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

Required nationals: Any

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 configurations, 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, sampling rhythm, 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

• Percentage 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.