IT Data Systems Manager

Location: United States - TX - The Woodlands

Excelerate Energy is helping countries around the world enhance energy security through reliable LNG and power infrastructure solutions. We strive to deliver sustainable results by doing what we promise and investing in our people, assets, and technology while promoting a culture of safety, quality, and environmental stewardship. We believe our people are our greatest asset and are committed to fostering a culture of safety, collaboration, and continuous growth. Together, we work to expand access to reliable energy for communities around the world.

The Data Systems Manager is responsible for reliable day-to-day management, support, and continuous improvement of the company's enterprise data platforms, integrations, databases, reporting environments, and workflow solutions. The role provides hands-on operational ownership for critical data systems and serves as a key technical resource for business and IT stakeholders. This position is expected to strengthen service continuity, improve data quality and system performance, and standardize integration and governance practices.

The Data Systems Manager translates business needs into practical, supportable solutions while maintaining appropriate security, controls, documentation, and lifecycle management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following activities. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Assume day-to-day operational ownership of enterprise data platforms, integrations, databases, reporting environments, and related support activities.
• Ensure the availability, performance, capacity, security, and reliability of critical data services through proactive monitoring, incident response, maintenance, recovery planning, and issue resolution.
• Own and manage Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL, SQL Server, Power BI, and related enterprise data environments.
• Oversee the design, implementation, support, and documentation of APIs, system interfaces, data pipelines, and scheduled data exchanges across enterprise applications.
• Establish standards for system interoperability, data reconciliation, error handling, change control, and production support.
• Manage database performance, availability, backups, recovery, capacity planning, access, and lifecycle requirements.
• Own enterprise datasets, data models, and semantic models that support reliable reporting, analytics, and business decision-making.
• Improve data quality and reporting accuracy through appropriate validation, monitoring, controls, documentation, and issue remediation.
• Define and maintain data architecture, governance, classification, retention, access, and lifecycle standards in partnership with IT Security, Internal Audit, Legal, and business stakeholders.
• Govern Microsoft Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps and Power Automate, and deliver practical workflow improvements that reduce manual effort and operational risk.
• Coordinate data migrations, system upgrades, production deployments, and environment changes with application owners, infrastructure teams, security, and vendors.
• Establish service metrics, system documentation, support procedures, ownership records, and monitoring routines for critical data services.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for enterprise data systems, advising business and IT leaders on operational priorities, risks, tradeoffs, investment needs, and sustainable solutions.
• Any other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five or more years of experience supporting enterprise data systems, databases, integrations, reporting platforms, or related technology operations.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft data technologies, including Fabric, Azure, SQL Server or Azure SQL, and Power BI.
• Experience supporting system integrations, data pipelines, and enterprise data environments.
• Working knowledge of data modeling, data quality, governance, security, access controls, and platform lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting production systems, migrations, upgrades, deployments, incident resolution, and operational improvements.
• Ability to translate business requirements into practical technical solutions and clearly communicate risks, options, and tradeoffs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, prioritization, and cross-functional communication skills.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit.

The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION: Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship. Sponsorship for this role is not being offered at this time.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EEO STATEMENT

It is the policy of Excelerate Energy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Excelerate Energy is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures and employment processes. If you need an accommodation to apply for a role or to perform essential job functions, please contact Human Resources at [email protected]. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis consistent with applicable laws

This employer participates in E Verify. We will use E Verify to confirm your employment eligibility after an offer is accepted and Form I 9 is completed. For more information about E Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.e-verify.gov.