IT Support Manager

RaceTrac; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

RaceTrac in Atlanta seeks a Support Manager responsible for the stability and performance of the Loyalty platform. You will lead incident response and operational support ensuring systems are secure and highly available.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in production support, strong analytical skills, and knowledge of monitoring platforms. This role offers opportunities to improve workflows and drive system performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in production support or site reliability engineering.
• Strong experience with observability and monitoring platforms.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex integrations across cloud-based platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate incident response activities.
• Manage offshore support team and operational processes.
• Monitor incidents for SLA adherence and operational performance.

Skills

Incident management

Diagnostic analysis

Kusto Query Language (KQL)

Monitoring platforms

IT infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Dynatrace

Azure Application Insights

ServiceNow

Job description

The Support Manager is responsible for ensuring the availability, stability, and performance of Loyalty platform. This role leads incident response, operational support, and continuous service improvement initiatives to ensure systems remain secure, highly available, and capable of delivering exceptional service working with the Engineering teams and business.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all major incidents related to the team’s technologies and platforms.
• Lead and coordinate incident response activities, ensuring rapid resolution and effective communication during critical events.
• Manage offshore support team, service availability, and operational processes for the team while monitoring workloads to maintain appropriate resource levels.
• Ensure effective implementation and governance of the Incident and Problem Management process, including reporting and post-incident reviews.
• Identify, initiate, schedule, and conduct incident reviews and root cause analysis to drive long-term resolution and prevent recurrence.
• Monitor incidents to ensure SLA adherence and operational performance targets are consistently met.
• Ensure the proper closure and documentation of all resolved incidents after end-user confirmation.
• Maintain strong business-level understanding of critical applications supporting key operational areas.
• Utilize Dynatrace and Azure Application Insights to monitor application performance, detect anomalies, and proactively identify system degradation.
• Leverage Kusto Query Language (KQL) to analyze telemetry, logs, and metrics to diagnose production issues.
• Troubleshoot complex integrations across distributed systems, including APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud services, and third-party platforms.
• Proactively identify potential issues requiring remediation and develop action plans in collaboration with business and IT teams.
• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly operational reports to demonstrate SLA compliance and system performance.
• Establish strong relationships across RaceTrac to effectively coordinate resolution during critical incidents.
• Maintain awareness of all operational and event-related activities and provide regular updates to senior management.
• Drive continuous process improvement by reviewing incident management processes, operational workflows, tools, and technologies.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in production support, incident management, or site reliability engineering environments.
• Strong experience with observability and monitoring platforms, particularly: Dynatrace and Azure Application Insights.
• Experience managing support teams (FTE or third-party resources).
• Advanced experience with Kusto Query Language (KQL) for log analysis and telemetry diagnostics.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex integrations in distributed cloud-based platforms.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure, networking, and cloud environments, with strong preference for Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) processes and tools; ServiceNow experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, especially during high‑severity incidents.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with RaceTrac without regard to their race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.