King & Sykes · 1 day ago
IT Manager (Oil & Gas / Utilities)
Texas, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $140K/yr
8+ years expKing & Sykes is a PE-backed energy company seeking a hands-on IT Manager to oversee day-to-day IT operations and lead a technical team. The role involves managing IT and OT environments, ensuring system performance, and implementing process improvements during a digital transformation.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Shaun Roberts
Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team supporting servers, networks, endpoints, and end users
Own daily IT operations across both IT and OT environments, including SCADA
Ensure availability and performance of Azure-hosted systems, networks, and core infrastructure
Run service desk operations, including ticket queues, SLAs, and performance reporting
Manage vendors, contracts, and service delivery
Partner with the CIO on budgeting, risk management, and infrastructure planning
Maintain a strong security posture aligned to CIS / NIST principles
Identify and implement practical process improvements that reduce firefighting
Qualification
Required
~8–15 years of overall IT experience, with several years in a leadership or lead capacity
A hands-on operator who has managed real-world IT environments, not just strategy
Experience supporting ~100–300 users in a small-to-mid sized organisation
Strong background in Microsoft technologies
Solid networking fundamentals (firewalls, VLANs, VPNs, DNS/DHCP; Cisco, Ubiquiti/UniFi or similar)
Experience running service desk operations and managing vendors
Comfortable working in environments where uptime, security, and reliability matter
Benefits
Bonus
Company
King & Sykes
To ensure a sustainable, climate-safe and more resilient future, significant investments need to flow into an energy system that prioritises renewables, electrification, efficiency and associated energy infrastructure.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase