Senior Performance Data Specialist

Noble Offshore Drilling (UK) Ltd.

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Houston Until 8/22/2026 4+ years exp First posted June 11, 2026 Last posted June 11, 2026
Job description
Drive digital growth and associated performance metrics within the Operations department. Assist in providing structure to enable the Operations Performance team to provide fact based, analytically disciplined, consultative, and business oriented solutions. Coordinate data management including collection, integration and deployment of analytics business solutions. Develop and maintain Noble’s multiple performance systems including, but not limited to, the daily operational reporting tool and the drilling optimization platform. Analyze operational performance and communicate results to the rest of the Operations Performance team and management as required. Support performance improvement efforts driven by functional leadership. Support Operations in the optimization of equipment as it relates to rig performance.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree computer science, engineering or data science.
  • 4+ year’s general business experience in the oil & gas industry, preferably with drilling contractor.
  • Demonstrated skill and experience in taking raw data from a variety of business process / service delivery sources, to parse, group, and analyze.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications, strong Power BI expertise required.
  • Data transformation (ETL) expertise, with experience working across programming languages including Python, VBA and SQL.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
  • Travel is an essential job function (est. 10%, domestic, international, & offshore).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Responsible for supporting the company’s Operational performance improvement process.
  • Support the development of dashboards, along with the BI partners, for real time performance monitoring and daily reporting.
  • Work with and support data scientist and BI dev ops team in development of Operational data and Performance data infrastructure.
  • Develop, monitor, and report on defined KPIs on performance and maintenance statistics for the fleet.
  • Lead Noble’s Operational Performance KPI application and work with 3rd party providers to deliver projects that enhance the Operations Performance Initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the Application Development & Support team to develop, test, and deploy solutions related to Operational Performance scopes of work.
  • Support in the development and communication of end of well and quarterly reports for internal and external customers.
  • Work with Operational Performance representatives to drive performance improvement.
  • Support and develop performance automation systems for drilling and tripping across the fleet.
  • Develop analytical tools to analyze performance to identify best practices and lessons learned.
  • Assist in maintaining the daily operational reporting system.
  • Assist in managing the business processes, software development, and support of the daily operational reporting system.
  • Assist the regions in establishing standards for consistent data entry and reporting within the daily operational reporting system.
  • Recommend program improvements with regards to the daily operational reporting system.
  • Assist the Application Development & Support team as required to develop, test, and publish.
  • Prepare data variance analysis across all areas of the company, identifying top and low performers, as well as company initiatives results.
  • Conduct comparative equipment analysis for optimization of drilling processes.
  • Continuously optimize Noble’s performance systems for Operations.
  • Other duties and projects as assigned.

About this role

Summary

Develop and support performance analytics, dashboards, and systems in oil & gas operations.

Job title

Senior Performance Data Specialist

Experience level

4+ years

Minimum experience

4+ years exp

Industry

oil & gas

Location requirements

Houston-based role with some travel, no remote work specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Power BIPythonSQLVBAdata transformation

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

performance metricsdata managementbusiness intelligenceETLdrilling optimization
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Houston, TX, USA

On-site City