Principal Data & Smart Grid Platform Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Principal Data & Smart Grid Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and integration of enterprise-scale data platforms supporting Smart Grid and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems. This role is critical to enabling real-time operations, analytics, and enterprise integration across our utility technology ecosystem. As a senior technical leader, you will help architect and evolve cloud-native data solutions that power grid modernization, outage management, customer analytics, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• AI first engineer and leveraging emerging AI tools, technology and patterns to execute on work as well as product solutions
• Coordinating with the Offshore teams
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable data platforms supporting AMI and Smart Grid systems
• Develop and maintain data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and storing high-volume telemetry and event data
• Integrate AMI data platforms with enterprise systems
• Design and manage APIs and microservices for real-time data access and system interoperability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align architecture with business and operational needs
• Ensure data quality, governance, and security across all AMI-related data flows
• Mentor technical teams and contribute to architectural standards and best practices
• Hands-on experience participating in Agile/Scrum teams, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in utility, energy, or industrial IoT environments is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and distributed systems

Preferred Technical Expertise

• Cloud Data Lakes: Experience with AWS S3 or equivalent for scalable data ingestion and storage
• Data Warehousing: Proficiency with Amazon Redshift or similar platforms for structured data analytics
• AI-Assisted Full-Stack Development
• Agentic AI Workflow Integration
• NoSQL & Real-Time Databases: Hands-on experience with Amazon DynamoDB or similar for low-latency data access
• ETL/ELT & Data Pipelines: Expertise with AWS Glue, Apache Spark, or EMR for batch and real-time processing
• Streaming & Messaging Platforms: Familiarity with Apache Kafka and Amazon Kinesis for real-time data ingestion
• API & Integration Services: Experience with RESTful APIs, AWS API Gateway, Lambda, and SQS
• Time-Series Data Management: Knowledge of Amazon Timestream or similar platforms
• Enterprise System Integration: Understanding of integration patterns with downstream systems
• Analytics & Visualization: Proficiency with Power BI, Grafana, or Redshift Spectrum
• Security & Governance: Familiarity with data governance, access control, and cybersecurity best practices

Preferred Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or DevOps-related certifications
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher (a plus)

Job Overview

This position assesses, designs, develops, integrates and troubleshoots technology to support business processes. Employees provide technical or functional guidance to project or work teams, as needed within specific or multiple disciplines. This position is accountable for ensuring the reliability, performance, security, and continuity of IT systems, as well as ensuring that excellent technical support services are provided.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyzes, designs, develops, tests, debugs, implements, maintains, integrates, customizes, and enhances existing or new systems
• Applies appropriate Agile or development methodologies, system development lifecycles, tools, and technology to manage development activities
• Automates the handoff of code releases from development to operations (DevOps)
• Participates in the change management and service ticket management processes including receiving, resolution monitoring, and ensuring customer satisfaction
• Leads projects when needed and builds strong working understanding of the solution being delivered
• Ensures user satisfaction by providing preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and timely resolution of more complex problems
• Designs, develops, and tests experimental application work to test new ideas with bounded cost and time frames
• Ensures that applications processes are conducted in line with corporate social responsibility, security, compliance, environmental, and technical policies and applicable standards and legislation
• Acts as liaison with regulatory agencies, vendors, and contractors on matters relating to computer systems as required
• Defines metrics and monitors Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for systems being developed
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad / GED
• Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Information Systems

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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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