Production Systems Architect
Houston, MS - USA
Job Summary
Crescent is a differentiated U.S. energy company committed to delivering value through a disciplined returns-driven growth through acquisition strategy and consistent return of capital. Our long-life balanced portfolio combines stable cash flows from low-decline production with a deep high-quality development inventory.
Crescent is a top three producer (by gross operated production) in the Eagle Ford basin. Crescents leadership is an experienced team of investment financial and industry professionals that combines proven investment and operating expertise. For more than a decade Crescent and our predecessors have executed on a consistent strategy focused on cash flow risk management and returns.Through disciplined and accretive investments we have successfully tripled the size of our company since going public in December 2021 while maintaining a strong balance sheet.
Production data serves as the operational foundation for production accounting regulatory reporting revenue distribution and informed business decision-making across Crescents operated assets. As the company continues to expand through acquisitions maintaining scalable production systems standardized data governance and reliable system integrations is essential to sustaining operational excellence.
The Production Systems Architect is responsible for the strategy architecture governance and continuous improvement of Crescents Production Accounting systems ecosystem. Serving as the technical steward for enterprise production systems this role leads the design optimization and long-term evolution of ProCount Field Operator Carte SCADA integrations and related operational technologies supporting Production Accounting and Field Operations.
Partnering closely with Production Accounting Operations Engineering Measurement Regulatory IT and external software vendors the Production Systems Architect develops scalable system architecture strengthens enterprise data integrity improves operational workflows and advances automation initiatives that enhance production reporting allocation performance and operational efficiency across a growing multi-asset portfolio.
Enterprise Production Systems Strategy & Architecture
Serve as the enterprise owner and technical steward of Crescents Production Accounting systems architecture.
Develop and continuously enhance long-term architecture supporting production accounting and field operations.
Establish scalable design standards supporting future acquisitions.
Develop technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend strategic enhancements.
Systems Integration & Data Governance
Lead integrations between SCADA Field Operator ProCount reporting platforms and enterprise databases.
Establish governance standards for master data allocation hierarchies routes and meter relationships.
Ensure production data integrity auditability and consistency across the enterprise.
Partner with IT to establish integration standards and architecture documentation.
Operational Systems Optimization & Automation
Lead automation initiatives that improve allocation performance and reduce manual effort.
Design scalable production reporting solutions.
Drive process improvement through workflow redesign and technology innovation.
Production Data Analytics & Technical Solutions
Develop advanced SQL queries stored procedures dashboards and reporting solutions.
Perform root cause analysis for complex production systems issues.
Maintain documentation for system architecture integrations and business rules.
Enterprise Systems Support & Collaboration
Serve as the primary technical resource for ProCount Field Operator Carte and related applications.
Coordinate upgrades testing migrations and vendor relationships.
Support acquisition onboarding and production systems integration.
Continuous Improvement & Digital Transformation
Promote continuous improvement across Production Accounting technology.
Benchmark systems against industry best practices.
Develop performance metrics for reliability automation and data quality.
Education / Experience
Required
Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science Engineering Business or related discipline or equivalent experience.
7 years supporting upstream oil & gas production accounting systems.
Expertise with Merrick ProCount Field Operator SQL Server production accounting allocations measurement reporting and SCADA integrations.
Preferred
Experience with Power BI or Snowflake.
Cloud or hybrid infrastructure experience.
Multi-asset acquisition integration experience.
Skills & Competencies
Enterprise Systems Architecture Production Accounting Systems Data Governance Systems Integration Automation SQL Development Production Reporting Operational Workflow Design Continuous Improvement Cross-Functional Leadership Technical Communication Change Management
Reporting Structure
This position reports to the Production Accounting Manager and serves as the technical steward for Production Accounting systems and operational data architecture across Crescents operated assets. The role partners closely with Operations Engineering Measurement Regulatory IT and software vendors to ensure production systems remain scalable reliable and aligned with the companys long-term operational strategy.
Crescent Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race color religion gender/pregnancy gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status or any other legally protected status. Crescent Energy is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. If you require accommodation to complete the application process please let us know by contacting .
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