Digital Technology Architect III - Innovation & Digital Enablement Platform - Akron FirstEnergy Headquarters

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers’ lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of 3,780 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.

Our teams use Agile and DevOps practices, infrastructure‑as‑code, and cloud‑native services to streamline business processes, improve system resiliency, and accelerate delivery. This role offers the opportunity to work on high‑impact solutions that directly support reliable electric service and the digital transformation of FirstEnergy.

Core Cloud Engineer Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Design, deploy, and support Azure cloud infrastructure using infrastructure‑as‑code practices with Terraform.

• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD pipelines to automate provisioning, deployment, and configuration of cloud resources.

• Apply established cloud security, networking, resiliency, and governance patterns to deliver well‑managed enterprise environments.

• Collaborate within Agile teams to deliver, iterate, and support cloud solutions aligned to business and operational needs.

• Continuously learn and apply new cloud technologies and practices to improve platform reliability and delivery efficiency.

 Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, optimize, and maintain cloud architecture and pipelines that adhere to cloud engineering best practices and FirstEnergy’s business goals.

• Help to implement a strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure. 

• Support cloud developers in optimizing and automating cloud deployment activities – e.g. CI/CD, provisioning, and deployment.

• Develop Terraform modules & pipelines to automate the deployment of resources and associated configurations.

• Utilize native Azure services to meet the firm’s technology and resiliency requirements.

• Work as part of a highly collaborative agile team.

• Design, develop, optimize, and maintain cloud architecture and pipelines that adhere to cloud engineering best practices and FirstEnergy’s business goals.

• Create/support strategy for establishing a secure and well-managed enterprise environment in Azure

• Support cloud developers in optimizing and automating cloud deployment activities – e.g. CI/CD, provisioning, and deployment.

• Lead design process for network connectivity to Azure

• Design Develop Terraform modules & pipelines to automate the deployment of resources and associated configurations.

• Work as part of a highly collaborative agile team.

• Design and implement data protection options, including HA and BCP protection in Azure.

• You will experiment with and learn new technologies, staying ahead of tech trends.

• Engage in close collaboration with leadership, product, and design to ensure a cohesive end-to-end architecture and seamless delivery of functionalities.

• You will Handle large volume of complex technical details, workstreams, and interdependencies.

• Participate in requirements reviews, and other technical discussions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, MIS or another related field.

•  I  years with degree, 2 years without in supporting the strategy, architecture, design and implementation of cloud initiatives.

•  2 years with degree, 4 years without in supporting the strategy, architecture, design and implementation of cloud initiatives.

• Experience with configuring, deploying, and automating Azure cloud environments (AWS and GCP experience are a nice to have)

• Experience with Terraf