Principal OT Data Engineer & Enterprise Architect

Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC); Medina; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Ma’aden Aluminium Company (MAC) seeks a Principal Specialist Engineering and ETL OT to lead the design and governance of OT data pipelines. You will define standards, oversee architecture, and drive secure, scalable data engineering across sites to enable analytics, performance improvements, and digital transformation.

The role collaborates with OT and IT teams to ensure data quality, lineage, security, and compliance, while delivering reliable operational insights and AI-ready data products

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Exposure to Operational Technology (OT) systems is advantageous.
• Experience with OT data engineering and ETL pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define OT data engineering standards and reference architectures.
• Oversee scalable OT data ingestion, transformation and integration pipelines.
• Embed governance, lineage, auditability, and quality controls across OT data lifecycle.
• Provide architectural leadership across multiple sites and vendors.

Skills

OT Data Engineering

Data Pipelines

Data Governance

Data Products

Technical Leadership

Innovation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/DE/Industrial Eng

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Ma’aden Aluminium Company (MAC) seeks a Principal Specialist Engineering and ETL OT to lead the design and governance of OT data pipelines. You will define standards, oversee architecture, and drive secure, scalable data engineering across sites to enable analytics, performance improvements, and digital transformation.

The role collaborates with OT and IT teams to ensure data quality, lineage, security, and compliance, while delivering reliable operational insights and AI-ready data products