specializing in Financial Operations (FinOps) to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Summit Advanced Tooling, Lakehouse, and Artificial Intelligence Services (Summit ATLAS) program. The Data Analyst (FinOps) will analyze cloud consumption, operating costs, and resource utilization to help VA stakeholders understand expenditures, identify optimization opportunities, and make informed decisions about platform investments. This position will support financial transparency and cost accountability across the Summit Data Platform by developing cost analyses, forecasts, dashboards, and recommendations that improve resource efficiency while maintaining operational performance and service quality. Please note, this position is contingent upon award (anticipated early 2027). This role will also require 1-2 domestic business trips per year. Primary Responsibilities: • Analyze Microsoft Azure cloud consumption, spending patterns, and resource utilization across Summit platform services, applications, and customer workloads. • Develop and maintain financial dashboards, cost reports, and performance indicators that provide visibility into cloud expenditures, usage trends, and cost drivers. • Monitor cloud budgets, spending thresholds, and consumption trends to identify potential overruns, anomalies, and emerging financial risks. • Develop cost forecasts and budget projections using historical consumption, workload trends, and anticipated platform demand. • Identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary cloud spending through resource rightsizing, workload scheduling, storage optimization, and other cost management practices. • Collaborate with cloud engineers, platform administrators, and technical teams to evaluate the financial and operational impact of proposed optimization measures. • Analyze resource tagging, cost allocation, and consumption data to support accurate attribution of cloud expenses to services, environments, and customer workloads. • Support implementation of Government-approved FinOps practices, including cost accountability, financial transparency, and continuous optimization. • Evaluate the cost implications of new platform capabilities, infrastructure changes, and customer onboarding activities. • Investigate unexpected spending increases and usage anomalies, documenting root causes and recommended corrective actions. • Develop and maintain financial analysis models, reporting procedures, and supporting documentation to ensure consistent and repeatable cost assessments. • Prepare cost analysis summaries, financial performance reports, and recommendations for VA stakeholders to support resource planning and management decisions. Minimum Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Information Technology, Data Analytics, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. • Four or more years of professional experience in financial analysis, cloud cost management, business analytics, or a related discipline. • Experience analyzing cloud infrastructure costs, technology expenditures, or enterprise information technology resource consumption. • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power BI or comparable analytical and reporting tools. • Experience developing financial dashboards, cost models, forecasts, and variance analyses. • Proficiency in Structured Query Language (SQL) or comparable data querying and analysis techniques. • Familiarity with Microsoft Azure Cost Management, cloud billing structures, and resource consumption reporting. • Experience analyzing operational metrics, identifying spending trends, and developing actionable cost optimization recommendations. • Ability to translate technical consumption data into clear financial findings for business and technical stakeholders. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills. • Ability to meet VA personnel vetting, background investigation, and system access requirements. • The ability to travel for 1-2 domestic business trips per year. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience supporting VA or other federal agency cloud financial management or modernization initiatives. • Hands-on experience using Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Azure Advisor, or comparable cloud cost optimization tools. • Experience implementing cloud resource tagging strategies, cost allocation models, or showback and chargeback reporting. • Knowledge of FinOps Foundation principles and practices, including cloud financial accountability and unit cost analysis. • Experience analyzing costs associated with Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, or other cloud-based data processing platforms. • Experience evaluating cloud pricing models, reserved capacity, savings plans, and workload optimization strategies. • Experience supporting cloud budget planning, financial governance, and executive-level cost reporting in large enterprise environments. • FinOps Certified Practitioner or comparable cloud financial management certification. Benefits (including but not limited to): • Health, dental, and vision plans • Optional FSA • Paid parental leave • Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer contributions 100% vested from day 1 • Paid time off and 11 paid holidays • No cost group term life/AD&D plan, and optional supplemental coverage • Pet insurance • Monthly phone and internet stipend • Tuition and training reimbursement $75,000 - $90,000 a year This range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as Trilogy Federal conducts an individual equity review for every candidate based on experience, location, education, industry experience, and comparisons to internal pay bands. In addition to salary, Trilogy offers robust benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance coverage, 401(k) match, paid holidays, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and a very supportive work/life balance. 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