Geophysical Technician

Overview

Matador is seeking candidates for a Geophysical Technician role that have prior industry experience managing various types of remote sensing and geoscience datasets. Candidates also will share a motivation to work in a team environment, responsibly promoting technology to drive business value and efficiencies.

• Support Matador’s Geoscience Team with other technicians to deliver key data, projects, maps or other derivative products to inform operational or business decisions.
• Ensure precision of geographic and datum positioning for data located within or spanning multiple coordinate reference systems in North America.
• Perform quality control on new and existing datasets with subject matter experts to ensure appropriate use case for various data/communications.
• Manage/automate geoscience or data‑specific workflows to maintain databases and links to software repositories.
• Work with Information Technology team to implement strategies for seismic data security and redundancy on server and cloud‑based storage solutions.
• Maintain competitive awareness of publicly available datasets and data‑related technologies.
• Manage contractual obligations and geophysical product sharing externally with vendors or partners.
• Implement new and existing technologies to drive efficiencies.

Compensation includes industry competitive salary commensurate with experience, performance incentives, plus medical and dental benefits, 401(k), etc. Details are available upon application.

Education and experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of industry experience.
• B.S. in geoscience, data‑science or relevant field(s).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail oriented and organized with ability to work in fast paced environments.
• Experience with Petrel, Petrel‑Studio is preferred. Geosoftware (Hampson‑Russell), Paleoscan also relevant.
• Competency with Python or other programming languages not required but relevant.