Lead Specialist, Engineering and Virtualization

Role Overview

Lead Specialist, Engineering and Virtualization at Ma'aden. This role delivers resilient, scalable, and secure platform engineering and virtualization capabilities to enable the organization's Data & AI strategy.

Role Purpose

The Lead Specialist, Engineering and Virtualization enables the organization's Data & AI strategy by creating the technical foundation required to support advanced analytics, artificial intelligence solutions, enterprise applications, and digital transformation initiatives. The role drives platform reliability, performance optimization, and technology standardization across the Data & AI ecosystem to improve operational efficiency, accelerate service delivery, reduce technology risk, and enhance the organization's ability to scale emerging digital solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering & Infrastructure Excellence

• Deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing virtualization and platform environments that support business-critical applications and Data & AI services.
• Optimize platform capacity, availability, and performance to ensure reliable service delivery across the organization.
• Strengthen infrastructure resilience through proactive lifecycle management and continuous platform enhancement.

Data & AI Platform Enablement

• Enable Data & AI workloads through robust platform architecture, virtualization technologies, and infrastructure services.
• Accelerate deployment and integration of data platforms, analytics solutions, and AI capabilities.
• Ensure platform environments support evolving business and technology requirements.

Operational Excellence

• Improve service stability through effective monitoring, automation, and performance optimization practices.
• Reduce infrastructure complexity and operational inefficiencies through standardization and process improvement.
• Enhance operational responsiveness through effective incident resolution and root cause management.

Governance, Risk & Security

• Maintain compliance with enterprise technology, cybersecurity, and infrastructure standards.
• Strengthen platform security by implementing appropriate controls, vulnerability mitigation, and access governance practices.
• Minimize operational and technology risks through proactive assessment and corrective action.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Drive adoption of emerging virtualization, cloud, and platform engineering technologies that improve organizational capability.
• Identify opportunities to automate infrastructure management and improve service delivery efficiency.
• Promote technical best practices and continuous improvement across the technology landscape.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Capability Building

• Build effective partnerships with technology teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure platform effectiveness.
• Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise on virtualization and platform engineering initiatives.
• Develop organizational capability through knowledge sharing and technical guidance.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

8–12 years of relevant experience in platform engineering, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise technology environments.

Experience supporting large-scale enterprise infrastructure and mission-critical business applications.

Experience in Data & AI platform environments, analytics infrastructure, or digital transformation programs.

Experience leading complex technical initiatives and cross-functional technology engagements.

Skills & Competencies

Functional Expertise

• Platform Engineering
• Virtualization Technologies
• Cloud Infrastructure & Services
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Systems Integration
• Performance Monitoring & Optimization

Business & Delivery

• Service Delivery Management
• Project Execution
• Technology Governance
• Risk & Compliance Management
• Vendor Management