Principal IT Programmer Analyst
Florida Power & Light
Software Engineering, IT
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Requisition ID: 94760
Do you want to create innovative solutions that deliver real value to customers? At FPL Energy Services (FPLES), you’ll join a dynamic team driving smart, reliable, and affordable offerings—from LED lighting to home protection, HVAC, fiber, and more. Be part of a business that thrives on innovation, customer focus, and a culture of excellence. Join us and help shape the future of energy services.
Position Specific Description
We are seeking a hands-on Principal IT Programmer Analyst with 10+ years of experience to design, build, and deliver enterprise-scale applications and integrations. The role requires strong technical depth combined with the ability to lead end-to-end delivery, from solution design and development through deployment and production support. A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field is required.
The candidate will design, architect, and develop applications using .NET/C# and WPF, and work extensively with SQL Server including database design, SSIS jobs, PL/SQL, performance tuning, and disaster recovery strategies. This role requires deep hands-on coding skills as well as the ability to make architectural decisions that ensure scalability, security, and reliability.
The role also involves designing and developing integrations using REST APIs and file-based interfaces, including integrating SQL Server–based applications with Salesforce Sales Cloud. Experience working with middleware platforms is important, with MuleSoft strongly preferred. The candidate will also work with and integrate enterprise systems such as SAP and Mainframe platforms, ensuring secure and well-governed data exchanges. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with modern development tools and practices including VS Code, GitHub, and standard CI/CD and security practices. They will ensure solutions meet enterprise security standards and support high availability, resiliency, and operational readiness.
Beyond technical delivery, this role requires strong project leadership capabilities. The candidate will estimate and plan projects, break down work into executable tasks, delegate work to onsite and offshore developers, review deliverables, and drive projects from initiation through completion. Strong communication and presentation skills are required to clearly explain technical solutions, architecture, and project status to leadership and business stakeholders.
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: FPL Energy Services, Inc
Relocation Provided: No
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Nearest Secondary Market: Miami