Posted August 23, 2026
Application Engineer III
West Coast Logistics
Pasadena, TX, US
Full Time
Job Description
Job Description
CLIENT HIGHLIGHT
The Client you will be working for is a Fortune 100 Oil and Gas Company. This opportunity will give you experience in the energy sector in the United States with a company that is a globally recognized leader in energy production and one of the biggest companies in the US.
LOCATION
Pasadena, TX, 77506
COMPENSATION
$68-76 per hour full benefits offered
TERM
6 month contract with very high likelihood of extension or conversion to full time
SCHEDULE
Monday-Friday 40 hours per week
Every other Friday off, potential weekend work as needed
POSITION OVERVIEW – Application Support Engineer III
The Application support engineer specializes in deploying, maintaining, and life-cycling PCN/OT application systems. Ensure cybersecurity standards adherence, information and risk compliance, asset inventory and monitoring, software license management, and OS/software patch management.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Deploy, maintain, and life-cycle PCN/OT application systems across on-premise and Azure environments, ensuring alignment with client's infrastructure standards and project timelines
- Provide ongoing support and troubleshooting for Microsoft Windows Server environments, diagnosing and resolving issues to minimize operational downtime
- Administer and maintain virtualized infrastructure using VMware ESXi and vCenter, including configuration, monitoring, and performance optimization
- Ensure cybersecurity standards adherence across all supported systems, leveraging tools such as Tenable Nessus or Tanium for vulnerability scanning, patch management, and risk compliance
- Manage software license inventory and OS/application patch cycles, coordinating updates in accordance with OT security protocols and change management procedures
- Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate routine system maintenance, monitoring, and reporting tasks
- Provide design, testing, and implementation support for application system platform deployments and lifecycle projects, participating in both internally driven and customer-facing initiatives
- Document systems infrastructure clearly and accurately, maintaining up-to-date records of configurations, procedures, and issue resolutions
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and cybersecurity teams to identify, communicate, and resolve system issues in a timely manner
- Support information and risk compliance efforts by maintaining accurate asset inventories and contributing to audits and compliance reviews within the OT environment
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience supporting and troubleshooting server-based on premise and Azure applications in OT and business network environments.
- Experience deploying, troubleshooting, and supporting Microsoft Windows servers.
- Experience providing design, testing and implementation support for and participation in internally-driven application system platform deployment or lifecycle projects, and/or customer-facing projects.
- Demonstrated application of strong analytical and problem-solving skills to help the team identify, communicate, and resolve issues.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated ability to document the systems infrastructure.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated understanding of OT environments and related high security concepts: Perdue model, air gapped networks, zero trust.
- Experience and familiarity with Azure IaaS and SaaS.
- Experience developing and maintaining PowerShell scripts to automate system maintenance and monitoring.
- Skills and demonstrated experience with a virtualization environment consisting of VMware ESXi and VCenter. VXRail also a plus.
- A 2-year Associates degree or higher, in technology or a related business discipline.
- Microsoft certification(s) in Windows Server, Azure, or other related technologies.
- Experience deploying, troubleshooting, and supporting Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, or other distributions).
- Experience maintaining and administering infrastructure systems including responsibility for cybersecurity standards adherence, information management, and risk compliance using tools such as Tenable Nessus, Tanium, or equivalent.
- Understanding of Agile methodologies / SAFe framework; experience with Microsoft ADO.
- Grow Capabilities: demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and platforms in support of meeting the desired timeline for this project opportunity.
- Experience deploying, troubleshooting, and supporting Microsoft Windows.
- Skills and demonstrated experience supporting various OT applications.
- Demonstrated application of strong analytical and problem-solving skills to help the team identify, communicate, and resolve issues.
