Senior IT Programmer Analyst - Cloud DevOps

NextEra Energy; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy is seeking a Senior IT Programmer Analyst: Cloud DevOps to lead cloud data infrastructure across AWS and GCP. You will drive engineering, automation, and governance of data services powering analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise data products at NextEra scale.

In this senior role you will implement infrastructure automation via GitHub Actions and Terraform, enforce data access governance, and champion FinOps practices across cloud data spend, while serving as Tier 3 escalation for data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Platform Engineering/DevOps.
• Solid hands-on with AWS and/or GCP, producing production-grade cloud infra and data services.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, test, debug, deploy, and maintain systems.
• Automate code handoffs from development to operations (DevOps).
• Contribute to change management and service ticket processes to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Lead projects and provide efficient, scalable solutions across cloud platforms.
• Define metrics and monitor SLAs for deployed systems.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and policy standards.

Skills

Python

Shell

Platform engineering

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Databricks

AWS

GCP

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

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Senior IT Programmer Analyst - Cloud DevOps

Date: Oct 14, 2026

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 98001

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

We are seeking a Senior IT Programmer Analyst: Cloud DevOps to join our Enterprise Data Office. In this senior role, you will lead the engineering, automation, and governance of cloud data infrastructure across AWS and GCP — enabling scalable, secure, and well-governed data services that power analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise data products at NextEra scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and operate cloud data services across AWS and GCP, including managed data platforms, storage layers, compute, and networking with a data-first lens
• Practice Databricks platform engineering — workspace provisioning, Unity Catalog governance, cluster lifecycle management, workflow orchestration, and feature operationalization (including AI/BI capabilities)
• Engineer and maintain AWS data services (Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, MSK, DMS, Lake Formation) and GCP data services (BigQuery, Cloud Storage) with emphasis on reliability, security, resiliency and cost efficiency
• Implement infrastructure automation for data platform provisioning using GitHubActions, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines — reducing manual toil and enabling self-service for business units
• Implement and enforce data access governance across platforms, including IAM policies, Unity Catalog permissions, Lake Formation controls, and project-based authorization models
• Champion FinOps practices — tagging compliance, chargeback, cost anomaly detection, and budget governance across cloud data spend
• Serve as Tier 3 escalation for data platform incidents, ensuring SLA adherence and operational continuity

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Cloud Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or related disciplines, with meaningful experience supporting enterprise data platforms
• Solid hands-on expertise with AWS and/or GCP, with experience building and operating production-grade cloud infrastructure and data services
• Databricks platform engineering experience, including workspace administration, Unity Catalog, compute, security, governance, and platform automation
• Familiarity with cloud data technologies such as S3, Redshift, Glue, Lake Formation, MSK, DMS, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, or Cloud Composer
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD, including Terraform and GitHub Actions or equivalent technologies
• Working knowledge of cloud networking and security, including IAM, VPC networking, private connectivity, DNS, encryption, secrets management, and service identities
• Experience implementing data governance and access-control frameworks across enterprise or multi-cloud environments
• Proficiency in Python, Shell, or similar languages for platform engineering and automation
• Experience with platform observability, incident management, resiliency, and production operational practices
• Familiarity with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms in the context of automated provisioning and operational workflows
• Ability to work with technical workstreams, contribute to architecture decisions, and communicate effectively with both technical teams and stakeholders
• A positive attitude, strong collaborative spirit, and agentic/automation-first mindset.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyzes, designs, develops, tests, debugs, implements, maintains, integrates, customizes and enhances existing or new systems
• Applies appropriate Agile or development methodologies, system development lifecycles, tools, and technology
• Automates the handoff of code releases from development to operations (DevOps)
• Participates in the change management and service ticket management processes, including receiving, resolution monitoring and ensuring customer satisfaction
• Leads projects when needed and builds strong working understanding of the solution being delivered
• Ensures user satisfaction by providing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and timely resolution of more complex problems
• Designs, develops and tests experimental application work to test new ideas with bounded cost and time frames
• Ensures that applications processes are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, security, compliance, environmental, and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation
• Acts as liaison with regulatory agencies, vendors, and contractors on matters relating to computer systems as required
• Defines metrics and monitors Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for systems being developed
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 4+ years

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Information Technology
Organization: Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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