Senior Analyst Cloud Engineering

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.

Our Vision: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

Summary:

Responsible for the development of templates (infrastructure as code) for services available via the service catalog. Collaborate with the service architect and service consumers (application teams) to understand requirements, following architectural and security standards. Diagnose, research and resolve issues using vendor resources and other support methods. Act as a technical advisor for system related activity and assist in the development / implementation of solutions.

Essential Functions:

• Review Reference Architect Designs for IT services, build cloud products, and provide the necessary operational environment that is required for deploying products and applications into the cloud
• Build out the service catalog through development of infrastructure as code templates and DevSecOps pipelines based on the service architecture and identified requirements
• Write configuration/migration scripts, and manage all services, including automating the environment, provisioning, cloning and workflow patterns
• Design, build, and support secure cloud native infrastructure environments
• Engage Cloud Enterprise Architecture and initiate alignment for cloud products and service architectures
• Align Cloud Service Catalog and Cloud Service Offerings to standard architecture
• Enforce product design patterns & standards by baking into curated design templates
• Bake standards alignment into DevOps cycle and CI/CD pipeline via automated control points
• Factor in specific SLA and KPI parameters and reporting requirements
• Develop and maintain processes that enable optimizing and reporting associated with cloud cost management
• Drive and enforce data architectures that comply with CenterPoint Energy data standards
• Provides 24x7 on call support, including evenings, weekends and holidays on a rotational basis with other team members
• Works in a team environment
• Works closely with other IT team members to provide technical advice and resolve problems
• Communicates well with technical and non-technical clients

Education:

Bachelor's or Associate degree from an accredited college preferred. In lieu of a degree, any combination of applicable education, experience for five - eight years is acceptable.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience with designing, building, deploying, and testing complex distributed systems in service environments

• 5+ years of experience supporting Windows/Linux/Unix environment, including upgrades and migrations within an operations setting
• 3+ years of experience with DevOps, CI/CD
• Experience building, integrating, deploying and provisioning services, virtual servers, containers in cloud as well as on-premise

• Expertise in multiple version control systems (Git, GitHub, Subversion)
• Experience with configuration management systems (Chef, Puppet, BOSH, Ansible)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, etc.)
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipelines, etc.)
• Key Certification Areas (One or more): Azure Fundamentals AZ-900, Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104

We want you to know
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

What we bring to you

• Competitive pay
• Paid training
• Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
• Transit subsidies
• Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off
• Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston
• Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution

Job Type:Full Time
Posting Start Date: 01/06/2026
Posting End Date: 01/23/2026

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR * 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.

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