IT Solutions Engineer

California Resources Corporation is a publicly traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company and the largest oil and natural gas producer in California. We operate our world-class resource base exclusively within the State of California, applying complementary and integrated infrastructure to gather, process and market our production. Using advanced technology, CRC’s workforce focuses on safely and responsibly supplying affordable energy for California by Californians.

We are currently looking for a motivated individual to fill the position of IT Solutions Engineer.   

The base annual salary for this posted position is reasonably expected to range from $135K - $150K, with a target annual bonus of 10-20% of base salary and eligibility to participate in our long-term incentive program.  Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including education, experience level and relevant industry experience. Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with Match, Paid holidays, FSA, HSA.

Role Overview

The IT Solutions Engineer sits at the center of CRC’s integration architecture, connecting real-time operational technology in the field with enterprise platforms. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role for an experienced integration engineer who has a track record of stabilizing and improving complex, cross-system data flows. The right candidate brings technical depth in enterprise integration and event-driven architecture, and the judgment to operate as the escalation point when production systems break.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, test, and maintain integration solutions connecting production surveillance, artificial lift, SCADA, well test, and production accounting systems


• Develop and manage APIs and message-based services to enable reliable data exchange across upstream and downstream operational systems


• Enterprise integration platform — monitoring, patching, certificate management, and lifecycle upgrades for message brokers, API management, caching, logging, and .NET Core services


• Design and support real-time eventing and alerting solutions, including bringing new systems online as alert sources and building composite validation across operations platforms


• Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex data anomalies spanning application, integration, and data layers


• Assess and re-platform brittle or legacy integrations, including those disrupted by merger and acquisition activity


• Work closely with business analysts and operations stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions


• Administer Linux and Docker environments supporting containerized integration workloads


• Automate repetitive tasks and enhance system efficiency through scripting and workflow automation


• Ensure applications meet performance, security, and scalability requirements


• Document system architectures, integration patterns, configurations, and development processes

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years leading architecture or design for enterprise integrations


• Proficiency in software development using .NET / C#, with working knowledge of Python


• Demonstrated experience with event-driven and message-based architecture using a broker such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Azure Service Bus


• Knowledge of API design and integration, including RESTful services, API management platforms, and certificate/TLS management


• Experience with database technologies such as Oracle and SQL Server, including performance troubleshooting across integrated systems


• Working proficiency with Linux and container technologies (Docker), including deployment and troubleshooting of containerized services


• Proven track record as an escalation point for production systems, including root-cause analysis of cross-system data discrepancies


• Strong understanding of software development best practices, including version control, and Agile methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oil and gas upstream domain experience


• Familiarity with SCADA and historian data flows, and with platforms such as XSPOC, ProCount, or comparable production surveillance and accounting systems


• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure and AWS


• Experience integrating systems through merger, acquisition, or divestiture events under compressed timelines


• Experience with container orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, and building internal tooling


• Background in observability and alerting design for real-time operational environments