Manager, OT Infrastructure, Hosting & Connectivity

About the role

Ma'aden, a major mining and metals company, is hiring a manager for its OT infrastructure, hosting and connectivity environment in Riyadh. The role leads the operation and lifecycle of OT compute, storage, virtualization, edge platforms, hosted OT systems and industrial network connectivity that support safe operations, digital initiatives and enterprise integration.

Key responsibilities

• Operate and maintain OT servers, storage, virtualization, hosting platforms and edge compute across industrial sites, ensuring availability, performance, capacity and reliability of hosted systems such as MES, LIMS, historians and edge nodes.
• Run routine maintenance, patching, upgrades, backups, lifecycle management and infrastructure health monitoring.
• Operate and maintain OT network infrastructure across plant, site and industrial control environments, keeping connectivity stable, resilient and secure, and coordinate with cybersecurity, site engineering and enterprise connectivity teams.
• Implement OT, hosting, connectivity and edge platform standards, modernize legacy hardware, OS, virtualized environments and industrial networks, and execute upgrades in line with OT roadmaps and cybersecurity requirements.
• Set up redundancy, backup, recovery, monitoring, incident response and resilience practices; monitor health, lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and protect plant continuity and service levels.
• Lead the OT infrastructure, hosting and connectivity team, manage vendor support, service delivery, escalations and maintenance windows, and run service dashboards, risk logs and stakeholder communications.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in automation, electrical engineering, control systems, systems engineering, computer engineering, information technology or a related field; master's preferred.
• 8-12 years of experience in OT infrastructure, industrial infrastructure, hosting, connectivity, network operations or technology operations.
• Experience leading operational teams, vendors, incident response and reliability improvement initiatives in industrial or asset-intensive settings.

Required skills

• OT infrastructure, hosting and connectivity operations management.
• Industrial compute, storage, virtualization, edge platforms and hosted OT systems.
• MES, LIMS, historians, edge nodes, SCADA/DCS connectivity and plant networks.
• Industrial networking, OT-IT connectivity, segmentation, resilience and performance monitoring.
• Lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery and capacity planning.
• Reliability engineering, incident management, root-cause analysis, vendor management and operational governance.

What we offer

• Career growth and competitive salaries.
• A comprehensive package and inclusive work environment.
• Work-life balance and employee wellness.