Citation is one of the largest privately-held independent oil and gas acquisition, development and production companies in the United States. Founded in 1981 by Forrest E. Harrell, Sr., Citation has built a significant portfolio of mature, long-life producing properties through a combination of disciplined acquisitions, focused operations and subsequent development. The Company has an enviable track record in attracting and retaining high-quality talent. This is the result of a stable, long-term business model and a corporate culture that emphasizes working smart, �doing business the right way,� and rewarding both performance and technical achievement. We are looking for talented and driven individuals to join our team, where you will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact helping to shape the future of our company and industry.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to user community. Strong technical knowledge of SQL, applications supported as well as functional business knowledge.
• Ability to manage small projects.
• Independently work with user department personnel to identify and resolve problems
• Coordinate problem resolution with application software vendor

Essential job functions:

Business Knowledge

• In-depth understanding of the business functions incumbent supports (Examples: Production Accounting, Field Operations, Oil and Gas Accounting or Land)

Analysis and Development

• Design and develop custom solutions following SDLC/PM methodologies to analyze, design, develop, test and deploy solutions
• Work with Manager, Applications to prepare project charters and plans including cost and time estimates necessary to obtain approval for projects
• Analyze existing applications to propose enhancements to application software vendors
• Prepare and assist user personnel to execute test plans

Communications

• Utilize a service desk management system to track support incidents accurately documenting troubleshooting steps and resolutions
• Prepare and deliver concise, accurate status reports. Strong communicator.
• Prepare and deliver thorough Staff Meeting reports depicting summary of overall activities and highlights of assigned projects
• Prepare and deliver discussions on selected topics to corporate wide audiences at COGC Technical Conference and/or Vendor User Conferences

Technical

• 7 + Years of experience of MS SQL. (IE: Stored procedures, SSIS Packages, TRS etc.).
• 2 + years of PowerBI/Spotfire power user level experience.
• Other programming languages a plus.

Other

• Mentoring Jr. Staff members
• Technology forward thinker. Stay abreast of application offerings impacting the software/department that the incumbent supports
• Attend vendor presentations and user conferences to identify items of benefit to COGC

Project Management

• Prepare, manage and execute project plans for assigned projects.
• Manage Vendor cost and time for assigned projects.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years professional experience required
• 5+ years of Upstream Oil & Gas application knowledge of Production Accounting and/or Field Operations required

• Analytic thinking that can quickly grasp complex data and process relationships

• Strong desire for collaboration, learning.
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft SQL concepts such as views, stored procedures, SSIS packages and SSRS
• Ability to independently prioritize and handle multiple job assignments.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interface effectively with managers and corporate and region personnel

• Basic understanding and able to execute project management concepts

• Ability to manage a small to mid size projects using external resources including scope, effort and cost management

Education:

Four-year degree in Information Systems or Business Administration preferred with minimum of two-year degree required.

Physical Requirements:

This is a hybrid position in the Houston Corporate office. Ability to be in office a minimal of 2 days per week.

Minimal travel potential between Citation field offices.