Senior IT Programmer Analyst - Cloud DevOps

NextEra Energy • Plantation, FL

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About The Position

Florida Power & Light Company is seeking a Senior IT Programmer Analyst: Cloud DevOps to join its Enterprise Data Office. In this senior role, the employee will lead the engineering, automation, and governance of cloud data infrastructure across AWS and GCP. The work enables scalable, secure, and well-governed data services that support analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise data products.

The role includes operating cloud data services and Databricks platforms, engineering AWS and GCP data services, automating infrastructure provisioning, enforcing access governance, managing cloud costs, and providing Tier 3 incident escalation.

Nice To Haves

• At least 4 years of experience in cloud platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or a related discipline, with meaningful experience supporting enterprise data platforms.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS and/or GCP, including 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 in 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 for automated provisioning and operational workflows.
• Ability to work across technical workstreams, contribute to architecture decisions, and communicate effectively with technical teams and stakeholders.
• Positive attitude, strong collaborative spirit, and an agentic, automation-first mindset.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operate cloud data services across AWS and GCP, including managed data platforms, storage, compute, and networking.
• Engineer the Databricks platform, including workspace provisioning, Unity Catalog governance, cluster lifecycle management, workflow orchestration, and feature operationalization, including AI/BI capabilities.
• Engineer and maintain AWS data services including Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, MSK, DMS, and Lake Formation, as well as GCP services including BigQuery and Cloud Storage, emphasizing reliability, security, resiliency, and cost efficiency.
• Automate data platform provisioning using GitHub Actions, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines to reduce manual work and enable business-unit self-service.
• Implement and enforce data access governance across platforms, including IAM policies, Unity Catalog permissions, Lake Formation controls, and project-based authorization models.
• Promote FinOps practices, including tagging compliance, chargeback, cost anomaly detection, and budget governance for cloud data spending.
• Provide Tier 3 escalation for data platform incidents and ensure SLA adherence and operational continuity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed