Industrial AIoT Connectivity Engineer

Confidential Employer; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Employer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks an experienced OT/AIoT Engineer to design, secure, and optimize interfaces between industrial OT and enterprise IT for real-time analytics and AI-driven solutions.

You will integrate DCS/PLC/SCADA, OPC-UA, and historians, develop edge connectivity, and lead secure architectures while collaborating with automation, data, and cybersecurity teams on Industry 4.0 initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer/Electrical/Electronics/Automation or related field.
• Minimum 10 years OT, industrial connectivity, or related experience.
• Strong experience with DCS, PLC, SCADA systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure connectivity between OT and IT environments.
• Integrate DCS, PLC, SCADA, OPC-UA and Industrial Historian platforms with enterprise apps.
• Develop OT network architectures supporting industrial operations.
• Implement industrial protocols and secure data exchange mechanisms.
• Enable real-time operational data collection and integration.
• Design and manage secure edge connectivity for industrial assets.
• Configure network segmentation, DMZ, firewall policies and access controls.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, latency, and data quality issues.
• Support Industrial AI and analytics through reliable data integration frameworks.
• Collaborate with process control, automation, infrastructure and cybersecurity teams.
• Ensure OT security governance and operational standards.

Skills

OT networking

Industrial protocols

OT cybersecurity

Edge connectivity

Real-time data

DCS/SCADA

OPC-UA

Industrial historians

Network architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

AVEVA PI System

Aspen IP21 Historian

MQTT

Python

SQL

APIs

ISA-95

Job description

Confidential Employer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks an experienced OT/AIoT Engineer to design, secure, and optimize interfaces between industrial OT and enterprise IT for real-time analytics and AI-driven solutions.

You will integrate DCS/PLC/SCADA, OPC-UA, and historians, develop edge connectivity, and lead secure architectures while collaborating with automation, data, and cybersecurity teams on Industry 4.0 initiatives.