POSITION SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES:The Sr. Advisor Geoscience Tech is the most senior individual contributor on the geoscience technical staff. The role owns mapping, geospatial data and the integration between Petra, ArcGIS and Aries. This capability becomes central to how the geoscience and reservoir engineering teams plan development and book reserves.
The position sits at the intersection of geoscience and software. The successful candidate builds and maintains the data foundation the team relies on: GIS layers, backend databases and the connections between interpretation, mapping and economics tools. They act as the technical lead for geotechnical work, perform the most complex duties in support of the geology staff, train junior technicians and review the accuracy and completeness of their work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the integration between Petra, ArcGIS and Aries so that well, location and inventory data move cleanly between geoscience interpretation, mapping and reserves economics.
- Build and maintain GIS layers for development planning, including wells, leases, tracts, pipelines, pads and proposed locations, using surveyed plats and vendor data.
- Produce development planning, inventory, offset operator and basin maps for geoscience, reservoir engineering, land and management audiences.
- Build out and administer the enterprise GIS environment (ArcGIS Server, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcSDE geodatabases) and backend geoscience databases, including data governance standards, enterprise templates and quality control.
- Load and manage commercial well, log, permit and production data (for example Enverus and IHS) into Petra and other G&G applications.
- Collaborate with Reservoir Engineering on well planning and Aries database updates in support of development planning and reserves work.
- Write scripts and queries (Python, SQL, R) to automate data workflows, reduce manual mapping and data handling, and improve data quality.
- Contribute to the team's Danomics petrophysical and data workflows.
- Publish web maps and mapping services, and use FME and similar tools to build spatial datasets that track lease, rig schedule, drilling, completion, flowback and workover activity.
- Resolve data issues from vendors, consultants and surveyors, including projection, coordinate and geometry errors.
- Act as technical lead for geotechnical staff: train junior technicians and GIS users, assign tasks and monitor the accuracy and completeness of their work.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:Education & Experience:- Technical associate degree and/or other technical training required; a bachelor's degree in Geography, Geographic Information Science, Geology or a related field is preferred.
- At least 8 years of experience in geotechnical, GIS or geoscience data roles in the oil and gas industry.
- Demonstrated experience supporting development planning and reserves work for an E&P operator, including building or leading a GIS or geospatial function.
Technical Experience:- Advanced proficiency with ESRI software: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, Portal for ArcGIS, ArcSDE geodatabases and ArcGIS Online.
- Proficiency with Petra; working knowledge of other G&G applications such as Petrel or Kingdom.
- Working knowledge of Aries and experience connecting Aries with mapping and geoscience data.
- Programming and database skills in Python, SQL and R; experience designing and maintaining relational and spatial databases.
- Experience with commercial oil and gas and land data sources (Enverus, IHS, Tobin, Quorum) and with lease, tract, pipeline and right-of-way mapping; FME or similar ETL tools a plus.
- Familiarity with Danomics, data science tools (Jupyter, AWS, Docker) or machine learning methods a plus.
Professional Competencies:- Competent in all areas of geotechnical work and able to handle the most complex duties with minimal supervision.
- Able to lead and train other technicians and set data standards that the wider team follows.
- Clear communicator who works well with geologists, reservoir engineers, land staff and management.
- Strong attention to data quality and a practical, problem-solving approach to workflow improvement.
Office Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: - Prolonged periods working at a desk in front of a computer.
Additional Requirements: - Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.
