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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. To learn more, visit Oxy

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.

Key Responsibilities

A successful candidate will support the engineering, reliability, and continuous improvement of field network and centralized technology services. Duties and responsibilities include:

• Maintain protection of the environment and the health and safety of employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate as the highest priority.
• Assist with technical analysis, design documentation, testing, implementation planning, and lifecycle activities for field network and centralized technology solutions.
• Support routing, switching, SD-WAN, wireless, microwave, radio, fiber, monitoring, and related network technologies based on assigned work and business needs.
• Gather technical and business requirements and help document existing conditions, proposed solutions, design assumptions, dependencies, risks, and implementation considerations.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, equipment records, technical procedures, implementation documents, test results, as-built information, and other engineering documentation.
• Assist experienced technical resources with evaluating network technologies, equipment, software, and services for potential use within the field network environment.
• Participate in laboratory testing, proof-of-concept activities, technical validation, and field verification of network solutions.
• Support development and maintenance of engineering standards, configuration guidance, deployment practices, and technical documentation.
• Assist with technology lifecycle planning by gathering inventory, software, supportability, performance, capacity, end-of-life, and end-of-support information.
• Participate in field network projects by supporting technical planning, scheduling, procurement information, vendor coordination, implementation readiness, documentation, testing, and project closeout activities.
• Work with Field Network Operations, FNOC, Enterprise Network, Cybersecurity, Automation, ORCM, business units, vendors, and other technical teams to support assigned work and resolve technical issues.
• Review monitoring, incident, configuration, and performance information to help identify recurring issues, technical risks, capacity concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support troubleshooting and problem analysis for complex or recurring network issues, with escalation and guidance from experienced technical resources as appropriate.
• Assist with automation, reporting, data analysis, and process-improvement activities that improve network reliability, visibility, documentation, or engineering efficiency.
• Maintain accurate work records and documentation in approved IT service management, project, asset, monitoring, and collaboration platforms.
• Continue developing technical knowledge across field networking, telecommunications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and oil and gas operating environments.
• Perform other duties as requested by manager.

Required Qualifications:

• Foundational knowledge of information technology, networking, telecommunications, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Ability to apply academic, technical, or practical knowledge to defined problems with guidance from experienced technical resources.
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP, IP addressing, routing, switching, WAN, LAN, wireless, or related network concepts.
• Ability to gather technical information, organize findings, identify relevant details, and document conclusions clearly.
• Ability to create and maintain accurate technical documentation, diagrams, procedures, records, and work notes.
• Ability to follow established engineering, cybersecurity, change-management, safety, and documentation practices.
• Ability to participate effectively in technical projects, testing activities, troubleshooting efforts, and cross-team work.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage assigned tasks, communicate status, meet deadlines, and request guidance when technical or business risks are identified.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical teams, field personnel, business stakeholders, vendors, contractors, and service providers.
• Ability and willingness to learn new network technologies, tools, processes, and oil and gas operating environments.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Desired Qualifications:

• College degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Telecommunications, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Internship, academic, laboratory, military, or work experience involving networking, telecommunications, infrastructure, information technology, or engineering.
• Exposure to Cisco routing and switching, SD-WAN, wireless networking, microwave, two-way radio, private LTE, fiber optics, structured cabling, or telecommunications infrastructure.
• Exposure to network diagrams, technical specifications, equipment inventories, test plans, implementation documents, or as-built documentation.
• Familiarity with network monitoring, IT service management, asset management, configuration management, or project tracking tools.
• Exposure to SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Cisco management platforms, Microsoft Visio, Power BI, GIS tools, or similar technical platforms.
• Experience using Python, PowerShell, APIs, data analysis, or other automation methods to improve repetitive technical processes.
• Familiarity with technology lifecycle concepts, including inventory, software versions, capacity, reliability, end-of-life, and end-of-support.
• Exposure to construction, field infrastructure, vendor coordination, commissioning, or project delivery activities.
• Interest in field network technologies supporting oil and gas production, industrial facilities, remote locations, and business-critical operations.
• Curiosity for technology, strong interpersonal skills, a continuous-improvement mindset, and the ability to learn from experienced technical resources.

Relocation will not be provided.

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.

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 no originate nor are they associated with our recruitment process.

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.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.