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NextEra Energy Resources · 6 hours ago

IT Technology Manager

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. They are seeking an experienced IT Technology Manager to lead technology delivery and operations across critical enterprise platforms supporting Energy Trading & Risk Management. This role involves managing teams, vendor governance, and ensuring compliance with engineering standards and audit expectations.

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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
Provides leadership, influence, vision, and direction to the organization to contribute to achieving the company's goals
Works with IT leaders to develop overall IT strategy in alignment with business strategy
Oversees value stream by focusing on cost and risks of technology portfolio to meet business needs
Supports and fosters innovative technologies to deliver new ideas that enable business transformation
Ensures high levels of ongoing system and application performance in production environments
Oversees development of processes and tools to automate code releases from development to operations (DevOps)
Attracts, develops and retains a high-performing and diverse team
Establishes and drives technology roadmaps that align with current and future business needs
Manages third party technical and outsourcing relationships to deliver project and operational support objectives
Ensures technology processes are conducted in line with applicable standards and company policies
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Qualification

IT leadershipDevOps deliveryAWS governanceCloud securityVendor managementBudget managementStakeholder managementTeam developmentCompliance knowledgeCommunication skills

Required

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
High School Grad / GED
Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
Experience: 8+ years
Supervisor/Management Experience: 2+ years

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree

Benefits

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

Company

NextEra Energy Resources

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Nextera Energy Resources specializes in offering wind, solar, energy, nuclear and retail services.

H1B Sponsorship

NextEra Energy Resources has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (55)
2024 (27)
2023 (31)
2022 (25)
2021 (9)
2020 (11)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
2025-10-02Acquired

Leadership Team

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Jim Shandalov
National Vice President, Power Origination
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Steve Birndorf
Director, Renewable Energy Consulting
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