NextEra Energy

Principal IT Architect

Juno Beach, FL

full_time

About This Job

Requisition ID: 89016

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

Position Specific Description

As a Principal Architect at NextEra Energy, you will play a critical role in driving the strategic direction of our IT architecture. You will be responsible for conducting architecture reviews, creating and enforcing technology standards, and ensuring our IT solutions align with business goals and organizational considerations. Additionally, you may step in as a solution architect when project teams lack sufficient expertise. We are looking for a seasoned architect with deep expertise in technology, business architecture, and organizational processes to join our dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities:

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Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise architecture (EA) models to ensure the alignment of IT strategy and planning with company business goals.

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Conduct thorough architecture reviews for new and existing solutions to ensure compliance with industry best practices and company standards.

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Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT leaders, and project teams to understand business requirements and translate them into robust architectural designs.

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Develop, document, and enforce technology standards and guidelines that promote efficient, secure, and scalable IT solutions.

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Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and processes to enhance the company's IT capabilities.

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Provide guidance and mentorship to other architects and technical teams, fostering best practices and continuous improvement, and in some cases, playing the role of solution architect to assist delivery teams with solutions.

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Drive enterprise application portfolio management goals to reduce TCO and complexity through reuse and rationalization.

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Work closely with security teams to ensure that architectural solutions meet or exceed security requirements and industry regulations.

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Create and maintain architectural documentation, including diagrams, design patterns, and technical specifications.

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Serve as a subject matter expert in the areas of enterprise architecture, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, microservices, integration, and emerging technologies.

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Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, driving the adoption of modern architecture practices and principles.

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Offer strategic input to leadership on technology trends and their potential impact on the organization's technology landscape.

Preferred Qualifications:

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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is required. A master's degree is preferred.

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A minimum of 10 years of experience in IT architecture, with at least 5 years in a leadership or principal architect role.

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Proven track record of successfully leading architecture initiatives in large, complex organizations.

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Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or similar methodologies.

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Experience with Application Portfolio Management considerations and use of tooling (e.g. ServiceNow) to manage and digitize.

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In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), microservices architecture, and integration patterns.

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Experience with modern application development practices, including DevOps, CI/CD, and agile methodologies.

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Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically and execute tactically.

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Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or similar are highly desirable.

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Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities concurrently.

Job Overview

This position develops and maintains high-level designs for overall logical and technical IT architecture. Employees in this role provide leadership, strategic decision-making, and guidance within technical disciplines, responding to disruptive technologies and solving unique and complex problems. Individuals facilitate and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through technical decisions. Leaders in this job serve as top-level experts and visionaries in the development of roadmaps, strategy, and design for assigned technology areas.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

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Works with business partners to analyze strategy and trends to define the requirements, principles, and models that guide technology decisions

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Communicates and enforces technology standards with business partners

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Understands industry trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies

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Drives digital innovation and develops roadmaps through new technologies and approaches to fulfill strategic business plans

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Defines high-level migration plans to address gaps in current state

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Coaches, mentors, and leads technical subject matters experts to enable and drive consistency across technology architectures

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Designs and owns governance, assurance, and standards activities for enterprise technology architecture compliance

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Oversees and facilitates the evaluation, risk assessment, selection, and design of hardware and software technology and product standards

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Delivers technology architecture artifacts, possibly including reference architectures or concepts of operation

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Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

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High School Grad / GED

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Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience

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Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

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Bachelor’s Degree

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: 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.

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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