IOF Analyst-(Intelligent Oil Field)-Onsite

Job Description

Job Title: Intelligent Oil Field (IOF Analyst)
Company: KBR
Location: Basra Iraq
Employment Type:Full-time, Contract

Rotation:28/28

RequiredNationalsAny

About Company

"Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR!

The KBR team delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets."

Purpose

• Assess, validate and define secure, DMZ-compliant methods to export OT/IoT data from air‑gapped/offline OT into the data lake for the digital twin and AI analytics.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct sensor inventory and offline validation; capture full metadata without disrupting live control systems.

• Define and test secure extraction workflows: edge gateway configs, buffering,uni-directional transfer (data diode), scheduled exports and file handoff procedures through the DMZ.

• Specify and validate edge gateway hardware/software and protocol bridging (Modbus, OPC‑UA wrappers, MQTT, etc.) compatible with DMZ policies.

• Validate timestamp integrity, samplingrhythm, units and completeness for delayed/batch transfers; design reconciliation and eventual-consistency checks.

• Produce secure integration specifications, data schemas, acceptance criteria, and handover packets for the data‑lake ingestion team.

• Troubleshoot field device connectivity and provide remediation plans that comply with OT change-control.

• Coordinate with operations to schedule permitted windows and ensure HSE/permit‑to‑work compliance.

• Train operations/maintenance on safe, repeatable DMZ handoff procedures.

Required qualifications

• Degree in Instrumentation, Control, Electrical, Computer Engineering or similar.

• 5+ years’ experience in oil & gas instrumentation, SCADA/DCS, or process control with experience under DMZ/air‑gapped constraints.

• Practical knowledge of industrial protocols (Modbus, OPC‑UA, MQTT) and secure OT‑to‑IT transfer patterns (data diodes, DMZ, jump kits).

• Experience coordinating with OT cybersecurity and network teams.

Preferred

• Experience with edge gateways, buffering strategies, and offline validation tools (simulators/test rigs).

• Certifications in ICS/OT cybersecurity or relevant standards.

KPIs

• % of sensors mapped and validated for DMZ‑compliant transfer.

• Data completeness/reconciliation error rates after batch transfers.

• Time to implement a secure transfer workflow per sensor/system.

Working conditions & safety

• Fieldwork in onshore facilities; strict adherence to HSE, permit‑to‑work, and OT change‑control procedures.

• No ad‑hoc connections to OT; all transfers must use approved DMZ mechanisms and encrypted media as required.