Lead Specialist, Platform Architect - OT & Control Platforms

About the role

Ma'aden, a major mining and metals company, is hiring a Lead Specialist, Platform Architect for Operational Technology and Control Platforms in Riyadh. The role translates enterprise architecture standards into practical platform guidance so that OT, control systems, data, AI and core technology platforms are interoperable, scalable, secure and aligned with enterprise architecture across industrial and asset-intensive environments.

Key responsibilities

• Help develop and maintain enterprise architecture principles, platform standards and reference architectures for OT and control platforms, and turn them into actionable guidance for domain, platform and solution architects.
• Take part in architecture reviews and design assurance, identify risks such as fragmentation, duplication and unmanaged technical debt, and escalate architecture risks affecting scalability, resilience, security or interoperability.
• Apply integration patterns and reference architectures across OT, control, data, AI and enterprise systems, working with integration, data, cybersecurity, infrastructure and engineering teams.
• Partner with domain, platform and solution architects and engineering teams, acting as a coordination point between delivery teams and enterprise architecture governance.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, diagrams, reference patterns, standards and design guidelines, and communicate guidance and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Industrial Systems, Automation, Control Systems or a related field; Master's preferred.
• 8-12 years of experience in solution, domain, platform or enterprise architecture roles in large-scale technology environments.
• Experience supporting architecture design, governance, integration and interoperability across OT, control systems, data platforms, cloud and enterprise systems.
• Exposure to industrial, mining, manufacturing, utilities or asset-intensive environments is preferred.

Required skills

• Enterprise, platform and solution architecture fundamentals across IT, OT, data and digital domains.
• OT and control platform architecture, industrial systems, SCADA/DCS, historians and automation environments.
• Architecture governance, standards enforcement, design assurance and technical debt identification.
• Integration patterns, interoperability, reference architecture and reusable solution design.
• Architecture documentation, diagrams, design guidelines and decision records.

What we offer

• Career growth opportunities.
• Competitive salaries and a comprehensive package.
• Inclusive work environment and work-life balance.
• Employee wellness.