Infrastructure Operations Supervisor

At Murphy Oil Corporation, we believe the rich experiences and backgrounds of our employees strengthen our Company, create a productive workforce, and drive our success. We encourage you to apply for the positions for which you meet the qualifications.

Job Summary

The Staff Infrastructure Operations Supervisor is a key leader within the Infrastructure and Cloud Operations organization, responsible for designing, governing, and evolving scalable, secure, and resilient on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This role provides technical direction across enterprise infrastructure platforms while ensuring operational excellence, security compliance, and alignment with business strategy.

The position partners closely with application teams, security, finance, and executive stakeholders to modernize infrastructure, enable DevOps and platform engineering, and drive cloud adoption using strong governance, automation, and financial discipline.

The Infrastructure Operations Supervisor will work in our Houston Corporate office and may work up to two (2) days a week remotely, as business needs allow.

Responsibilities

Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture

Design and govern scalable, resilient, and highly available on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure architectures.
Define enterprise standards for compute, storage, networking, identity, and platform services.
Lead infrastructure modernization initiatives, including legacy data center optimization and cloud migration strategies.

Cloud Platform Strategy & Governance

Lead Azure-first cloud architecture with governance across on‑prem and hybrid environments.
Maintain and evolve Azure landing zones, subscription management, identity integration, and policy enforcement.
Govern cloud platforms through established FinOps practices, ensuring continued cost transparency, optimization, and accountability.
Partner with Finance and leadership to refine forecasting, budgeting, and chargeback/showback models.
Ensure cloud services align with security, compliance, and operational standards.

IT Operations & Service Management

Oversee ITIL-based processes including incident, problem, change, and service level management.
Partner with operations teams to improve reliability, availability, and mean time to resolution (MTTR).
Define operational metrics and KPIs to measure infrastructure and cloud service performance.

Infrastructure Automation & IaC

Drive infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and scripting (PowerShell, Python).
Establish Infrastructure‑as‑Code standards and reusable modules across environments.
Promote Git‑based workflows, version control, and automated testing for infrastructure deployments.

Network & Cybersecurity Architecture

Understand and participate in the implementation of secure network architectures, including SD‑WAN, VPN, ExpressRoute, and SASE.
Apply Zero Trust principles, IAM best practices, and privileged access controls.
Partner with Information Security to ensure regulatory compliance (SOX, audit, security controls) across infrastructure services.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Define and maintain RTO/RPO targets for critical systems and platforms.
Architect backup, recovery, and resilience strategies across on‑prem and cloud environments.
Lead and coordinate regular DR testing and validation exercises.

DevOps & Platform Engineering Enablement

Enable DevOps and platform engineering teams through infrastructure platforms that support:
Containerization and Kubernetes
Observability, monitoring, and logging
DevSecOps toolchain integration
Help evolve infrastructure toward cloud‑native and self‑service consumption models.

Financial & Vendor Management

Govern infrastructure and cloud spend using existing FinOps frameworks and processes.
Continuously optimize Azure and infrastructure costs through right‑sizing, lifecycle management, and demand planning.
Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and renewals; enforce SLAs and performance metrics.
Support financial planning activities related to infrastructure investment, modernization, and capacity planning.

Strategic Planning & Transformation Leadership

Define multi‑year infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
Translate business needs into technical strategies and execution plans.
Influence enterprise decision‑making through architecture reviews and executive communication.
Supervisory & People Leadership
Lead and mentor infrastructure and cloud engineers; foster a high‑performance, collaborative culture.
Conduct performance management, coaching, and career development.
Plan workforce capacity, skills development, and succession.
Communicate clearly with executives, technical teams, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications/ Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud, or systems engineering roles with minimum 5 years in a leadership role
3+ years of experience as a Cloud, Infrastructure or Network architect
Deep experience with enterprise Windows/Linux environments, virtualization, networking, and storage
Strong hands‑on expertise with Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS); exposure to AWS and/or GCP
Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, and CI/CD pipelines
Strong understanding of enterprise security, identity, and compliance requirements
Experience operating within ITIL‑based service management environments

Th e individual is required to follow all applicable safety precautions. Work is performed almost entirely in a controlled (i.e., inside) environment and does not typically subject the incumbent to any hazardous/extreme elements; some positions may require regularly moving or transporting items weighing up to 25 lbs. around the office for various needs. The successful candidate must be able to complete all essential physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Desired/ Preferred

Bachelor’s degree in IT, IS, Computer Science with minimum 15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure, cloud, or systems engineering roles with minimum 3 years in a leadership role
Cloud architecture certifications (Azure Solutions Architect preferred)
Experience with Kubernetes, container platforms, and modern observability tooling
Background in DevOps, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering (SRE)
Experience leading teams or acting as a technical authority across multiple domains

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PURPOSE

We believe in providing energy that empowers people.

MISSION

We challenge the norm, tap into our strong legacy and use our foresight and financial discipline to deliver inspired energy solutions.

VISION

We see a future where we are an industry leader who is positively impacting lives for the next 100 years and beyond.

VALUES & BEHAVIORS

Do Right Always

Respect people, safety, environment and the law

Follow through on commitments

Make it better

Think Beyond Possible

Offer solution

Step up and lead

Don’t settle for “good enough”

Embrace new opportunities

Stay With It

Show resilience

Lean into challenges

Support each other

Consider the implications

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