Sr Data Specialist

At Murphy Oil Corporation, we believe the rich experiences and backgrounds of our employees strengthen our Company, create a productive workforce, and drive our success. We encourage you to apply for the positions for which you meet the qualifications.

Murphy Oil is seeking a highly skilled Sr. Data Specialist with extensive hands-on experience in designing and implementing modern data platforms and analytics solutions using data bricks, Azure data services, Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise in data architecture technologies, a strong understanding of data engineering patterns, and exceptional business engagement and communication skills to drive alignment between technical solutions and business objectives. They should possess strong hands-on experience with data lakes, data warehouses and data bricks Lakehouse and unity catalog, ETL/ELT pipelines using data bricks, and real-time data streaming. The candidate will be adept at building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for data platform solutions. A solid understanding of data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, and Spotfire is essential for creating insightful dashboards and reports.

Strong business engagement skills are crucial, enabling the candidate to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, gather requirements, and align data strategies with business goals. Exceptional communication skills are required to articulate complex technical concepts to stakeholders, business users, and technical teams. Familiarity with Lakehouse architecture and data mesh design patterns for scalable data storage and analytics is important.

The candidate is nice to have a strong grasp of emerging AI and ML technologies and know how to integrate them into data solutions. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team are also necessary for this role.

This role will work in our Houston Corporate office and may work two (2) days a week remotely.

Licenses/ Certifications

Certification in cloud data engineering or architecture (e.g., Azure Data Engineer, AWS Certified Data Analytics, Databricks certified developer/Architect)

The individual is required to follow all applicable safety precautions. Work is performed almost entirely in a controlled (i.e., inside) environment and does not typically subject the incumbent to any hazardous/extreme elements; some positions may require regularly moving or transporting items weighing up to 25 lbs. around the office for various needs. The successful candidate must be able to complete all essential physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

We believe in providing energy that empowers people.

We challenge the norm, tap into our strong legacy and use our foresight and financial discipline to deliver inspired energy solutions.

We see a future where we are an industry leader who is positively impacting lives for the next 100 years and beyond.

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