Lead Specialist,Infrastructure & Hosting Platform II at Ma'aden

Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

24 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

OT Infrastructure, Hosting Platform, Lifecycle Management, Virtualization, Storage, Industrial Networks, Edge Compute, Backup, Redundancy, Recovery, Incident Response, Root-Cause Analysis, MES, LIMS, Industrial Historians, OT-IT Connectivity

Industry

mining

Description

Role Summary Ma’aden is seeking a Lead Specialist, Infrastructure & Hosting Platform II to lead and own Operational Technology (OT) infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity across its industrial sites. This role is responsible for the day-to-day operation, lifecycle management, and reliability of OT hosting platforms, ensuring stable compute, storage, and industrial networks that support live production operations and digital initiatives. This is a hands-on, operational OT infrastructure role — not a corporate IT or control-systems design position. Key Responsibilities * Lead and operate OT infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity environments across sites * Own OT servers, virtualization, storage, and edge compute platforms * Ensure availability, performance, capacity, and reliability of OT-hosted systems * Execute routine maintenance, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle activities * Oversee OT network infrastructure and ensure resilient connectivity between OT systems, plant networks, and enterprise platforms * Implement backup, redundancy, and recovery practices for OT environments * Monitor infrastructure health, respond to incidents, and lead root-cause analysis * Drive standardization and support modernization of legacy OT infrastructure * Coordinate closely with site OT teams, enterprise OT architecture, and IT network teams Platforms in Scope * Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) * Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) * Industrial historians (e.g., OSI PI, Honeywell, Siemens, Rockwell, Aveva) * Edge compute and industrial hosting platforms Broad familiarity is required; deep expertise in every platform is not mandatory. What You Bring * Bachelor’s degree in Automation, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Systems Engineering, or related field * Minimum 5 years’ experience in OT or industrial infrastructure & hosting (8+ years strongly preferred) * Hands-on experience supporting live production environments * Strong understanding of industrial networks and OT–IT connectivity * Experience with virtualization, storage, backup, and recovery in OT environments * Ability to operate under uptime, availability, and incident pressure * Strong coordination skills across site teams, architects, and IT stakeholders Relevant Industry Experience Experience from the following environments is highly valued: * Mining & metals * Oil & gas * Utilities / power * Heavy manufacturing * Chemicals, cement, automotive, or food & beverage (industrial scale) What We Offer * Competitive salary in a tax-free environment * Housing and transportation allowances * 30 days of vacation plus public holidays * Paid home leave tickets * Complimentary meals and uniform cleaning * Medical and life insurance * Employee Assistance Program and worldwide complimentary room nights * Opportunities for growth and development * Additional family benefits Schedule & Hours Full-time role.

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for leading and owning the operational technology (OT) infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity across industrial sites, ensuring the stability of compute, storage, and industrial networks supporting live production.