Oxy · 15 hours ago
IT Services Advisor Sr
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expOccidental Petroleum Corporation is an international energy company focused on oil and gas production, particularly in the U.S. The IT Services Advisor Sr role involves providing advanced technical data management support, collaborating on best practices, and ensuring data quality and integrity across various business units.
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Responsibilities
Provide advanced technical data management support to BUs and Drilling, Completions, and Well Servicing/Production Functions, independently handling complex datasets and workflows while escalating only highly complex challenges
Collaborate with Corporate Data Management in the development, implementation, and support of best practices for technical data management (Subsurface, Operations, and Master Data)
Contribute to the implementation of Corporate Data Management guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards globally and help ensure continuity and alignment of data across all Business Units
Communicate Corporate Data Management vision and strategy to Business Unit technical teams and leadership and serve as a key conduit for connecting strategy to execution
Monitor EDM and other data sources for acceptable levels of completeness, validity, and accuracy of technical data, and actively implement remediation processes for erroneous or inconsistent datasets
Assess the EDM governance model, identifying systemic issues and recommending targeted improvements to drive long‑term sustainment of data quality and integrity
Ensure well servicing, drilling, and completions data is correctly integrated with other company systems by identifying integration gaps, recommending enhancements, and validating end‑to‑end data flows
Liaise with IT to assess and test new drilling, completions, and well servicing data management technologies. Provide realistic, technically grounded recommendations for adoption or improvement
Maintain awareness of industry trends, evolving applications, and emerging technologies within drilling, completions, and well servicing data management, and share insights with peers and management
Contribute to the definition and enhancement of governance models that support long‑term sustainability of data quality, influencing decisions through subject‑matter expertise
Lead significant workstreams and support Corporate Data Management projects to ensure completion on time and within scope, collaborating closely with project managers and domain experts
Identify, acquire, and migrate high‑value drilling, completions, and well servicing data to the system of record, ensuring consistency, lineage, and traceability
Develop, enhance, and maintain data validations to ensure data is trusted, high quality, and actionable by downstream consumers
Monitor the data management service portal, correcting incidents and completing tasks assigned to the Data Management Team with a high level of independence and accountability
Engage cross‑functional teams—including geoscientists, engineers, and operations personnel—to understand business needs, data usage patterns, and pain points, proactively delivering solutions
Assess data management processes, tools, and technologies and recommend improvements that increase data quality, efficiency, reliability, and overall effectiveness across the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Geoscience, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience
Minimum 5–10 years of relevant experience in drilling, completions, or well servicing data management
Proficient in managing, loading, and validating drilling, completions, and well servicing data
Experience with D&C reporting applications such as Landmark EDM, Weatherford WSM, and associated tools
Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver technical data management workstreams or sub‑projects
Strong skills querying and analyzing data in Oracle and SQL Server databases using SQL
Strong proficiency with Python for data engineering tasks
Strong knowledge of Office 365, including Power Apps and Power Automate
Experience developing dashboards in Power BI or Spotfire
Working understanding of developing and supporting Operational Data Stores and/or Data Lakes
Strong problem–solving and critical‑thinking skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver technical presentations
Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively across teams
Preferred
Knowledge of technical data generated during drilling, completions, and well servicing operations, and standard industry methodologies, tools, and processes used to receive, validate, and manage these data types
Working knowledge of operational reporting applications, subsurface and operational data types, and underlying databases
Strong understanding of SQL and hierarchical databases (Oracle and SQL Server)
Working knowledge of wellbore schematics and industry concepts such as tubulars, packers, plugs, and perforations
Familiarity with artificial lift types (ESP, Rod Lift, PCP, Gas Lift)
Experience defining technical data standards, naming conventions, workflows, and procedures
Experience supporting OSDU initiatives, data governance efforts, and enterprise data quality programs
Strong working knowledge of the MS Office365 application suite
Company
Oxy
Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.65BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2022-09-29Post Ipo Equity· $352M
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Leadership Team
Richard A. Jackson
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Yanni Charalambous
VP and CIO
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