IT Services Advisor Sr

Oxy•Houston, TX

About The Position

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information. Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment and positively impacting our communities where we do business.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

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.