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The Data Analyst will analyze cloud consumption, operating costs, and resource utilization to provide financial transparency and cost accountability for the VA Summit ATLAS program. Responsibilities include developing financial dashboards, cost forecasts, and actionable recommendations to optimize cloud spending and platform performance.
Trilogy Federal drives innovative solutions for complex business challenges across financial management, healthcare, and government industries. Our collaborative, client-first service approach, combined with our commitment to the rapid implementation of pragmatic solutions, has earned Trilogy an unparalleled reputation for delivering transformative results.
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.
\nAnalyze 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.
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.
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.
To cut down on falsified applications and to avoid subjecting real candidates to screening by AI assistants, phone interviews at Trilogy require either a landline or a cellphone number backed by a physical SIM. We cannot conduct interviews with candidates who provide VOIP contact numbers (including Google Voice).
Trilogy Federal is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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