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Join our dynamic team as an Energy Data Management Consultant and play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic roadmap based on data management best practices and customer needs. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to pre-sales efforts, deliver training on data management topics, and stay updated on OSDU developments and energy data management trends. You'll also have the chance to represent the company at industry conferences and events.
If you're passionate about building expertise in data-related concerns of renewables and energy transition, we'd love to hear from you.
Req.#1132920237
Responsibilities
- Provide domain expertise to oil and gas clients in:
- Data Management best practices to lay good data foundations (e.g. master data management, reference data management, data quality, data governance, metadata management, document management, data integration, data migration)
- Data Management using the OSDUâ„¢ data platform (e.g., data model principles, platform maturity, services available and their purpose)
- In the case of Upstream Oil and Gas: E&P business processes like subsurface interpretation, well delivery (planning, drilling, completing, producing), petrophysical analysis, core analysis, geologic modeling, reservoir simulation, etc.
- Data modeling and data mapping between various data models
- Tying the value of data management/data foundations to business value, applications, analytics, and business decisions
- Display excellent communication skills; Approach internal and external clients with consultative, empathetic, attitude; Facilitate meetings and workshops; Communicate with a variety of communication styles, delivering difficult messages diplomatically and successfully
- Display excellent problem-solving skills; Approach problems proactively, with both a big picture mindset and a high level of attention to detail, including taking detailed notes in critical meetings; Use expertise to define problems to solve and propose viable solutions
- Discover, document, and assess a client’s current state data ecosystem, considering applications, data platforms, data types, data formats, data flows, gaps, and pain points
- Work closely with Solution Architects and project teams to help in tool and architecture selection and implementation (e.g., medallion architecture), making sure industry data is handled with appropriate detail to meet business needs
- Develop a strategic roadmap, based on data management best practices combined with customer needs and pain-points
- Contribute to training preparation and delivery on data management topics, for both external and internal audiences
- Remain current on Energy data management topics including common issues, new data types, best practices, data standards, industry software offerings, methods of data transmission, methods of data storage/shapes of data, data governance best practices
- Remain current on the state of A.I. usage, and strengths and weaknesses, especially as it relates to data management topics
- Use GenAI tools combined with your own critical thinking, to assist in all job roles
- Build expertise in data-related concerns of renewables and energy transition, including data types, sources, standards, challenges, and relevant use cases
- Actively contribute the energy data strategy perspective to pre-sales efforts for existing and potential clients, including articulation of data management and related service offerings; present to potential clients and help to shape and communicate staffing plans and scope for proposals; lead discovery workshops to gather requirements for proposals
- Periodically attend and present at industry conferences and events, representing EPAM
- Periodically travel to client sites for workshops, interviews, and other consulting work
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years in upstream oil and gas, in roles and activities including the following:
- Geoscience Technician, Engineering Technician, Data Management Professional, Data Management Consulting, Data Strategy Consulting, having worked directly and extensively with E&P professionals and their data
- Facilitating cross-domain workshops and interviews, empathetically guiding teams to consensus on contentious points and effectively synthesizing and communicating the information received
- Enterprise data management experience covering data types such as wells, deviation surveys, logs, seismic, core, GIS data types, operations reports, reservoir models, and production volumes
- Experience with industry data standards such as those of PPDM, Energistics, PWLS, SEG, OSDU, ESRI/GIS, and IOGP
- Master Data Management functions such as matching, merging, creating gold records, reference data management, and data definitions management/governance
- Hands-on experience with data platforms and applications such as IHSM/S&P/Opus EDM, Landmark CDS, Quorum TDM, Informatica MDM, Openworks, OSDU, PPDM, Snowflake, and Databricks
- Experience within Data Governance organization and/or setting up a Data Governance organization with roles, responsibilities, and committees
- Data Quality rule design
- Business Analysis for business process mapping (to understand, validate, and communicate business requirements) using tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc. using frameworks like BPMN
- Business and Data Analysis for E&P application integration, particularly data mapping between data models
- Experience with Data Management (loading, exporting, data quality) in end-user GG & RE applications such as Petrel, Geographix, Petra, Kingdom, Wellview, DecisionSpace, RokDoc, Geolog, Transform, Hampson-Russell, Techlog, etc.
