Digital Technology Architect - Innovation & Digital Enablement Platform FirstEnergy Headquarters

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

First Energy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, First Energy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of 3,780 megawatts.

This is an open position with First Energy Service Co., a subsidiary of First Energy Corp.

Our teams use Agile and Dev Ops practices, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native services to streamline business processes, improve system resiliency, and accelerate delivery. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact solutions that directly support reliable electric service and the digital transformation of First Energy.

• Design, deploy, and support Azure cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code practices with Terraform.
• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines to automate provisioning, deployment, and configuration of cloud resources.
• Apply established cloud security, networking, resiliency, and governance patterns to deliver well-managed enterprise environments.
• Collaborate within Agile teams to deliver, iterate, and support cloud solutions aligned to business and operational needs.
• Continuously learn and apply new cloud technologies and practices to improve platform reliability and delivery efficiency.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain cloud architecture and pipelines that adhere to cloud engineering best practices and First Energy's business goals.
• Help to implement a strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure.
• Support cloud developers in optimizing and automating cloud deployment activities - e.g. CI/CD, provisioning, and deployment.
• Develop Terraform modules & pipelines to automate the deployment of resources and associated configurations.
• Utilize native Azure services to meet the firm's technology and resiliency requirements.
• Work as part of a highly collaborative agile team.
• Design, develop, optimize, and maintain cloud architecture and pipelines that adhere to cloud engineering best practices and First Energy's business goals.
• Create/support strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure
• Support cloud developers in optimizing and automating cloud deployment activities - e.g. CI/CD, provisioning, and deployment.
• Lead design process for network connectivity to Azure
• Design Develop Terraform modules & pipelines to automate the deployment of resources and associated configurations.
• Work as part of a highly collaborative agile team.
• Design and implement data protection options, including HA and BCP protection in Azure.
• You will experiment with and learn new technologies, staying ahead of tech trends.
• Engage in close collaboration with leadership, product, and design to ensure a cohesive end-to-end architecture and seamless delivery of functionalities.
• You will Handle large volume of complex technical details, work streams, and interdependencies.
• Participate in requirements reviews, and other technical discussions.

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, MIS or another related field. I years with degree, 2 years without in supporting the strategy, architecture, design and implementation of cloud initiatives. 2 years with degree, 4 years without in supporting the strategy, architecture, design and implementation of cloud initiatives.
• Experience with configuring, deploying, and automating Azure cloud environments (AWS and GCP experience are a nice to have)
• Experience with Terraform, YAML, & Azure Dev Ops pipelines
• Experience in the Agile/Scrum methodology
• Experience working in an environment with rapid prototyping and piloting of cloud solutions. Dev Ops automation experience including setup and configuration of CI/CD processes
• Expertise in infrastructure as code (e.g., ARM, Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Chocolatey)
• Understanding of standard networking protocols and components such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, ICMP and load balancing
• Willingness to travel throughout organization and service territory and work extended hours, as required