OT Systems Administrator I — Renewable Tech Growth

RWE Renewables; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

EAP

Education Assistance

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RWE Americas, LLC is hiring a System Application Administrator I to support OT systems across renewable energy operations in the United States. The role is full-time, with supervision, focused on monitoring, maintenance, and basic endpoint support.

You will gain hands-on experience in backups, VM activities, asset records, and compliance readiness while collaborating with senior admins and field operations. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in IT/CS/Engineering Technology or equivalent practical experience.
• Entry-level industry certification(s) relevant to systems administration, infrastructure, or cybersecurity preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant IT experience and minimum 2 years of relevant OT experience.
• Foundational understanding of system administration, server monitoring, endpoint maintenance, backups, log review, patch preparation, and access provisioning.
• Ability to follow documented procedures and checklists precisely in operational and compliance-sensitive environments.
• Basic familiarity with Windows-based systems, virtualization concepts, Active Directory, endpoint tools, and asset or configuration management records.
• Ability to troubleshoot straightforward user and system issues, capture accurate technical details, and escalates effectively.
• Clear written and verbal communication, careful documentation practices, and willingness to learn from senior technical staff and field operations.
• Ability to work safely around production infrastructure and travel to field or office locations as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily system health and uptime metrics across OT environments; recognize anomalies, document initial findings, and escalates according to defined procedures.
• Perform entry-level hardware and endpoint support, including approved hard drive, memory, and peripheral replacements under direct supervision.
• Execute established maintenance checklists for backups, log validation, scheduled jobs, and routine system health checks; record results accurately.
• Fulfill Tier 1 requests such as user provisioning support, password resets, account lockout resolution, and approved software installation on endpoint devices.
• Update asset and configuration records with hardware changes, server names, configuration versions, locations, and warranty information.
• Assist with basic virtual machine activities, including cloning approved templates and controlled VM shutdown or startup for maintenance and patching.
• Validate and correct inventory information such as IP address assignments, hostnames, system locations, and equipment labels.
• Assist senior administrators with field activities, including rack installation, cable management, component replacement, and controlled physical system reboots.
• Support NERC CIP readiness by shadowing compliance walkthroughs, documenting physical and logical access points, and maintaining complete evidence records.
• Prepare for system patching by staging approved updates and helping test deployment scripts in non-production or sandbox environments.
• Follow established SOPs for backups, patch staging, access provisioning, log checks, and endpoint maintenance; stop and
• Participate in training and knowledge-sharing activities to build foundational knowledge of cybersecurity, disaster recovery, OT operations, and compliance reporting.

Skills

Windows basics

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Procedural discipline

Education

Associate's degree in IT/CS/Engineering Technology

Tools

Active Directory

Virtualization concepts

Asset/configuration management

Job description

RWE Americas, LLC is hiring a System Application Administrator I to support OT systems across renewable energy operations in the United States. The role is full-time, with supervision, focused on monitoring, maintenance, and basic endpoint support.

You will gain hands-on experience in backups, VM activities, asset records, and compliance readiness while collaborating with senior admins and field operations. Travel may be required.