Job Description

Requisition ID: 93590

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

This position requires senior level software design skills and an aptitude for developing and maintaining real-time monitoring, work automation, and problem detection, n-tier applications. This job involves taking the lead on providing solutions to solve challenges in supporting a large power generation fleet while working with streaming data, databases, and work ticket tracking systems.

The candidate in this job will apply experience in performing activities including requirements gathering, scope definition, functional specifications, database design, code development, support, and troubleshooting, and sometimes providing guidance to junior developers. In addition, candidate needs to be flexible enough to work independently or in a small team setting, will require attention to detail, excellent time management and organizational skills, ability to keep up with changing business needs and be able to work directly with customers.

Employees in this position define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software to help the business unit improve reliability, and drive efficiencies. This position works individually, and as part of a team using best practices in software development methodologies. Employees collaborate with other areas to understand requirements and drive continuous improvement of Smart Grid software applications.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports daily system operations within a specify discipline on a continual basis
• Writes, translates, and codes software programs and applications consistently to specifications and development standards per specific discipline
• Writes programming scripts to enhance functionality and/or performance of company applications as necessary
• Assists in defining software development project plans, including scopes, schedules, and implementation
• Liaises with network administrators, systems analysts, database administrators, external vendors, and software engineers to assist in resolving problems with software products or company software systems
• Develops an understanding of relevant system administration tasks including backup/recovery of systems and disaster recovery
• Designs, runs and monitors software performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging
• Conducts research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement, development and maintenance efforts
• Meets attendance and storm duty requirements and has the ability to work extended hours
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor’s or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 4+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Six Sigma Master Black Belt
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt

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: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
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 and 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.

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