Manager Data Governance

Description

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, and its OxyChem subsidiary is a major North American chemical manufacturer. We are one of the largest U.S. oil and gas companies, based on equity market capitalization, with more than 40,000 employees and contractors worldwide.

Our greatest asset has been and will continue to be our people. We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Principal / Manager Data Engineer within our (Data Management & Analytics) function, based in (Houston, TX).

• Lead Data Management initiatives and develop frameworks that drive operational efficiencies
• In conjunction with IT, lead the design of the Data Management platform that supports heterogeneous data structures and cross-functional data integration to generate insights and support data driven analytical solutions
• Collaborate with and lead multidisciplinary teams to design, evolve and drive compliance of approved data management standards, processes, and best practices, and where appropriate incorporated into solutions
• Plan, design, develop. refine and maintain Data Architecture to meet critical business workflow requirement, develop standards and domain agnostic patterns for the Enterprise helping efficient storage and consumption of data assets.
• Design, develop and own critical data management specific products, workflows, data pipelines and advice business units and data consumers on existing solution and workflows.
• Establish and facilitate the data governance council, ensuring regular, effective meetings and publishing the resulting governance guidelines
• Promote data governance disciplines and purposes by implementing data governance directives
• Lead in the development of an Enterprise data catalog that will be the "go to" tool for the business to find and understand Oxy's data assets and how to engage with them
• Have a thorough understanding of the impact of master data on transactional processing and reporting
• Serve as a primary contact for all major issues and escalations relating to standards and procedures, and lead successful resolution supported by all stakeholders
• Continues to extend existing data architecture to support increasing user demands and application requirements.
• Assesses and evaluates risk to understand the implications of design decisions and new technologies
• Work closely with Data Scientists to ensure Data Framework provides required data and level of granularity for advanced Data Science projects to augment SaaS Cloud Data Framework data and provide Management Insights.
• Cultivates relationships with peer data management groups and Enterprise Architects to ensure alignment, compliance, and long-term sustainability of our digital assets
• Communicate and influence key stakeholders to support data focused programs and initiatives
• Train and mentor team members on approaches and practices for root cause analysis, issue resolution, and customer communication
• Proactively identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvements
• Keep abreast of industry trends in project management and Geoscience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Geoscience or Computer Science, related field or equivalent experience
• Master's degree is a plus
• A minimum of 10 years' experience implementing and supporting complex data management initiatives including traditional Data Warehousing as well as modern data pipeline architecture and data flow optimization.
• Documented experience managing real-time, high-frequency, streaming, structured, semi-structured complex datasets.
• Engage directly with customers to participate in design and development of data integration and architecture solution according to functional and performance requirements
• Minimum 5 years hands on experience in designing, scaling and implementing data governance processes and tools
• A minimum of 5 years' experience in data engineering, data governance, and data architecture in an enterprise environment with focus on next generation initiatives
• A minimum of two years hands-on experience with Big Data Platform and AWS Data Lake implementation.
• Deep subject matter expertise and hands-on experience in selecting, designing, optimizing, scaling, and implementing a Big Data Platform, tools and processes
• Hands-on experience and proficiency in advanced data technologies - AWS data lake, databricks, Oracle/MSSQL/, ArcSDE, JSON, XML, REST API, scripting languages (SQL, Python, R, Scala, shell) and DataOps/Big Data technology stack including NoSQL, Databricks, Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, StreamSets, NIFI, Solr etc.
• Advanced knowledge of data management principles, data security, master data management, metadata management, real-time streaming data, and cloud technologies
• Advanced knowledge and experience with O&G operational data flows from field through to technical applications and enterprise systems
• Advanced knowledge of well data lifecycle from exploration through to development, drilling and completion, production, and eventual abandonment or relinquishment
• Experience with data governance and data quality tools (i.e.: Informatica DQ, Informatica Axon, Collibra, etc.)
• Develop complex data integrations and pipelines on high volume, high frequency datasets to enable AI & ML workflows (feature engineering, training, inference, alerting)
• Experience designing and delivering hybrid-cloud data solutions, preferably with Azure and AWS.
• Proficient at translating business problems into solutions including conceptual design, requirements definition, execution plan development leading to program delivery
• Three years of experience managing technical data management projects leading to successful delivery having site or global level impact
• Two years of experience presenting to senior and executive level leadership
• Understanding of Data Science and related technologies

Behavioral

• Ability to take ownership, engage, lead change, achieve results, adapt, problem solve, manage risk and drive tasks to completion
• Ability to lead initiatives, multi-disciplinary project teams, and influence stakeholder buy-in
• Participate in strategy and planning sessions and be recognized as a capable team member that delivers value
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity and maintain effective performance under stressful and uncertain conditions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; proven ability to represent point of view and discuss technical information with the business users in business language
• Willingness to both be a mentor, share knowledge while learning new technologies and recommending the best cloud data architecture/solution for the Enterprise.
• Excellent team player, and self-driven individual who can multi-task, work independently under minimal supervision and deliver on commitments
• Excellent analytical mind and proven problem-solving skills

Relocation: Will not be offered at this time

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

Occidental is an 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, or disability status.