IT Enterprise Architecture Advisor

3 weeks ago


Houston, Texas, United States Oxy Full time

Oxy is a leading international energy company with a strong presence in the United States, the Middle East, and North Africa.

We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., with a significant presence in the Permian and DJ basins, as well as offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.

Our midstream and marketing segment plays a crucial role in ensuring the efficient flow of our oil and gas, maximizing its value.

Our chemical subsidiary, OxyChem, is a leading manufacturer of essential products.

We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint and advancing a lower-carbon world through our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary.

We strive to create a positive impact on the communities where we operate and to be a responsible employer.

We are seeking an experienced IT Enterprise Architecture Advisor to join our team.

As an IT Enterprise Architecture Advisor, you will play a key role in shaping our organization's technology strategy and ensuring alignment between business goals and IT initiatives.

You will provide expert guidance on enterprise architecture principles, methodologies, and best practices to drive digital transformation and optimize our technology landscape.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across IT, business units, and external partners to drive the adoption of best practices, optimize processes, and deliver scalable solutions.

The scope of responsibilities includes enabling the organization to achieve targeted business outcomes that support enterprise objectives for growing revenue, optimizing costs, and mitigating risks.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and IT initiatives
  • Create long-term roadmaps for IT systems, applications, and infrastructure that support scalability, innovation, and agility
  • Build key relationships with both IT and business stakeholders to operate as an internal management consultancy to proactively deliver EA services
  • Work closely with business stakeholders, BRM, and Service Owners to translate business issues and opportunities into technical strategies and solutions
  • Ensure alignment between the IT roadmap and overall business strategy. Support IT portfolio planning, management, and modernization
  • Define and enforce architectural principles, guidelines, and standards to maintain consistency and integrity across IT projects and systems
  • Contribute to the development and updating of the IT Strategy and Operating Model
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations on IT strategy and architecture

Drive innovation:

  • Collaborate with our Emerging technology practice and business, proactively exploring key technology opportunities and how they can be applied to business-driven outcomes

Qualifications:

  • Master's or bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
  • 8-10 years of experience across multiple disciplines, including business/IT, solution or technical architecture, application development, strategic and/or operations planning, information analysis, data management, or IT operations in a complex environment
  • Technical Knowledge - Understanding of common technologies to support business ecosystems - SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, APIs, Cloud, database, etc.
  • Methodologies and Frameworks - Familiarity with common information management practices, SDLC, IT services management, agile methodology, infrastructure and operations, and ITIL frameworks
  • Strong leadership skills, along with applicable soft and interpersonal skills - including in teamwork/collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation
  • Strong consulting skills with regards to engagement management, stakeholder management, and business development - able to speak the language of our business
  • Organizationally savvy, with situational awareness around the current state of the enterprise and how to navigate obstacles and complexities
  • Application landscape simplification, reduction of technical debt, and application rationalization
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong knowledge of cloud computing, IT infrastructure, software development, security, and data management
  • Familiarity with TOGAF, Zachman, or other enterprise architecture frameworks
  • Experience with modern technologies such as microservices, APIs, DevOps, and AI/ML is a plus
  • Experience with Application portfolio management

Relocation:

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.

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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.



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