Support Engineer

Nrg Bluewater Wind; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Drug-free workplace

On-call rotation

Job summary

NRG Energy in Houston seeks a Support Engineer to monitor, triage, document, and elevate production issues across customer-facing platforms and energy market systems. This role is ideal for an early-career IT professional looking to build expertise in cloud operations, incident management, automation, and AI-assisted operations.

You'll participate in on-call rotations in a 24x7 production support model and use AI tools to accelerate log analysis, scripting, and incident investigations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• 0-2 years of IT Operations, NOC, Help Desk, Application Support, or related tech role.
• Basic understanding of web apps, APIs, databases and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with SQL and basic Python or Bash scripting.
• Experience with monitoring tools or log analysis is a plus.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor application and infrastructure health using Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and dashboards.
• Manage incidents and service requests in ServiceNow with clear documentation.
• Troubleshoot applications, APIs, databases, and batch processes.
• Escalate issues with evidence, timelines and findings.
• Participate in on-call rotations in a 24x7 production model.
• Use AI tools to assist with log analysis, scripting, and investigations.
• Improve runbooks and operational processes.

Skills

IT Operations

NOC / Help Desk

APIs & Databases

SQL

Python scripting

Communication

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/SE

Tools

Dynatrace

CloudWatch

ServiceNow

Job description

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As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You'll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success-take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we're all about propelling the next generation of leaders forward. We are driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future. We deliver innovative solutions that make our customers' lives easier-helping them power, protect, and intelligently manage their homes and businesses.

NRG is seeking a Support Engineer to monitor, triage, document, and elevate production issues across customer-facing digital platforms and energy market systems. This role is ideal for an early-career IT professional looking to build expertise in cloud operations, application support, incident management, automation, and AI-assisted operations.

What You'll Do

• Monitor application and infrastructure health using Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and operational dashboards.
• Manage incidents and service requests in ServiceNow with clear, accurate documentation.
• Perform initial troubleshooting of applications, APIs, databases, and batch processes.
• Escalate issues with supporting evidence, timeline notes, and structured findings.
• Participate in on-call support rotations in a 24x7 production support model.
• Use AI tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, and ChatGPT to assist with log analysis, scripting, and incident investigations.
• Contribute to improving support runbooks and operational processes.

What We’re Looking For

• 0-2 years of experience in IT Operations, NOC, Help Desk, Application Support, or a related technical role.
• Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
• Basic understanding of web applications, APIs, databases, and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with SQL and basic Python or Bash scripting.
• Experience with monitoring tools, ticketing systems, or log analysis platforms is a plus.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Interest in AI, automation, and modern operational practices.
• Uses AI assistants to accelerate troubleshooting and script development.
• Follows AI‑guided troubleshooting and runbook workflows.
• Learns prompt engineering techniques for log analysis and incident triage.
• Understands the fundamentals of AI‑assisted and agentic operations.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol‑free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post‑accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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We support the use of AI tools to help you prepare for your interview (e.g., practicing responses, researching the role, or refining your resume). However, during interviews and assessments, we expect responses to reflect your own thinking, experience, and communication. Use of AI to generate or read answers in real time, complete assessments, or misrepresent your qualifications is not permitted and may impact your candidacy.