Data Analyst (IT infrastructure)

Data Analyst (IT infrastructure)

Posted 1 week ago by eTeam Workforce Limited

£393 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Sheffield (Hybrid), UK

Summary: The Data Analyst (IT infrastructure) role is focused on providing insights and support for cost management and optimization within IT infrastructure, specifically in a hybrid work environment. The position requires collaboration with various teams to implement FinOps strategies and track cost reduction opportunities. The role is based in Sheffield and mandates three days in the office. The contract is set to last until November 28, 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Propose On-Prem FinOps tactics to highlight rightsizing and cost reduction opportunities across CTO technology services.
  • Track benefits achieved through rightsizing, including direct cost impacts and reduced datacentre space.
  • Design and deliver initiatives within the On-Prem FinOps team for specific ideas and tactics.
  • Gather functional and business requirements and translate that information into operational and financial models, dashboards, and management reports.
  • Collaborate with ITID Business Managers on IT Total Cost of Ownership and cost transparency initiatives.

Key Skills:

  • Two or more years working within or leading FinOps teams.
  • Experience with on-prem FinOps techniques such as software license optimisation and hardware decommissioning.
  • Ability to work efficiently with multiple levels of management and staff.
  • Experience in a Technology organisation that recharges costs through to consumer organisations.
  • Knowledge of IT services and financial management processes.
  • Strong organizational skills and team player in an international team.
  • Good knowledge of English (written and spoken).
  • Skills in data transformation using MS Excel or Access.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills to executive management audiences.

Salary: £393 daily

City: Sheffield

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.

Role Title: Data Analyst (IT infrastructure)
Location: Sheffield S1 4NB (Hybrid 60% office/40% home - 3 days in the office is mandatory)
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: Until 28/11/2025

Overview:

  • We are a global function of over 500 people, and part of the wider IT COO organisation. We serve all of client and its customers.
  • We work in partnership with the Chief Technology Office to proactively provide insights regarding rightsizing opportunities across On-Premise Datacentre and End User technologies, thus allowing internal customers to reduce their utilisation and spend on technology infrastructure.

Requirements:

  • Two or more years working within or leading FinOps teams, covering either Public Cloud, hybrid or on-Prem cost management and cost optimisation.
  • Experience with at least one of the following on-prem FinOps techniques: software license optimisation, hardware decommissioning, storage optimisation, application decommissioning, on-prem compute optimisation.
  • Ability to work efficiently and effectively with multiple levels of management and staff across the organization
  • Experience and understanding of working in a Technology organisation that recharges its costs through to consumer organisations (known as Technology Business Management or TBM).
  • Experience of working in IT infrastructure domains including data centres, network/communications, server utilization, virtual environments, storage, and application development
  • Knowledge of IT services and financial management processes and best practices such as budgeting, cost allocations, capital & operating expense handling, program portfolio management, and application/infrastructure support
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Team player in an international team
  • Good knowledge of English (written and spoken)
  • Good skills in data transformation using MS Excel or Access
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills to executive management audiences

We can categorize the services in the following key areas:

  • Proposing On-Prem FinOps tactics to highlight rightsizing and cost reduction opportunities across CTO technology services (eg Servers, storage, database, Mainframe, PC's, licences)
  • Tracking benefits achieved through rightsizing, including direct cost impacts, reduced datacentre space, power and carbon and re-use.
  • Designing and delivering initiatives within the On-Prem FinOps team for specific ideas and tactics
  • Gathering of functional and business requirements and rapidly translate that information into a working set of operational and financial models, dashboards, and management reports.
  • Collaborate with ITID Business Managers on IT Total Cost of Ownership, financial metrics, and cost transparency initiatives.

Nice to have:

  • Strong ITIL or Service Management background
  • ApptioOne, PowerApps, PowerBI
  • Knowledge and application of relational database concepts
  • Experience of large global organisations, ideally banking
  • Good with data analytics and data mining.

If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.