Lead Specialist, Platform Architect OT & Control Platform II

About
The company, established in 1997, is one of the fastest-growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. This role offers a chance to contribute to our ambitious growth and play a key part in shaping the future of mining in the Kingdom.

Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Work Conditions
Full Time

Key Responsibilities

• Support Enterprise Architecture Direction by contributing to the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Govern Architecture Alignment through participation in architecture reviews and identifying risks related to fragmentation, duplication, or unmanaged technical debt.
• Enable Cross-Domain Integration by applying defined integration patterns across platforms and systems, ensuring end-to-end interoperability.
• Partner with Domain and Platform Teams to support solution design and act as a point of coordination between delivery teams and enterprise architecture governance.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, including diagrams, standards, and design guidelines, and communicate architectural decisions to stakeholders.

Core Competencies

• Enterprise and solution architecture fundamentals across IT, OT, data, and digital domains.
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to understand cross-domain impacts.
• Architecture governance, standards enforcement, and design assurance.
• Integration patterns and interoperability concepts.
• Clear communication and collaboration with senior architects and delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in solution, domain, or enterprise architecture roles.
• Experience working within large-scale, complex technology environments.
• Exposure to industrial, mining, or asset-intensive environments preferred.
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise platforms (cloud, data platforms, integration, OT systems).