IT Asset Operations Deputy Site Lead Shipping
Houston, TX - USA
Job Summary
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1The IT Asset Operations Site Lead Shipping leads day-to-day delivery operational coordination and lifecycle management for Chevron Shippings shipboard IT environment. The role is the primary bridge between vessel operations Shipping stakeholders vendors and centralized IT platform teams to keep shipboard infrastructure business applications and communications services operational compliant and ready for deployment upgrade decommissioning and support. The role also provides people leadership for a small Shipping IT team and aligns work to business priorities vessel schedules and operational riskChevron is accepting online applications for the position IT Asset Operations Deputy Site Lead Shipping through August 12th 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:
People Leadership & Team Development: Lead and coach a small team by setting direction delegating work clarifying ownership supporting transitions and creating a pragmatic culture that balances accountability flexibility and trust. Own PMP responsibility for the team.
Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnership: Partner with Shipping leaders Fleet Technical shipyard personnel managed service providers engineering and enterprise platform teams to align priorities resolve blockers and maintain visibility on commitments and risks.
Governance Compliance & Risk Management: Translate enterprise requirements into vessel realities represent Shipping in cross-functional discussions and ensure solutions account for operational safety support models vendor dependencies shipboard cyber access and compliance activities.
Maritime Application & Service Reliability: Coordinate issue triage validate ownership boundaries and ensure application migrations upgrades and support transitions are planned with awareness of vessel operations and business impact.
Shipboard IT Operations & Escalation Management: Lead operational support and escalation for shipboard server storage network connectivity vessel communications business-critical applications and troubleshooting with shore teams and vendors during outages or degraded service.
Vessel Deployments & Shipyard Execution: Coordinate end-to-end IT deployments for new vessels and major shipyard activities including lab staging shipment readiness installation planning on-site support activity tracking status reporting and team alignment.
Infrastructure Modernization & Strategic Programs: Support Shipping-specific infrastructure modernization including server refreshes Windows migrations network architecture changes lab moves and deployment readiness across multiple vessels.
Technical Change Management & Operational Readiness: Serve as the Shipping focal point for technical change risk by validating vessel practicality and championing sequencing testing and contingency planning to minimize operational disruption.
Asset Lifecycle & Logistics Management: Manage hardware logistics asset movement vessel deliveries and decommissions equipment recovery business data preservation and transition planning for retired transferred or redelivered vessels.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering Maritime Operations Cybersecurity Business Technology or a related field or equivalent practical experience in IT operations supporting safety-critical or distributed operational environments.
Experience leading IT operations infrastructure support service delivery technical change coordination or lifecycle management in a multi-stakeholder environment.
Experience coordinating vendors managed service providers centralized platform teams and business stakeholders to resolve operational issues and deliver planned work.
Working knowledge of infrastructure areas such as servers storage networking endpoint services communications services business applications and operational support processes.
Ability to translate enterprise IT cyber compliance and platform requirements into practical execution plans for vessels shipyards or remote operating environments.
Strong communication prioritization and escalation skills with the ability to balance vessel schedules business impact compliance needs and operational risk.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supporting maritime logistics shipping energy industrial operations operational technology or other remote asset environments.
Experience with IT asset lifecycle planning equipment logistics deployment readiness decommissioning data preservation and shipyard or field execution planning.
People leadership experience including coaching work assignment performance management and ownership of team operating rhythms.
Certification options that may be relevant include ITIL 4 Foundation or Managing Professional PMP PMI-ACP Certified ScrumMaster Lean Six Sigma Green Belt ServiceNow fundamentals CompTIA Security CISSP CISM CRISC ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Fundamentals CCNA/CCNP Microsoft Azure Fundamentals or Azure Administrator.
Additional education or training in maritime systems industrial cybersecurity operational technology network operations cloud operations business continuity or risk management.
Relocation Options:
Relocation will not be considered.
International Considerations:
Expatriate assignments will not be considered.
Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.
U.S. Regulatory notice:
Chevron is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religious creed sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression national origin or ancestry age mental or physical disability medical condition reproductive health decision-making military or veteran status political preference marital status citizenship genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
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Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Chevron works to meet the world's growing demand for energy by exploring for oil and natural gas; refining and marketing gasoline; producing chemicals and more.