IT Technology Manager

Requisition ID:  92832 

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

• We are seeking an experienced IT Technology Manager to lead and coordinate technology delivery and operations across a portfolio of critical enterprise platforms and DevOps capabilities supporting Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM) and related business initiatives. This role provides leadership across people management, vendor governance, budget ownership, access/compliance, and application and cloud platform governance, ensuring delivery aligns to enterprise engineering standards, cyber requirements, and audit expectations.
  The ideal candidate brings strong experience working across cross-functional stakeholders (Cyber, Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, Finance, PMO, business leadership), balancing delivery execution with operational excellence, and managing teams and vendors in a regulated environment.
   
  Responsibilities
• Lead functional and technical aspects of technology delivery across a portfolio of applications, DevOps services, and cloud platforms supporting ETRM and enterprise operations.
• Own and drive end-to-end onboarding and enablement for technical resources, including access coordination, tooling readiness, and standards alignment.
• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with enterprise IT teams and business stakeholders, communicating dependencies, risks, and delivery status.
• Own AWS account / environment governance across multiple ETRM cloud environments, including access controls (IAM), guardrails, and operational standards.
• Partner with Cloud and Cyber teams to ensure alignment with enterprise cloud security controls (e.g., logging, encryption, monitoring, vulnerability management).
• Drive production and DR readiness for cloud-hosted workloads, including runbooks, backups, recovery testing, and operational health metrics.
• Ensure consistent cloud cost governance in partnership with Finance/PMO (tagging strategy, spend visibility, forecasting, and anomaly review).
• Establish standards for cloud change management and engineering practices (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, approvals, and compliance evidence).
• Provide governance for application engineering and security standards, including code approval authority and compliance alignment.
• Own and manage cloud platform operations (multiple environments), including access governance, production readiness, DR posture, and audit readiness.
• Drive identity, access, and compliance activities, including ongoing access approvals, SoX certifications, and periodic SharePoint/system certifications.
• Manage vendor performance and contract execution (SOW governance), ensuring delivery outcomes, escalation paths, and resource coordination.
• Own program financials including capital budget tracking, forecasting, and capitalization compliance in partnership with Finance and PMO.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members through 1:1s, performance management, and talent development, in alignment with HR processes.
   

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading technology teams and/or cross-functional delivery in an enterprise environment.
• Strong working knowledge of DevOps delivery/operations, cloud environment governance, and application lifecycle practices.
• Experience partnering with Cybersecurity, Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, Compliance/Audit, Finance/PMO, and business leadership to deliver outcomes.
• Strong working knowledge of cloud platform governance and operations, specifically in AWS.
• Hands-on understanding of core AWS capabilities, including:
  
  • IAM (roles, policies, access reviews)
  • Networking concepts (VPCs, routing, security groups, private connectivity concepts)
  • Logging/monitoring (CloudWatch and enterprise monitoring patterns)
  • Security fundamentals (encryption, key management concepts, least privilege, audit logging
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and delivery automation concepts (e.g., Terraform/CloudFormation patterns, CI/CD governance), even if not the primary implementer.
• Proven ability to manage vendors and SOW-based delivery, including performance management and escalations.
• Working knowledge of identity and access governance, audit readiness, and compliance activities (e.g., SoX certifications).
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and execution skills across multiple concurrent priorities.
• Ability to translate strategy into execution—balancing scope, timeline, risk, quality, and operational stability.
   

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• People Leadership: Directly manage team members; drive coaching, performance, engagement, and development.
• Program Enablement & Onboarding: Own onboarding for technical resources and readiness across tooling, access, and standards.
• Strategic Stakeholder Management: Facilitate alignment across enterprise partners; manage risks, dependencies, and communications.
• Vendors & Contracts: Govern vendor SOW delivery; manage performance, staffing coordination, and escalations.
• Financial & Budget Management: Own capital budget (forecasting, spend tracking, reporting, capitalization compliance).
• Identity, Access & Compliance: Oversee access approvals and recurring certifications; maintain audit readiness.
• Application & Engineering Governance: Enforce engineering and security standards; maintain code approval authority where required.
• Cloud Platform Ownership: Govern multiple cloud environments; ensure access controls, prod/DR readiness, and compliance alignment.
   

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience supporting ETRM platforms and/or regulated operational environments.
• Familiarity with DevOps operating models, cloud governance, and enterprise engineering controls.
• Experience working in environments with SoX, audit, and cybersecurity compliance expectations.
• Strong background in stakeholder management across large enterprise organizations.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors/contracts, and governance processes.
   

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Information Technology
Organization:  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 
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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