Manager - Operational Technology Infra-Structure,Hosting & Connectivity

Maaden Saudi Arabian Mining Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Maaden Saudi Arabian Mining Company in Riyadh is seeking a Manager - Operational Technology Infra-Structure, Hosting & Connectivity to lead industrial technology services across sites. You will oversee OT compute, storage, edge platforms, hosting and secure network connectivity to enable safe operations and digital initiatives.

The role requires 8–12 years in OT infrastructure, strong leadership, and the ability to coordinate with cyber, cloud, and site teams to deliver reliable, scalable OT

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering or IT with 8–12 years OT infra experience.
• Experience leading operational teams and vendor management in industrial settings.
• Experience with MES, LIMS, historians and edge nodes.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain OT servers, storage, virtualization, and edge compute.
• Ensure availability, performance, capacity, and reliability of hosted OT systems.
• Execute routine maintenance, patches, upgrades, backups, and monitoring.
• Ensure OT hosting supports continuity, plant availability, and digital enablement.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity and enterprise teams for OT-IT integration.
• Lead OT infrastructure team in delivering reliable support and improvements.

Skills

OT infra management

Edge compute & hosted OT

MES/LIMS/historians

OT-IT connectivity

Infrastructure lifecycle

Reliability engineering

Vendor management

Leadership & comms

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Automation, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology

Master’s Degree preferred

Job description

Manager - Operational Technology Infra-Structure,Hosting & Connectivity

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Job Info

• Job Identification 6869
• Posting Date 07/15/2026, 10:21 AM
• Locations Riyadh, Riyadh, 11537, SA
• Apply Before 08/30/2026, 09:00 PM
• Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

ROLE PROFILE

Field

Details

Job Title

Reporting to

Director, Cloud, Connectivity & OT

Business Unit / Function

Technology and Innovation

Department

OT Infra-Structure, Hosting & Connectivity

Grade

M12

Position Type

Regular

Why This Role Matters

This role leads Ma’aden’s OT infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity environments to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performance industrial technology services across sites. It owns the operation and lifecycle of OT compute, storage, virtualization, edge platforms, hosted OT systems, and industrial network connectivity that enable safe operations, digital initiatives, data platforms, and enterprise integration.

What You Will Deliver

Manage OT Infrastructure & Hosting Operations

• Operate and maintain OT servers, storage, virtualization, hosting platforms, and edge compute environments across industrial sites.
• Ensure availability, performance, capacity, and reliability of hosted OT systems including MES, LIMS, historians, and edge nodes.
• Execute routine maintenance, patching, upgrades, backups, lifecycle management, and infrastructure health monitoring activities.
• Ensure OT hosting services support operational continuity, plant availability, and approved digital enablement requirements.

Oversee OT Networks & Connectivity

• Operate and maintain OT network infrastructure across plant, site, and industrial control environments.
• Ensure stable, resilient, and secure connectivity between OT systems, plant networks, data platforms, and upstream enterprise systems.
• Apply standardized network configurations, segmentation principles, connectivity patterns, and performance monitoring practices.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, site engineering, and enterprise connectivity teams to maintain reliable OT-IT integration.
• Implement OT infrastructure, hosting, connectivity, and edge platform standards across sites and operational environments.
• Support modernization of legacy hardware, operating systems, virtualized environments, industrial networks, and hosted OT platforms.
• Execute infrastructure upgrades in line with OT roadmaps, architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, and site readiness plans.
• Promote reusable configurations, common operating procedures, and consistent support models across OT environments.

Ensure Reliability & Operational Resilience

• Implement redundancy, backup, recovery, monitoring, incident response, and operational resilience practices for OT infrastructure and hosted systems.
• Monitor infrastructure health and respond to incidents impacting availability, performance, reliability, connectivity, or hosted OT services.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring OT infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity issues.
• Ensure operational support processes protect plant continuity, safety, cyber resilience, and agreed service levels.
• Lead the OT infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity team in delivering reliable operational support and improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate with cloud, connectivity, cybersecurity, platform, data, application, and site teams to resolve dependencies and execution risks.
• Manage vendor support, service delivery, technical escalations, maintenance windows, and infrastructure delivery commitments.
• Maintain clear operating procedures, service dashboards, risk logs, and stakeholder communications for OT infrastructure services.

What Success Looks Like

• OT infrastructure, hosting platforms, and connectivity services operate reliably with strong availability, performance, and capacity control.
• Hosted OT systems such as MES, LIMS, historians, and edge platforms are maintained, patched, upgraded, and monitored effectively.
• Industrial network connectivity is stable, resilient, secure, and aligned with enterprise OT standards.
• Legacy infrastructure modernization and lifecycle activities are executed with minimal disruption to operations.

Incidents are resolved quickly, recurring issues are addressed through root-cause actions, and operational resilience improves over time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Automation, Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline. Master’s Degree is preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 8–12 years of experience in OT infrastructure, industrial infrastructure, hosting, connectivity, network operations, or technology operations roles.
• Hands-on experience with OT servers, storage, virtualization, edge compute, industrial networks, MES, LIMS, historians, and site-based OT environments.
• Experience leading operational teams, vendors, incident response, infrastructure lifecycle activities, and reliability improvement initiatives in industrial or asset-intensive environments.

Skills That Matter

• OT infrastructure, hosting, and connectivity operations management
• Industrial compute, storage, virtualization, edge platforms, and hosted OT systems
• MES, LIMS, historians, edge nodes, SCADA/DCS connectivity, and plant network environments
• Industrial networking, OT-IT connectivity, segmentation, resilience, and performance monitoring
• Infrastructure lifecycle management, patching, upgrades, backup, recovery, and capacity planning
• Reliability engineering, incident management, root-cause analysis, and operational resilience
• Vendor management, service delivery coordination, maintenance planning, and operational governance
• Leadership, stakeholder management, cross-functional coordination, and clear operational communication