Cloud and Infrastructure Manager

Requisition ID: 74344

Florida Power & Light Company is America’s largest electric company, providing clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to more than 12 million people in Florida. We operate one of the cleanest power generation fleets in the U.S. and our reliability is among the best in the nation. Our goal is to achieve Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 by expanding our solar capacity, increasing battery storage and bringing new renewable energy opportunities to Florida, while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in becoming a game-changer in the energy industry? Join our world-class team today!

Position Specific Description

The Cloud and Infrastructure Manager creates value in our organization by ensuring our public and private clouds are cost-optimized, reliable, and secure. This position is responsible for strategic planning and program management for infrastructure lifecycle, capacity, cloud costs, and supplier management.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains 5+ year infrastructure lifecycle and capacity plan
Delivers executive reports monthly on state of infrastructure lifecycle, projects, and risks
Understands business application relationship with infrastructure systems and regularly informs IT and business leads on health and/or risks for their applications
Develops business cases and oversees projects to address lifecycle and capacity needs
Develops and maintains 5+ year cloud cost forecast
Leads FinOps practice across internal cloud consumers, including cost optimization and cost planning
Delivers executive reports monthly on cloud cost compared to forecast, discount program status, cost optimization performance, and other key metrics
Ensures all cloud costs are properly charged to internal teams and applications
Assist internal customers with cloud cost forecasting for new projects
Review architecture for new projects and advise internal customers on best practice for cost optimization
Negotiates discounts with cloud service providers and hardware / software suppliers
Develops strategies for cloud and infrastructure cost optimization
Develops and manages capital and operating budget for cloud and infrastructure

Essential experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science related field or equivalent experience
8+ years designing, engineering, or leading IT infrastructure services in a medium to large company
5+ years planning strategic projects, budgets, financial forecasting, and data analysis
2+ years of experience with strategic supplier contract management

Skills

Strong business acumen, planning, and organizational skill
Excellent analytical and technical skills
Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
Strong leadership skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, motivating others, and relationship building
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Analytical thinking and data analysis using tools such as business intelligence reporting, cost management tools, and spreadsheets
Good presentation skills, develop and present material that is concise and effective

Job Overview

This position establishes strategy, develops business plans, and oversees and manages the design, development and implementation of technology solutions to meet business needs. Leaders in this role provide leadership and oversight to manage performance and results in one or more Information Technology (IT) disciplines. Individuals will be accountable for the reliability, performance, security, and continuity of IT systems and supported business processes.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

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

Required Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Information Technology
Organization:  Florida Power & Light Company
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

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