Join our team as a Sustaining Software Engineer and contribute to our Digital Product and Automation initiatives. You'll provide crucial support and expertise, enhancing our NOVOS Automation Drilling Platform and improving field deployment processes. Your impact will drive product reliability and operational efficiency.
Responsibilities- Provide second-level technical support for software products and automation systems, ensuring efficient issue resolution.
- Utilize Jira Service Management to track, prioritize, and resolve issues, maintaining an organized approach.
- Conduct root cause analysis on software and system issues, proposing effective solutions for field-identified problems.
- Develop and maintain customer-specific software configurations, ensuring optimal performance and customization.
- Drive continuous improvements to deployment processes and support tools, streamlining operations.
- Engage in software development and enhancements, creating advanced diagnostic utilities for field support.
- Maintain and update virtualized test and training environments, ensuring accurate representations for testing.
- Collaborate with customers and internal teams to identify product improvement opportunities, enhancing reliability.
- Update firewall configurations and security policies using approved scripting and automation tools.
- Administer web applications, manage user access, and release configuration files for seamless application deployments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience supporting industrial automation, control systems, or complex software applications is essential.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and expertise in root cause analysis for integrated software and hardware systems.
- Knowledge of networking architecture, firewall administration, and troubleshooting is a must.
- Experience administering Linux-based systems and familiarity with AWS cloud services is preferred.
- Experience with web application administration, user access management, and configuration management.
- Proficiency in SQL, Linux, Python, and virtualization technologies (VirtualBox, VMware, or Hyper-V).
- Field experience supporting industrial automation systems is an asset.
- Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration across cross-functional teams.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required for customer support and field deployments.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience supporting industrial automation, control systems, or complex software applications
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for integrated software and hardware systems
- Knowledge of networking architecture, firewall administration, and troubleshooting
- Experience with web application administration, user access management, and configuration management
- Proficiency in SQL, Linux, Python, and virtualization technologies such as VirtualBox, VMware, or Hyper-V
- Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
- Experience administering Linux-based systems
- Familiarity with AWS cloud services
- Field experience supporting industrial automation systems
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for customer support and field deployments
NOV Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about NOV and has not been reviewed or approved by NOV.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials describe comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life/disability insurance, a global EAP, wellness resources, and paid parental leave; the company also states it pays most U.S. health plan premiums, which bolsters perceived value.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program features auto‑enrollment, immediate vesting, and ongoing employer contributions; historical filings and comments point to a generally well‑regarded match even as exact formulas can change.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid parental leave and widely cited decent PTO at hire are complemented by options like experience‑based vacation credit and a flexible holiday, creating a rounded time‑off offering in many U.S. roles.
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What We Do
NOV delivers technology-driven solutions to empower the global energy industry. For more than 150 years, NOV has pioneered innovations that enable its customers to safely produce abundant energy while minimizing environmental impact. The energy industry depends on NOV’s deep expertise and technology to continually improve oilfield operations and assist in efforts to advance the energy transition towards a more sustainable future. NOV powers the industry that powers the world.







