IT Systems & Infrastructure Advisor

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. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental 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.

Solaris and Linux Administrator

Description

This position will be primarily responsible for the management of the Oracle Solaris and Linux systems environment at Oxy.  In addition to day to day management and operation of the Solaris/ Linux environment which includes administration , access control, troubleshooting, repair, monitoring and updates,  the position will also participate in the architecture, engineering, testing, design and configuration of on premises and public cloud solutions, work on or lead team projects in the group including new technologies, upgrades and implementation. 

Additional responsibilities include assessing and remediating of Linux issues, automating on premises processes and acting as an escalation point or SME for complex technical issues or troubleshooting.  This includes analyzing repetitive and troublesome issues to determine trends, opportunities for proactive action, and recommendations for continuous improvement.    

This position will also provide support, mentoring, guidance and technical development (seminars, documentation, instructions) to other IT staff, including working with others one on one and in group settings.

Mandatory Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems 
• Working Experience on Oracle T4, T5 and T7 servers hardware installation, operation and troubleshooting  
• 5+ years of Oracle Solaris and Linux experience including RedHat and CentOs.
• Working experience on Oracle Solaris Zoning and Linux KVM Virtualization.
• Experience with system patching/RPM repository (e.g. Yum), and RedHat Satellite.
• Experience with identity and access management systems such as Centrify and LDAP 
• Experience installing, configuring and supporting infrastructure services such as servers, clusters, networking, TCP/IP, DNS, DFS, and DHCP etc.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot issues and facilitate improvements based on root cause analysis  
• Self-starter with the ability to manage projects and other tasks under minimal supervision. 
• Must be a team player, with exceptional communication skills, willing to work with others in the group and the rest of the IT organization 
• Ability to identify and implement initiatives to improve the IT environment. 
• Conduct research on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications

• Working experience in Oil & Gas industry.
• Strong development skills and Infrastructure automation through scripting and DevOps CI/CD, such as: PowerShell, Python, Ansible, shell scripting etc. 
• Experience with data center environment and servers including blade servers from HP and Dell with shared enterprise storage
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Solarwinds, Nagios or equivalent
• Windows server experience including 2008R2, 2012R2, 2016 and 2019
• Working knowledge of storage technologies (NAS, SAN, ISCSI and Fiber Channel protocols).
• Experience designing and implementing public cloud based solutions in Azure and AWS
• Experience managing VMWare ESXi Hosts with multiple vCenter servers
• Prior experience in multiple IT disciplines - Networking, Servers and Storage Hardware and Windows Server OS.

Other Conditions:

• Ability to work in office environment from either office locations in Greenway or Woodlands or remotely.
• Provide after-hours support and participate in an on-call rotation.
• Ability to travel to remote