Expert IT Infrastructure

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Oxy 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., The Expert IT Infrastructure - Field Network provides advanced operational support for Oxy’s field network environment across production, drilling, facilities, field offices, telecommunications, and automation operations. This role serves as a senior technical resource responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, restoration, documentation, and continuous improvement of field network services., * Support safe operations while helping protect the environment, employees, contractors, customers, and communities.

• 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.
• Provide on-site and remote support for field offices, communications facilities, remote locations, and other critical operational sites.
• Coordinate with Automation, Operations, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, vendors, and business stakeholders to resolve service-impacting incidents.
• Use IT service management processes to manage incidents, service requests, changes, and problem investigations through resolution.
• Execute approved maintenance activities, including network upgrades, hardware replacements, lifecycle refreshes, firmware upgrades, and infrastructure improvements.
• Participate in outage response, root-cause analysis, corrective-action development, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• 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.
• Monitor network performance and proactively identify service degradation, operational risks, capacity constraints, reliability issues, and improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and knowledge transfer to team members while promoting standardized operational practices.
• Support field construction activities, vendor coordination, site surveys, telecommunications projects, and infrastructure deployments.
• Prepare and communicate operational-status updates, technical findings, outage notifications, and project-progress reports.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support for critical operational issues, as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned., Occidental is aware that individuals and organizations may falsely represent themselves as recruiting on behalf of Oxy. These communications are not associated with Occidental or our recruitment process.

Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

• Ask candidates to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training, or any other recruiting-related fees.
• Use recruiting or placement agencies that require candidates to pay an advance fee of any kind.
• Request sensitive personal information, such as passport or bank account details, early in the recruitment process.

We recommend that candidates do not respond to unsolicited business propositions or job offers from unknown individuals and do not disclose personal or financial information. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local law-enforcement agency.

Recruitment Fraud It has come to our attention various individuals and/or organizations are contacting people falsely pretending to recruit on behalf of Oxy. Please be aware that these recruiting scams and communications do not originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process. All Oxy job postings and offers will require a completed application through our company website. Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never: *Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees *Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or *Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process. We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don’t know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated individual to join our IT Field Network Permian Operations group as an Expert IT Infrastructure - Field Network., The successful candidate will demonstrate strong technical expertise, sound judgment, excellent customer service, and a commitment to safe work practices. This position requires the ability to work effectively in remote field environments and collaborate with operations personnel, technical teams, vendors, contractors, and business stakeholders to maintain reliable connectivity for critical operational systems., * 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.
• 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 understanding of incident management, change management, and operational support processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Willingness and ability to travel to field locations and provide after-hours operational support, as needed., * 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 supporting network and telecommunications systems in remote or geographically distributed field locations.
• 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 using ServiceNow, network-monitoring platforms, ticketing systems, network-management systems, or related operational support tools.
• 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.
• Experience creating and maintaining support documentation, operational procedures, network diagrams, equipment inventories, and support runbooks.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement opportunities to improve operational efficiency, reduce recurring incidents, improve reliability, or automate repetitive support activities.
• Experience supporting communications towers, microwave systems, wireless infrastructure, mobile communications solutions, or remote-site connectivity.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity practices, patching activities, firmware management, and operational technology support processes.
• Previous experience in field support, telecommunications, network operations, infrastructure support, or industrial operations.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: 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. Oxy Low Carbon Ventures advances leading-edge technologies and business solutions that support profitable growth while reducing emissions.

At Occidental, our people are our greatest asset. 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.