36 Shell Jobs Hiring in Texas

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

June 8, 2026

Business Unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

Shell is advancing its Powering Progress strategy on the journey to net-zero emissions. Achieving this ambition requires uniting Shell's strategic and technical expertise across data, strategy, architecture, and innovation. This integration is essential to drive the transformative shifts needed in IT. As part of this journey, we are seeking a skilled and seasoned Solution Architect to enhance automation and fully harness data and innovation.

What you'll be doing

We're currently looking for a seasoned Solution Architect to play a pivotal role in Shell's Trading & Supply global transformation, specifically the implementation of our Energy Trade & Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure to create a scalable, secure, and strategic landscape that enables the transformation of Shell's Trading capabilities. This opportunity sits at the heart of the Trading & Supply business transformation, supporting the Global Products organisation as we establish Endur as the global backbone ETRM platform. With a modular ecosystem being designed around this foundation, you'll help shape a future ready, cloud native architecture built with flexibility, resilience, and data centricity at its core. As we move through the design phase, you will have a rare chance to influence architectural decisions from the ground up, define how a modern ETRM landscape should operate at global scale, and drive a paradigm shift in how Shell's Trading business integrates processes, data, and systems across the value chain. This is a role for someone who thrives on complexity, innovation, and impact-someone who wants to help architect the future of one of the world's most dynamic trading organisations.

Architecture and Technical Leadership

• Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.
• Not only lead in your area of expertise but also play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself-identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit. As the organization grows, your role is expected to evolve, offering continuous opportunities for development, influence, and leadership.
• Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects.
• Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions.
• Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with Shell's architectural standards.
• Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase.
• Review and formally approve detailed solution designs.
• Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required.

Reference Model Stewardship

• Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in BizzDesign or any other standard tooling.
• Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels.

Technology Foresight

• Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions for Shell.

Standards Alignment

• Stay informed of developments in Shell's IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs.

Community Engagement

• Champion architectural excellence within the organisation.
• Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements.

What you bring

• Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than the current employer
• Bachelor's degree is required
• Industry Knowledge:
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience in Trading IT
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience with OpenLink Endur v14+
  • Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement

• Technical Architecture & Design:
  • 10+ years in software and architecture delivery.
  • Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading.
  • Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions.
  • Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value.
  • TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling.

• Collaboration & Communication:
  • Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments.
  • Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions.
  • Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities.

• Problem Solving & Innovation:
  • Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Shell Trading picture.
  • Manage dependencies, overcome obstacles, and maximize value against constraints, managing trade-offs or technical debt.

• Technical Skills and Mastery:
  • Desirable Technologies & Programming Languages:
    • Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)
    • Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend).
    • Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies
    • Expert in JVS and OpenComponents
    • Exposure to SAP HANA, Salesforce, API management, Multifactor authentication.
  • Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM):
    • Hands-on experience implementing OpenLink Endur, including All 'Managers', Domain Services, Operation Services, TPM, APM, Grid Setup, Deal Modelling.
  • Azure Platform & Cloud Native:
    • Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems.
    • Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh).
  • Data Architecture, Data Management & Diverse Data Types:
    • 3+ Years experience in Data Architecture including Logical data models and designing solutions using data platforms and medallion architecture.
    • Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security.
    • Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series.
    • Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Azure Services & Integration:
    • Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK.
    • Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL.
    • Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps.
  • CI/CD & DevOps:
    • 5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible.

• Agile & Engineering Standards:
  • Practical agile experience in both start-up and enterprise environments.
  • Lead the engineering community to follow Shell Engineer Management standards, ensuring consistency and reuse.
  • Understand and deliver core engineering GPA objectives.
  • Create a collaborative environment for technical roles to drive clear decisions and consistency.

• Documentation & Coordination:
  • Address Business Process, Data, Application, Technical, and Information Security aspects of IT Solutions, documenting in High-Level Design documents.
  • Coordinate and develop information with third parties (Data Architects, IRM, Support Operations teams, Business stakeholders), internal and external to Shell.

What we offer

The base salary range for this position is $201,000 - $301,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell's US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another.

You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
• Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

Shell in The United States

Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years, leading the sector in energy, petrochemicals and refined products. Today, we provide millions of Americans with the energy needed to heat and cool their homes and power the economy.

We operate in all 50 states, from our Deep Water platforms in the Gulf of America to the Pennsylvania Chemicals complex and our miles of pipelines throughout the US.

We reach our customers through our 13,000 branded retail stations, and we are number 1 in gasoline sales. We also own the #1 brand of motor oil in the U.S. - Pennzoil - made from natural gas.

We are excited to play a key role in the move to net carbon emissions while providing the oil and gas needed by society for many decades to come.

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