Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum

Expert IT Infrastructure

Midland, Texas, USA

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About the role

  • Oxy produces, markets and transports oil and natural gas to maximize value and provide resources fundamental to life.
  • The company leverages its global leadership in carbon management to advance lower-carbon technologies and products.
  • Headquartered in Houston, Oxy primarily operates in the United States, Middle East and North Africa.

Responsibilities

  • Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and support field network infrastructure, including routing, switching, wireless, microwave, LTE, satellite, fiber, and telecommunications systems.
  • Perform advanced troubleshooting and service-restoration activities for network, telecommunications, and connectivity issues affecting drilling, production, automation, plant, and business operations.
  • Use IT service management processes to manage incidents, service requests, changes, and problem investigations through resolution.
  • Maintain accurate network diagrams, site records, equipment inventories, operating procedures, and support runbooks.
  • Support the commissioning, startup, and integration of new facilities, communications systems, operational technology networks, and business infrastructure.
  • Support field construction activities, vendor coordination, site surveys, telecommunications projects, and infrastructure deployments.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Five or more years of experience supporting, installing, maintaining, or troubleshooting enterprise network and telecommunications infrastructure.
  • Experience with one or more of the following technologies: routing, switching, wireless, telecommunications, fiber, LTE, microwave, SCADA, industrial networking, or related systems.
  • Strong understanding of incident management, change management, and operational support processes.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support for critical operational issues, as required.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunications, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline.
  • Equivalent relevant field experience may be considered.
  • Experience supporting field network infrastructure in oil and gas, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, utilities, or other critical operating environments.
  • Experience with routing, switching, wireless, microwave, private LTE, satellite, fiber-optic, SCADA, industrial networking, or related communications technologies.
  • Experience supporting field construction, facility commissioning, site startups, equipment replacements, infrastructure upgrades, or operational technology deployments.
  • Familiarity with structured cabling and fiber-optic installation, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and industry best practices.
  • Experience participating in outage response, incident management, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action activities.
  • Experience working with field operations, automation teams, vendors, contractors, and business users to resolve operational issues.

Skills

  • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex operational issues and restore services safely and efficiently.
  • Experience working directly with field operations personnel, vendors, contractors, and business stakeholders.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
  • routing, switching, wireless, telecommunications, fiber, LTE, microwave, SCADA, industrial networking, or related systems.
  • Experience supporting network and telecommunications systems in remote or geographically distributed field locations.

Company info

  • 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.
  • We are committed to attracting and retaining talented employees by investing in professional development and providing meaningful opportunities for growth.
  • We strive to uphold the highest standards of health, safety, environmental stewardship, and positive community impact wherever we operate.
  • All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website.
  • Support safe operations while helping protect the environment, employees, contractors, customers, and communities.

Equal opportunity

  • Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.
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