Operational Technology Engineer - Backup & Automation

Energy Transfer; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Profit sharing

PTO

Job summary

Energy Transfer is seeking an experienced server support professional for the Operational Technology team. This hands-on role focuses on automation, monitoring, and coordinating with OT and customers to implement robust, low-risk solutions on a dynamic schedule.

The ideal candidate will have strong backup, patching, scripting, and SQL skills, plus a dedication to service quality. Occasional travel and on-call duties are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical disciplines, or certification with practical experience and 2–5 years of related experience.
• 3+ years experience with supporting or using backup and recovery technologies.
• 3+ years experience with supporting large production server environments.
• 3+ years experience with SCOM or other monitoring tools.
• 3+ years experience with SCCM, specifically server patching and reporting.
• 2+ years experience with scripting tools, such as PowerShell, reading and writing scripts.
• Experience working with SQL and writing SQL queries, ideally relating to SCCM and Backup solutions.
• Strong written & verbal communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor Veeam Backup and Recovery servers and jobs.
• Support Veeam administrative functions to ensure backups succeed.
• Monitor and maintain servers in plant domains.
• Support file services, backups and server patching efforts.
• Architect solutions for process improvement.
• Automate scripts to perform job functions.
• Cross-train teammates and document processes.
• Participate in on-call rotation and disaster recovery team.
• Work on incidents, changes, and new server builds.
• Collaborate with users and OT to develop effective system solutions.
• Provide up-to-date project/documentation including drawings.

Skills

PowerShell scripting

SQL queries

Multi-tasking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering

Tools

SCOM

SCCM

Backup & recovery technologies

Linux

Job description

Energy Transfer is seeking an experienced server support professional for the Operational Technology team. This hands-on role focuses on automation, monitoring, and coordinating with OT and customers to implement robust, low-risk solutions on a dynamic schedule.

The ideal candidate will have strong backup, patching, scripting, and SQL skills, plus a dedication to service quality. Occasional travel and on-call duties are required.