- Data analysis and/or data engineering using SQL, Python, or similar
- Training and communication on the activities above
- Preferred: Bachelors and/or Masters degree in any field
- Especially preferred: fields of Data Management, Geology, Geophysics, Reservoir Management, Petroleum Engineering, MIS, GIS, or Computer Science
Nice to have
- Certifications: PPDMâ„¢ CPDAâ„¢
- Certifications: DAMAâ„¢ CDMPâ„¢
- Certifications: CompTIA+ Data topic
We offer
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
- Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
- Accident Insurance
- Employee Discounts
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
EPAM will not provide new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates with existing transferable H-1B status may be considered.
Join our dynamic team as an Energy Data Management Consultant and play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic roadmap based on data management best practices and customer needs. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to pre-sales efforts, deliver training on data management topics, and stay updated on OSDU developments and energy data management trends. You'll also have the chance to represent the company at industry conferences and events.
If you're passionate about building expertise in data-related concerns of renewables and energy transition, we'd love to hear from you.
Req.#1132920237
Responsibilities
- Provide domain expertise to oil and gas clients in:
- Data Management best practices to lay good data foundations (e.g. master data management, reference data management, data quality, data governance, metadata management, document management, data integration, data migration)
- Data Management using the OSDUâ„¢ data platform (e.g., data model principles, platform maturity, services available and their purpose)
- In the case of Upstream Oil and Gas: E&P business processes like subsurface interpretation, well delivery (planning, drilling, completing, producing), petrophysical analysis, core analysis, geologic modeling, reservoir simulation, etc.
- Data modeling and data mapping between various data models
- Tying the value of data management/data foundations to business value, applications, analytics, and business decisions
- Display excellent communication skills; Approach internal and external clients with consultative, empathetic, attitude; Facilitate meetings and workshops; Communicate with a variety of communication styles, delivering difficult messages diplomatically and successfully
- Display excellent problem-solving skills; Approach problems proactively, with both a big picture mindset and a high level of attention to detail, including taking detailed notes in critical meetings; Use expertise to define problems to solve and propose viable solutions
- Discover, document, and assess a client’s current state data ecosystem, considering applications, data platforms, data types, data formats, data flows, gaps, and pain points
- Work closely with Solution Architects and project teams to help in tool and architecture selection and implementation (e.g., medallion architecture), making sure industry data is handled with appropriate detail to meet business needs
- Develop a strategic roadmap, based on data management best practices combined with customer needs and pain-points
- Contribute to training preparation and delivery on data management topics, for both external and internal audiences
- Remain current on Energy data management topics including common issues, new data types, best practices, data standards, industry software offerings, methods of data transmission, methods of data storage/shapes of data, data governance best practices
- Remain current on the state of A.I. usage, and strengths and weaknesses, especially as it relates to data management topics
- Use GenAI tools combined with your own critical thinking, to assist in all job roles
- Build expertise in data-related concerns of renewables and energy transition, including data types, sources, standards, challenges, and relevant use cases
- Actively contribute the energy data strategy perspective to pre-sales efforts for existing and potential clients, including articulation of data management and related service offerings; present to potential clients and help to shape and communicate staffing plans and scope for proposals; lead discovery workshops to gather requirements for proposals
- Periodically attend and present at industry conferences and events, representing EPAM
- Periodically travel to client sites for workshops, interviews, and other consulting work
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years in upstream oil and gas, in roles and activities including the following:
- Geoscience Technician, Engineering Technician, Data Management Professional, Data Management Consulting, Data Strategy Consulting, having worked directly and extensively with E&P professionals and their data
- Facilitating cross-domain workshops and interviews, empathetically guiding teams to consensus on contentious points and effectively synthesizing and communicating the information received
- Enterprise data management experience covering data types such as wells, deviation surveys, logs, seismic, core, GIS data types, operations reports, reservoir models, and production volumes
- Experience with industry data standards such as those of PPDM, Energistics, PWLS, SEG, OSDU, ESRI/GIS, and IOGP
- Master Data Management functions such as matching, merging, creating gold records, reference data management, and data definitions management/governance
- Hands-on experience with data platforms and applications such as IHSM/S&P/Opus EDM, Landmark CDS, Quorum TDM, Informatica MDM, Openworks, OSDU, PPDM, Snowflake, and Databricks
- Experience within Data Governance organization and/or setting up a Data Governance organization with roles, responsibilities, and committees
- Data Quality rule design
- Business Analysis for business process mapping (to understand, validate, and communicate business requirements) using tools like Visio, Draw.io, etc. using frameworks like BPMN
- Business and Data Analysis for E&P application integration, particularly data mapping between data models
- Experience with Data Management (loading, exporting, data quality) in end-user GG & RE applications such as Petrel, Geographix, Petra, Kingdom, Wellview, DecisionSpace, RokDoc, Geolog, Transform, Hampson-Russell, Techlog, etc.
