Lead IT Server Ops Engineer — Automation & DR Champion

Energy Transfer LP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Transfer LP is seeking an experienced server support professional for the Infrastructure Services Server Operations team in Houston. The role focuses on hands-on server administration, backup management with Veeam, and automation to improve processes while minimizing service interruptions.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with IT teams and customers to design robust solutions and lead projects with minimal risk. Senior/Lead/Principal levels require 5–10+ years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 5–8 years of relevant job related experience at Senior IT Specialist level.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant job related experience at Lead IT Specialist level.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 10+ years of relevant job related experience at Principal IT Specialist level.

Responsibilities

• Support all shared file services functions, backups and server patching efforts.
• Monitor and maintain all enterprise level servers in all domains.
• Assist with Veeam administration to ensure backups succeed across domains.
• Maintain and monitor enterprise Veeam Backup and Recovery servers and jobs across domains.
• Architect solutions for continuous process and procedure improvement.
• Automate/script job functions to improve efficiency.
• Cross-train team members and document processes.
• Participate in on-call rotation and disaster recovery planning.
• Lead assigned projects and coordinate with other IT teams.

Skills

PowerShell

Scripting

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Veeam Backup & Recovery

SCCM

SolarWinds

Grafana

SQL

Windows Server

RedHat Linux

Job description

Energy Transfer LP is seeking an experienced server support professional for the Infrastructure Services Server Operations team in Houston. The role focuses on hands-on server administration, backup management with Veeam, and automation to improve processes while minimizing service interruptions.

The ideal candidate will collaborate with IT teams and customers to design robust solutions and lead projects with minimal risk. Senior/Lead/Principal levels require 5–10+ years of relevant experience.