Lead DevOps & Application Support Engineer

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer seeks an experienced Lead Specialist for Application Support and DevOps. You will administer and support multiple enterprise platforms, serving as the primary contact for applications and driving automation and DevOps improvements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in IT with DevOps, strong Linux/Windows, SQL, scripting, and CI/CD tools. You will work with business and technical teams, arranging deployments and ensuring high availability, with after-hours availability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience with application support and development.
• 3+ years of experience using DevOps practices, tools, frameworks.
• Experience supporting applications in multi-tiered environments using Linux, Windows Server, AD, SQL, and load balancing.
• Experience with off-the-shelf applications such as Quorum, Entero, and/or Allegro.
• Identify potential software enhancements and analyze user needs to improve business processes.
• Quickly learn new skills and technologies.
• Proficient with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise) and scripting languages.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical assistance to key business users and for applications (vendor & custom developed).
• Maintain build processes, deployment strategies, and process automation.
• Install and coordinate installation of patches and releases to development, test, and production systems.
• Improve application delivery using containers, orchestration, and configuration management tools.
• Assist business teams and vendors with application installations and upgrades.
• Support and maintain application infrastructure (servers, network topology, authentication, high availability).
• Provide Segregation of Duties support – administer server access, accounts, audits, and reports.
• Stay up to date on current technologies, recommend strategies and tools.
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings, document key decisions, risks, and issues.
• Work effectively under minimal supervision, owning applications and areas of responsibility.
• Availability to support after hours on business-critical projects and tasks.

Skills

Application support

DevOps practices

Linux

Windows Server

SQL

PowerShell scripting

Git

CI/CD

Python

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Maven

Gradle

Ant

PowerShell

Groovy

Python

Git

T-SQL

Job description

Energy Transfer seeks an experienced Lead Specialist for Application Support and DevOps. You will administer and support multiple enterprise platforms, serving as the primary contact for applications and driving automation and DevOps improvements.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in IT with DevOps, strong Linux/Windows, SQL, scripting, and CI/CD tools. You will work with business and technical teams, arranging deployments and ensuring high availability, with after-hours availability.