Job Summary
The Contract Subsurface Data Management Specialist role requires a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is capable of managing a diverse range of challenges simultaneously. They must be a strong advocate for best practices, with extensive experience in data management, governance, standardization, and retention. The individual's primary focus is on cataloging and maintaining data inventories to support projects being worked by the Geoscience Teams including data receipt, organization, quality control, business and vendor collaboration, security and compliance, archival, and documentation. Additionally, this role will be required to monitor and manage data storage levels, ensuring capacity limits are not exceeded and proactively addressing any potential storage issues.
Deep expertise across multiple subsurface platforms is essential, particularly demonstrated proficiency in data loading and management within Kingdom, Paleoscan, and Petrel. A solid understanding of the E&P business is crucial, with experience supporting New Ventures, Exploration, and Appraisal activities.
Responsibilities
Follow the company's data management workflows for handling of data such as naming convention adherence, storage formatting guidelines request tracking
Collaborate on the design, implementation, and optimization of data management processes and systems across Exploration and Subsurface Development business
Organize and structure projects folders, and maintain and update technical documents repository
Maintain working knowledge of current industry best practices for subsurface data including seismic, well, and petrophysical data
Perform gap-analysis on data repositories and project databases to identify data to be migrated
May be accountable for seismic data management, QC, organizing, and loading of seismic data to various software suites including Kingdom and Petrel
Interface with vendors in problem solving situations
Working multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment is essential
Qualifications/Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Geoscience, Computer Science, or related degree
Minimum 10 years' experience in oil and gas
Excellent understanding of E&P data types and be familiar with subsurface technical data management principles and practices through the data lifecycle
Proficiency in project management of the following software: Paleoscan, HampsonRussell, Kingdom, Petrel, ArcGIS, DUG, Geolog