Senior Technical Data Management (Oil & Gas)

Beicip Technology Solutions; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Beicip Technology Solutions seeks a Senior Technical Data Manager to organize, secure, and maintain critical Oil & Gas data across subsurface and project datasets. You will collaborate with Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, and IT to optimize workflows, enable data-driven decisions, and support AI/ML initiatives from the data foundation upward.

The role requires expertise in data platforms, data governance, and secure storage solutions, with a focus on scalable architectures and compliant data

Qualifications

• Experience in technical data management and data governance across complex datasets.
• Familiarity with seismic, well, and reservoir data is preferred.
• Knowledge of data security, access controls, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with cloud storage and enterprise data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead organization, storage, and lifecycle management of technical data across platforms.
• Establish data architecture, naming conventions, metadata standards, and access protocols.
• Oversee ingestion, validation, and quality control of geoscientific and engineering datasets.
• Ensure user access controls, confidentiality measures, and information-security compliance.
• Audit data integrity, resolve inconsistencies, and address vulnerabilities.
• Develop and monitor data backup and recovery procedures.
• Maintain centralized data inventories, catalogs, and lineage records.
• Define data governance standards for ownership, retention, and disposal.
• Coordinate secure data transfers with clients, partners, and vendors.

Skills

Data governance

Technical data management

Geoscience data

Data security

GIS platforms

Power BI

Cloud environments

Data quality

Team leadership

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Enterprise

QGIS

Power BI

Job description

Senior Technical Data Management (Oil & Gas)

The Senior Technical Data Management plays a critical role in organizing, securing, and maintaining technical data to support high-impact petroleum exploration and production projects, not limited to subsurface data management. This position ensures data integrity, accessibility, and security across all stages of the data lifecycle while promoting efficient data governance, storage, transfer, and visualization. The Associate collaborates closely with cross-functional teams including Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering, and IT to optimize workflows, support data-driven decision-making across BFA, and contribute to AI/ML initiatives from the data foundation upward. Working knowledge of modern data platforms is expected as the technical data environment matures.

Key responsibilities

Lead the organization, classification, storage, maintenance, and lifecycle management of technical and project data across approved platforms, including Synology NAS, cloud environments, databases, and other enterprise storage solutions.

Establish and maintain structured data architecture, folder structures, naming conventions, metadata standards, and access protocols across projects.

Oversee the ingestion, validation, organization, and quality control of complex geoscientific and engineering datasets, including 2D/3D seismic data, SEGY files, well logs, deviation surveys, interpretation outputs, reservoir models, production data, and other technical datasets.

Ensure appropriate user-access controls, confidentiality measures, and information-security requirements are implemented and periodically reviewed.

Conduct technical data audits and resolve data inconsistencies, duplication, integrity issues, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps.

Lead the development, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of technical data backup and recovery procedures.

Establish and maintain centralized technical data inventories, registers, data catalogues, version-control mechanisms, and data-lineage records.

Define and enforce technical data governance standards covering data ownership, classification, retention, access, transfer, archival, and disposal.

Lead and coordinate secure and timely technical data transfers between BFA, clients, partners, consultants, and third-party vendors.

Provide technical input into the design, enhancement, and implementation of scalable and secure technical data storage and management infrastructure.

About you

Working knowledge of modern data platforms

Technical expertise in data management, storage systems, and data governance

Experience with geoscientific and engineering datasets

Knowledge of data security, access controls, and compliance requirements

Experience with GIS platforms (ArcGIS Pro / ArcGIS Enterprise, QGIS) and spatial databases

Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Power BI

Knowledge of OSDU (Open Subsurface Data Universe) principles and standards

Ability to provide technical guidance and coaching to team members

Experience with cloud environments and enterprise storage solutions

Understanding of data quality, data governance, and information security best practices