At Cegal, we build digital success stories for the energy sector. With a global presence and a strong foothold in the energy sector, we provide innovative software, expert IT services, and cloud solutions that help our customers shape a more sustainable, data-driven future. 

To support our strategic ambition of becoming the energy sector’s go-to technology partner, we're looking for a Domain Expert in our Geoscience Data Software team. This high-impact role ensures our customers fully unlock the value of our geoscience data management products. You’ll help deliver excellent data-management projects, and ensure real-world insights consistently drive the evolution of our software. 

You’ll play a critical role in guiding our product development, shaping new features based on customer needs, and turning users into enthusiastic product advocates. Alongside this you will have an operational role to support our customers through our subsurface data service solutions and deliver great third-line technical support.  

If you thrive at the intersection of technology, business, and geoscience data management and are energized by seeing the tangible impact of your expertise we'd love to hear from you. Join Cegal as a Domain Expert and help shape the future of our Geoscience data management software! 

What You’ll Be Doing 

• Technical leadership: Provide advanced technical guidance for data software operations and data management projects, ensuring quality and consistency across the team. Develop and promote best practices, workflows, and technical standards. 

• Sales enablement: Support global product presentations, demos, and webinars to engage clients and drive product adoption. Equip sales teams with Quick Guides, sales kits, and training materials to enhance sales performance. 

• Training and mentorship: Train new staff in software products and workflows, ensuring a smooth onboarding process. Mentor team members to strengthen technical skills and domain expertise. 

• Product innovation: Identify new functionality or product opportunities based on client needs and feedback. Collaborate with product owners, managers and engineering teams to align product development with market demands. 

• Testing and UI design: Contribute to UI design discussions and assist with second-line testing to refine and improve products. Ensure product functionality aligns with client and market requirements. 

Who You Are 

You’re an experienced subsurface data professional who combines deep technical knowledge with strong communication skills. With a track record of delivering value in upstream oil & gas, you’re ready to guide clients, influence product development, and mentor colleagues. We hope you bring: 

• A degree (or higher) in a relevant field and 10+ years of experience working with subsurface data or software in the upstream oil & gas industry 

• Deep expertise in E&P data types—especially well and seismic—and the working practices of subsurface teams 

• Strong understanding of the full Geoscience E&P lifecycle 

• Practical experience with data management tasks such as well and seismic data loading 

• Outstanding presentation skills, able to distil complex data workflows into clear, persuasive content for technical and executive audiences 

• Excellent technical writing ability, with a knack for producing precise, structured reports for both internal and external use 

It’s a plus if you have: 

• Hands-on experience with Blueback Project Tracker, Blueback Seismic Data Management, or Blueback System Center 

• Working knowledge of data-governance frameworks like OSDU or PPDM (CDMP certification a bonus) 

• Geospatial skills using ArcGIS or QGIS, and a solid understanding of geodesy 

• Familiarity with SQL, Python, or R (or the willingness and aptitude to learn) 

• Experience in product management or ownership, working closely with software development teams