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NextEra Energy

Runs a Florida utility and builds wind and solar farms

IT Technology Manager

Engineering LeadershipPosted on Oct 9
Full-timeJuno Beach, FL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required.
  • At least 8 years of experience is required.
  • At least 2 years of supervisor or management experience is required.
  • Strong background in data engineering, software engineering, data architecture, or related technical disciplines.
  • Experience leading engineers and/or Technical Leads responsible for complex enterprise data solutions.
  • Experience with Databricks, Redshift, or comparable modern cloud data platforms.
  • Experience designing scalable data pipelines, data products, and modern data architectures.
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
  • Experience with software engineering, DevOps, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), automation, and modern development practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to translate complex business problems into pragmatic technical solutions.
  • Experience building internal engineering capabilities and balancing employees, contractors, and strategic partners.
  • Ability to operate across Product Management, Data Science, Engineering, Architecture, and Platform organizations.
  • Strong technical curiosity and ability to evaluate and introduce emerging technologies and development approaches.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, technical direction, and day-to-day management for Technical Leads and Software/Data Engineers responsible for enterprise data product development.
  • Use data engineering and architecture experience to help teams solve complex data problems and translate business needs into scalable, production-ready solutions.
  • Establish and drive technical standards, architecture patterns, and engineering practices across the data product portfolio.
  • Lead development across enterprise data platforms, including Databricks and Redshift, and help evaluate and prepare for emerging capabilities across GCP, Microsoft Fabric, and other technologies.
  • Partner with Product Managers and Data Scientists to create integrated product teams combining business context, engineering, analytics, and data science to deliver higher-value capabilities.
  • Mobilize internal engineering talent to increase development capacity, accelerate delivery, and reduce reliance on external vendors.
  • Work with Platform and Tooling teams to automate the data product development lifecycle and ensure product teams use reusable services, frameworks, AI-assisted development, and emerging engineering capabilities.
  • Drive an engineering culture focused on reusable patterns, automation, scalability, quality, and speed rather than solving each data product independently.
  • Evolve the Data Product Development organization beyond traditional data pipelines and data movement into advanced analytics, intelligent data products, APIs, applications, decision intelligence, and other emerging capabilities.
  • Serve as a technical partner to Product leadership by helping shape product direction, evaluate technology choices, and identify opportunities where new capabilities can create business value.
  • Provide technical leadership on high-complexity initiatives and engage directly with teams to troubleshoot, architect, and unblock difficult engineering challenges.
  • Establish technology roadmaps that align data product development capabilities with current and future enterprise needs.
  • Manage third-party technical and outsourcing relationships while building internal capability and reducing long-term dependency on external resources.
  • Attract, develop, and retain a high-performing engineering organization, including developing Technical Leads and creating a pipeline of future technical leaders.
  • Ensure solutions meet enterprise expectations for reliability, performance, security, governance, and operational support.
  • Partner across the Enterprise Data Office to continuously improve how data products are designed, developed, deployed, and operated.
  • Establish strategy, develop business plans, and oversee the design, development, and implementation of technology solutions to meet business needs.
  • Provide leadership and oversight to manage performance and results in one or more IT disciplines, with accountability for the reliability, performance, security, and continuity of IT systems and supported business processes.
  • Provide leadership, influence, vision, and direction to the organization to contribute to achieving company goals.
  • Work with IT leaders to develop overall IT strategy aligned with business strategy.
  • Oversee the value stream by focusing on technology portfolio costs and risks to meet business needs.
  • Support and foster innovative technologies that deliver ideas enabling business transformation.
  • Ensure high levels of ongoing system and application performance in production environments.
  • Oversee development of processes and tools to automate code releases from development to operations (DevOps).
  • Attract, develop, and retain a high-performing and diverse team.
  • Establish and drive technology roadmaps aligned with current and future business needs.
  • Manage third-party technical and outsourcing relationships to deliver project and operational support objectives.
  • Ensure technology processes are conducted in line with applicable standards and company policies.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree is preferred.

About the Company

NextEra Energy

Runs a Florida utility and builds wind and solar farms

NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light, the regulated utility that supplies electricity to much of Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, which builds and runs wind, solar, battery storage and nuclear plants across the United States. The company calls itself the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. FPL earns returns set by Florida regulators on the power plants and grid lines it builds, while Energy Resources sells power to utilities, technology companies and other large buyers under long-term contracts. NextEra Energy was formed in 1984 as the holding company for Florida Power & Light, which dates to 1925, and is based in Juno Beach, Florida.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Juno Beach, FL
Founded
1984

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