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The Contract Subsurface Data Management Specialist role requires a self-starter who thrives in a fast paced environment and is capable of managing a diverse range of challenges simultaneously. They must be a strong advocate for best practices, with extensive experience in data management, governance, standardization, and retention. The individual’s primary focus is on cataloging and maintaining data inventories to support projects being worked by the Geoscience Teams including data receipt, organization, quality control, business and vendor collaboration, security and compliance, archival, and documentation. Additionally, this role will be required to monitor and manage data storage levels, ensuring capacity limits are not exceeded and proactively addressing any potential storage issues.
Deep expertise across multiple subsurface platforms is essential, particularly demonstrated proficiency in data loading and management within Kingdom, Paleoscan, and Petrel. A solid understanding of the E&P business is crucial, with experience supporting New Ventures, Exploration, and Appraisal activities.
Responsibilities
Qualifications/Requirements
Christa Cantele, CPC
Contract Subsurface Data Management Specialist
Job Description
The Contract Subsurface Data Management Specialist role requires a self-starter who thrives in a fast paced environment and is capable of managing a diverse range of challenges simultaneously. They must be a strong advocate for best practices, with extensive experience in data management, governance, standardization, and retention. The individual’s primary focus is on cataloging and maintaining data inventories to support projects being worked by the Geoscience Teams including data receipt, organization, quality control, business and vendor collaboration, security and compliance, archival, and documentation. Additionally, this role will be required to monitor and manage data storage levels, ensuring capacity limits are not exceeded and proactively addressing any potential storage issues.
Deep expertise across multiple subsurface platforms is essential, particularly demonstrated proficiency in data loading and management within Kingdom, Paleoscan, and Petrel. A solid understanding of the E&P business is crucial, with experience supporting New Ventures, Exploration, and Appraisal activities.
Responsibilities
- Follow data management workflows for handling of data such as naming convention adherence, storage formatting guidelines request tracking
- Collaborate on the design, implementation, and optimization of data management processes and systems across Exploration and Subsurface Development business
- Organize and structure projects folders, and maintain and update technical documents repository
- Maintain working knowledge of current industry best practices for subsurface data including seismic, well, and petrophysical data
- Perform gap-analysis on data repositories and project databases to identify data to be migrated
- May be accountable for seismic data management, QC, organizing, and loading of seismic data to various software suites including Kingdom and Petrel
- Interface with vendors in problem solving situations
- Working multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment is essential
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Geoscience, Computer Science, or related degree is a plus
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in oil and gas
- Excellent understanding of E&P data types and be familiar with subsurface technical data management principles and practices through the data lifecycle
- Proficiency in project management of the following software: Paleoscan, HampsonRussell, Kingdom, Petrel, ArcGIS, DUG, Geolog
Meet The Recruiter

Christa Cantele, CPC
Sr. Direct-Hire Recruiter
Christa has over 20 + years in the staffing & talent search industry, locally and nationally. She possesses advanced skills in researching, sourcing, qualifying, and recruiting high-demand candidates.
Her experience in the full-cycle search process entails partnering with senior corporate leaders that build sound strategies for solving key hiring challenges.
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