Senior IT Programmer Analyst - Cloud DevOps

Requisition  Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description We are seeking a Senior IT Programmer Analyst:
Cloud Dev Ops to join our Enterprise Data Office. In this senior role, you will lead the engineering, automation, and governance of cloud data infrastructure across AWS and GCP — enabling scalable, secure, and well-governed data services that power analytics, AI/ML, and enterprise data products at Next Era scale.

Key Responsibilities Implement and operate cloud data services across AWS and GCP, including managed data platforms, storage layers, compute, and networking with a data-first lens Practice Databricks platform engineering — workspace provisioning, Unity Catalog governance, cluster lifecycle management, workflow orchestration, and feature operationalization (including AI/BI capabilities)
Engineer and maintain AWS data services (Redshift, S3, Glue, EMR, MSK, DMS, Lake Formation) and GCP data services (Big Query, Cloud Storage) with emphasis on reliability, security, resiliency and cost efficiency

Implement infrastructure automation for data platform provisioning using Git Hub Actions , Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines — reducing manual toil and enabling self-service for business units

Implement and enforce data access governance across platforms, including IAM policies, Unity Catalog permissions, Lake Formation controls, and project-based authorization models

Champion Fin Ops practices — tagging compliance, chargeback, cost anomaly detection, and budget governance across cloud data spend

Serve as Tier 3 escalation for data platform incidents, ensuring SLA adherence and operational continuity

Preferred Qualifications 4+ years of experience in Cloud Platform Engineering, Dev Ops, Infrastructure Engineering, or related disciplines, with meaningful experience supporting enterprise data platforms

Solid hands-on expertise with AWS and/or GCP, with experience 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, Big Query, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, or Cloud Composer

Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD, including Terraform and Git Hub 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 across 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 Service Now or similar ITSM platforms in the context of automated provisioning and operational workflows

Ability to work with technical work streams, contribute to architecture decisions, and communicate effectively with both technical teams and stakeholdersA positive attitude, strong collaborative spirit, and agentic/automation-first mindset.  Job Overview This position assesses, designs, develops, integrates and troubleshoots technology to support business processes. Employees provide…