Lead Specialist - IT Apps Development/ Application Dev Analyst

Sunoco LP is a leading energy infrastructure and fuel distribution master limited partnership operating across 47 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Europe, and Mexico.

The Partnership's midstream operations include an extensive network of approximately 9,500 miles of pipeline and over 100 terminals.

This critical infrastructure complements the Partnership's fuel distribution operations, which serve approximately 10,000 convenience stores, independent dealers, commercial customers, and distributors.

At Sunoco, we take great pride in what we do and wholeheartedly believe our employees drive success for our company and our customers.

We are always looking for the best and brightest talent and we are committed to making your job a challenging and rewarding experience.

Summary :

Sunoco is seeking a talented and technical analyst / specialist / lead specialist support person. This position will work with our commercial, measurement, scheduling and accounting teams to support and maintain the applications that support business processes for inventory management, customer billing, and the customer portal.

You will write basic SQL code to diagnose and troubleshoot problems in a timely manner, produce documentation, and assist on projects to provide business value.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provide basic functional support which includes fundamental business requirements analysis, system configuration, testing, training, and documentation.
• Assist with / lead software upgrades, patches code releases and database changes.
• Implement and support third-party enterprise software and in-house custom interfaces and reports.
• Assist more senior I / S staff in working with business partners to optimize processes and deliver / sustain process-enabling solutions.
• Assist / lead in creating new business processes and optimizing existing processes; participate in evaluating new and existing software
• solutions and making recommendations to business owners.
• Assist / lead in compiling and analyzing business requirements and preparing system functional specifications that will be used to develop technical specifications;

assist in testing technical development output.

Possess project lifecycle skills; follow defined I / S project execution standards including business process mapping notation and transformation, change control process, and software lifecycle.

Participate as a team member on small and mid-sized projects.

• Manage tasks and work effectively with team members and customers.
• Demonstrate capability to bridge gaps and work with different I / S disciplines (e.g., technical, functional, infrastructure).
• Responsible for solving mid-level to difficult functional issues.
• Expected to demonstrate mid-level project lifecycle skills.
• Expected to follow defined I / S project execution standards including business process mapping notation and transformation, change control process and software lifecycle in the execution of small projects under general supervision.
• Expected to continually expand scope of knowledge.
• Required to provide 7x24 support under general supervision and support of senior team members.

Requirements : Education and / or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements for this position are listed below.

• B.S. degree in Computer Science or IT business-related field preferred. Relevant technical or industry experience will be considered.
• Strong interpersonal skills required to effectively interact with and influence internal contacts as well as strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to take direction from superiors and contribute to departmental discussions regarding problem solving is preferred.
• Requires the ability to work in a team environment, and as an individual, efficiently and effectively.
• Requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Nature of position requires ability to organize / prioritize duties and give attention to detail and accuracy in execution of duties.
• Must have demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment involving difficult situations.
• Positive attitude that promotes good work relationships.
• Excited about learning.
• Excited about investigating issues and solving business problems with an ability to provide and receive input during problem solving sessions.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft SQL database queries, optimization, SSRS and Crystal Reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an aptitude for problem solving.
• Experience supporting Oil / Gas pipelines would be appreciated.
• Experience supporting Synthesis application would be a plus.
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or IT business-related field preferred. Relevant technical or industry experience will be considered.

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

T-SQL, IIS, Windows Server

Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level :

• The Senior IT Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5-8 years of relevant job related experience
• The Lead IT Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant job related experience
• The Principal IT Specialist level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 10+ years of relevant job related experience.

Working Conditions

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

• Usually, normal office working conditions.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
• Occasional travel may be required.

An equal opportunity employer / disability / vet

Energy Transfer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances.

Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.

DISCLAIMER : The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.

They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified