Principal Architect, OT PCN Solutions

Oil Authority; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron is seeking a Principal Architect for OT PCN Solutions to own the target architecture, standards, and guardrails across Chevron's operational technology estate. The role guides architecture decisions and ensures alignment with policies for secure, scalable OT deployments globally.

The successful candidate will lead governance across a multi-site OT portfolio, including brownfield/greenfield deployments and international sites, with relocation options considered where appropriate.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in operational technology, industrial automation, or IT infrastructure.
• Proven experience governing architecture across a large, multi-site OT portfolio.
• Experience with brownfield and greenfield OT deployments, M&A integration, and international sites.

Responsibilities

• Owns the OTPL target architecture, technology standards, and reference architectures across all OT capabilities.
• Determines the architecture assurance outcome and provides Policy 564/575 architecture concurrence for OTPL solutions.
• Decides where an approved solution may be reused and maintains architecture records in CMDB.
• Directs requests to existing supported products before introducing new ones.
• Stewards architecture lifecycle status and retirement of unowned or duplicate records.

Skills

OT architecture governance

Multi-site OT portfolio

Brownfield/Greenfield OT deployments

M&A integration experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, CS, information systems, or equivalent

Job description

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position Principal Architect, OT PCN Solutions

through 10/21/2026 at 11:59 p.m. (Central Time).

Overview:

The Principal Architect for the OT Product Line owns the target architecture, standards, and guardrails for Chevron's operational technology estate. Scope covers Process Control Network (PCN) environments at Level 3 and below, along with non-PCN field technologies such as IIoT, edge compute, connected worker, OT data, and extended reality. The role is the architecture decision point for OTPL under Policy 564: it determines the architecture assurance outcome for new and changed OT solutions and provides architecture concurrence ahead of cyber assurance and production readiness.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Owns the OTPL target architecture, technology standards, and reference architectures across all OT capabilities.
• Determines the architecture assurance outcome and provides Policy 564 and Policy 575 architecture concurrence for OTPL solutions, including conditional concurrence with defined next steps.
• Decides where an approved solution may, and may not, be reused, and holds the capability boundary through named, expiring exceptions where a site cannot yet adopt the standard.
• Directs requesters to existing supported products before new products are introduced into the portfolio.
• Stewards architecture records and lifecycle status for OTPL business applications in the CMDB, moving applications to operational only after assurance is complete and retiring unowned or duplicate records.

Required Qualifications:

• Typically 10 or more years in operational technology, industrial automation, or IT infrastructure, including significant time in architecture roles.
• Proven experience governing architecture across a large, multi-site OT portfolio.
• Experience with brownfield and greenfield OT deployments, M&A integration, and international sites.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience.

• 10 years of demonstrable career progression with the Operational Technology disciplines.

• 5 Years direct experience in an architectural capacity

Relocation Options:

Relocation may be considered.

International Considerations:

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

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