- Data analysis and/or data engineering using SQL, Python, or similar
- Training and communication on the activities above
- Preferred: Bachelors and/or Masters degree in any field
- Especially preferred: fields of Data Management, Geology, Geophysics, Reservoir Management, Petroleum Engineering, MIS, GIS, or Computer Science
Nice to have
- Certifications: PPDMâ„¢ CPDAâ„¢
- Certifications: DAMAâ„¢ CDMPâ„¢
- Certifications: CompTIA+ Data topic
We offer
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
- Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
- Accident Insurance
- Employee Discounts
- Pet Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
EPAM will not provide new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates with existing transferable H-1B status may be considered.
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Who's Hiring
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Top Industries Hiring
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal software consultant jobs.
- 10 or more years of software engineering experience with demonstrated architectural ownership
- Deep proficiency in at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience leading technical strategy and mentoring senior and mid-level engineers
- Strong communication skills for translating complex systems decisions to non-technical stakeholders
- Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, Python, Go, or C#
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Principal Software Consultant Job Search
Tailor your resume to architecture decisions
Principal software consultant roles reward documented system-level thinking. Rewrite project bullets to show the architectural tradeoffs you owned, not just the technologies you used. Hiring panels at this level scan for judgment, not tool familiarity.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal software consultant openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Highlight cross-functional delivery ownership
Job descriptions for principal software consultants consistently ask for experience driving delivery across engineering, product, and stakeholders. Call out projects where you set technical direction and kept multiple teams aligned, not just code you shipped personally.
Target postings that match your domain depth
Principal-level consulting roles are domain-specific. A posting in financial services expects regulatory and data-residency fluency, while a healthcare opening expects HIPAA-aware architecture. Filter by industry first to avoid applications where your domain experience doesn't transfer cleanly.
Prepare a system design narrative for interviews
Expect at least one interview stage built around a whiteboard or design document exercise. Practice walking through a past architecture decision start to finish, covering constraints, alternatives you rejected, and what you would change now. Panels use this to gauge how you think under ambiguity.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
At the principal level, the team size, technology mandate, and reporting structure matter as much as pay. During offer discussions, ask specifically about engineering headcount, autonomy over tooling decisions, and how the consulting charter is scoped so you can evaluate fit before accepting.
Principal Software Consultant Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal software consultants?
Cognizant, EPAM Systems, and Infosys are hiring the most principal software consultants right now, with openings concentrated in New York, Texas, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially active at large technology services firms and enterprise software consultancies.
How many principal software consultant jobs are remote?
About 92% of principal software consultant openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the seniority level of the role and the expectation of independent delivery. Cloud architecture, platform engineering, and distributed systems specializations tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible postings.
How do you become a principal software consultant?
Most principal software consultants reach the role by first building deep hands-on engineering experience, then gradually taking on architectural ownership and cross-team technical leadership. Moving into consulting specifically usually requires a portfolio of end-to-end delivery projects, comfort presenting to executive stakeholders, and either a staff or principal engineering title at a prior employer that validates the seniority.
Can you get a principal software consultant role with limited consulting experience?
Yes, but you need to close the consulting framing gap in your application materials. Employers hiring at the principal level care most about demonstrated architectural ownership, stakeholder communication, and delivery accountability. If your background is in-house rather than consulting, reframe project experience around client-facing or cross-organizational delivery and show that you can operate without close supervision on ambiguous technical problems.
What does the principal software consultant interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to five stages. An initial recruiter screen is followed by a technical conversation focused on past architectural decisions, then a system design exercise where you walk through a problem live. Final rounds usually include a behavioral interview with senior leadership and sometimes a case presentation where you propose a technical approach to a business problem the hiring team has prepared.
Where can I find and apply to principal software consultant jobs?
You can find and apply to principal software consultant jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your specialization and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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