Senior Operational Technology (OT) Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day administration, support, and troubleshooting of Operational Technology systems across producing assets.
• Support the reliability, performance, and availability of SCADA, telemetry, automation, and production optimization platforms.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration standards, support procedures, and asset inventories.
• Administer and support CygNet SCADA environments, ensuring reliable data collection, monitoring, alarming, and field communications.
• Support field integrations involving RTUs, PLCs, flow computers, and telemetry devices.
• Maintain and troubleshoot data acquisition, communications, and historian connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with field personnel and automation vendors to diagnose and resolve operational technology issues.
• Assist with system upgrades, patches, testing, and deployment of new OT technologies.
• Administer and support Canary Labs Historian environments, ensuring reliable collection, storage, and availability of operational data.
• Support data quality initiatives by identifying and resolving data gaps, communication failures, and data integrity issues.
• Partner with Data & Analytics teams to facilitate operational data integration into enterprise reporting and analytics platforms.
• Afford assistance in developing and maintaining data validation, monitoring, and reporting processes.
• Sustain support for XSPOC/Optilift and related production optimization platforms used by Production Engineering and Operations teams.
• Assist users with troubleshooting production optimization workflows, calculations, alarms, and reporting.
• Support integrations between production systems, SCADA platforms, and enterprise data environments.
• Work closely with production engineers to improve system utilization and operational effectiveness.
• Field communications infrastructure including cellular, radio, satellite, and network-connected field devices.
• Coordinate with IT infrastructure teams to maintain connectivity, security, and performance of OT systems.
• Afford assistance in deployment and support of field hardware, edge devices, and remote monitoring solutions.
• Participate in technology refresh and lifecycle management initiatives for OT hardware and software.
• Cybersecurity, Compliance & Governance Support cybersecurity initiatives for OT environments in partnership with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure teams.
• Follow established procedures for access management, patching, vulnerability remediation, and change control.
• Afford assistance in OT audits, compliance reviews, and documentation activities.
• Promote adherence to OT standards, policies, and operational best practices.
• Business Partnership & Continuous Improvement Build strong working relationships with Operations, Production Engineering, Field Personnel, and IT teams.
• Provide end-user support, training, and technical guidance for OT applications and platforms.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and increased operational efficiency.
• Participate in projects supporting digital field operations, automation, and operational data initiatives.

  Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Industrial Automation, or related field preferred.
  • Equivalent combination of education and relevant industry experience will be considered.
  • 5+ years of experience supporting Operational Technology, SCADA, automation, or industrial systems within upstream oil and gas operations.
  • Experience supporting Canary Labs Historian or comparable industrial historian platforms.
  • Familiarity with PLCs, RTUs, flow computers, telemetry systems, and field communications infrastructure.
  • Understanding of industrial networking, networking, OT system architecture, and field automation technologies.
  • Experience supporting operational data integration and historian environments.
  • Knowledge of OT cybersecurity principles and industrial control system best practices.