## About the Role

ICF is seeking a Senior FinOps Analyst to support the Summit program, with a focus on cloud financial management for a large federal agency’s enterprise data and analytics platform. The role exists to make cloud cost, utilization, and performance visible and actionable across platform, data, AI/ML, and customer-facing workstreams.

You will work closely with Product Operations, engineering, data, and technical leads to help teams understand the cost impact of architecture and workload decisions. The position supports ongoing migration of legacy workloads, platform growth, and broader adoption of modern data and AI capabilities across the enterprise.

This is a remote role, with a strong preference for candidates in the Washington DC Metro Area. Occasional onsite meetings in Washington, DC are required.

## Key Responsibilities

– Develop and maintain FinOps dashboards and executive reporting covering cloud spend, utilization, trends, and performance.
– Analyze cloud consumption to identify cost optimization, rightsizing, and efficiency opportunities.
– Build cloud cost forecasts and compare actual spend against projected usage and demand.
– Assess cost-performance tradeoffs tied to architecture, platform, data, and AI/ML decisions.
– Analyze Azure and Databricks consumption patterns to identify trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
– Partner with Product Operations and technical leads to surface the cost impact of planned work before priorities and investments are finalized.
– Track and document savings, efficiency gains, and optimization outcomes after implementation.
– Translate complex cloud cost and utilization data into actionable recommendations for technical teams and leadership.
– Define metrics and reporting that improve accountability and visibility into cloud consumption.
– Support FinOps practices related to cost allocation, forecasting, optimization, and cloud financial governance.
– Investigate unusual spending or utilization patterns and work with technical teams to identify root causes and corrective actions.

## Required Skills

– U.S. citizenship.
– Current authorization to work in the U.S., with all work performed in the U.S.
– Residence in the U.S. and at least three full years lived in the U.S. during the last five years.
– Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Data Governance, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Library/Information Science, or a related field; or a high school diploma plus four additional years of relevant experience.
– At least 6 years of relevant experience aligned to dashboard, reporting, and analytics responsibilities.
– Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
– Excellent written and verbal communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
– Strong organization, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
– Collaborative working style with a commitment to quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

## Preferred Skills

– Experience with FinOps, cloud financial management, forecasting, and cost optimization in Azure environments.
– Experience analyzing and optimizing Databricks compute, workload utilization, and cost-performance.
– Experience supporting enterprise data platforms, analytics, and AI/ML workloads in cloud environments.
– Experience developing FinOps dashboards, cost/utilization trends, and executive reporting using Power BI or similar tools.
– Ability to translate cloud consumption and technical usage into rightsizing, optimization, and cost-performance recommendations for technical and business stakeholders.
– Familiarity with Azure cost management, monitoring, tagging, budgeting, and cloud governance practices.
– Master’s degree, which may substitute for two years of relevant experience.

## Cloud Platforms & Technologies

### Cloud Providers
– Azure

### FinOps Platforms
– Azure cost management
– Databricks

### Data & Analytics
– Data platforms
– Analytics
– AI/ML workloads

### Reporting & BI
– Power BI

### Collaboration Tools
– Product Operations

## FinOps Responsibilities

– Build dashboards and executive reporting for cloud spend, utilization, trends, and performance.
– Identify cost optimization, rightsizing, and efficiency opportunities.
– Develop forecasts and compare actual spend with projected usage and demand.
– Evaluate cost-performance tradeoffs across architecture, platform, data, and AI/ML decisions.
– Analyze Azure and Databricks spend patterns for trends, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
– Make the cost impact of planned work visible before priorities and investments are committed.
– Track and report cost savings and efficiency improvements after implementation.
– Support cost allocation, forecasting, optimization, and cloud financial governance.
– Investigate unusual spend or utilization patterns and help identify corrective actions.

## Benefits

– Full-time salary range: $74,090.00 – $125,954.00.
– Remote work arrangement, with occasional onsite meetings in Washington, DC.

## Useful Links

– LinkedIn / Application: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4484553581

## Why You Might Be Interested

This role offers the opportunity to apply FinOps expertise in support of a large federal data and analytics platform with cloud, AI/ML, and enterprise-scale usage patterns. It combines hands-on analysis with direct collaboration across product and technical teams, making the financial impact of cloud decisions clearer and more actionable. The position is well suited to someone who enjoys building reporting, identifying optimization opportunities, and supporting governance in a complex cloud environment.