Senior Programmer Analyst I

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.