Lead Specialist, Platform Architect OT & Control Platform

Role Overview

Lead Specialist, Platform Architect OT & Control Platform at Ma'aden.

Role Purpose

Support the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures while enabling cross-domain integration across IT, OT, data, and digital environments. Translate enterprise architecture vision into actionable guidance for domain, platform, and solution architects, and ensure architectural alignment across all technical domains.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Direction

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures
• Translate enterprise architecture vision and roadmaps into actionable guidance for domain, platform, and solution architects
• Ensure architectural designs across data, AI, OT, and core systems align with defined enterprise standards

Architecture Governance

• Participate in architecture reviews led by the Enterprise Architecture Director or Architecture Review Board
• Identify risks related to fragmentation, duplication, or unmanaged technical debt and escalate where appropriate

Cross-Domain Integration

• Apply defined integration patterns and reference architectures across platforms and systems
• Support end-to-end interoperability across IT, OT, data, and digital environments
• Collaborate with integration, data, and platform teams to ensure scalable and reusable solutions

Stakeholder Coordination

• Work closely with Domain Architects, Platform Architects, and engineering teams to support solution design
• Act as a point of coordination between delivery teams and enterprise architecture governance

Documentation and Communication

• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including diagrams, standards, and design guidelines
• Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and constraints to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications & Experience

• 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 including cloud, data platforms, integration, and OT systems

Skills & Competencies

• Enterprise and solution architecture fundamentals across IT, OT, data, and digital domains
• Systems thinking with 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