Solution Architect

Plant.Digital; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 112,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional technology company in Saudi Arabia is looking for a skilled Solution Architect to lead the design and deployment of integrated Operational Technology Digital Solutions. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in the energy sector, particularly in oil and gas, and a solid background in advanced Digital Transformation technologies. Responsibilities include supporting project architecture, optimizing solutions, conducting workshops, and producing high-quality documentation. Proven project management skills and recognized industry certifications like TOGAF are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years’ experience as Solution Architect in Energy Industry.
• Holds recognized Industry Certifications like TOGAF.
• Strong understanding of Cyber-Physical Systems and IR 4.0/5.0 Technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support Solution Architecture aspects of all projects.
• Lead activities during solution ideation and implementation.
• Produce documentation of high quality and detail.
• Contribute to technical discussions on strategy and direction.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Digital Transformation technologies knowledge

Project Management

Business Process Management

Data Analytics

Integration methodologies

Education

BSc degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

SAP

Python

SQL

AI and Machine Learning Technologies

Data Management Tools

Job description

Solution Architect is responsible for design of functionally compliant integrated Operational Technology Digital Solutions. The role requires upholding technical leadership and expertise in design and deployment of best-in‑class Digital Transformation technologies.

Responsibilities

1. Support Solution Architecture aspects of all projects. Provide technically and commercially feasible solutions.
2. Review business process and functional requirements to optimize the solution architecture requirement for the solution, recommending potential options, (which may include RFIs, RFPs or prototype development), selecting the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution.
3. Conduct requirements gathering and solution conceptualization workshops for Enterprise scale implementations.
4. Lead activities that take place during solution ideation, functional requirements, solution blueprinting, development and detailed design, and solution implementation.
5. Lead process of requirements gathering and technology selection. Evaluate and ensure functional compliance to Client’s needs as well as Industry Standards.
6. Continuously improve technology architectures used within the company and determine ways to improve and optimize. Leverage Industry’s standards and best practices.
7. Oversee creation and update of internal library of IMOMS Functional and Technical Standards library.
8. Produce documentation of a high-quality and to a detailed level, ensuring that all decision points, building blocks, principles, rationale, and all interdependencies are understood, documented, and communicated timely to relevant stakeholders.
9. Support Project Management and Delivery Engineering teams prior and during projects. Identify implementation risks and analyze potential impact.
10. Contribute to technical discussions on strategy and direction.
11. Act as a point of reference within the team to provide deep technical expertise.
12. Write, or contributes to, articles, and papers and speak at conferences, user groups, or specialist subject groups. Play a leading role in special interest groups concerned with specialist field.

Qualifications

Academic: Holds BSc degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering, Industrial/System Engineering or related field.

Work Experience: Minimum 7+ years’ experience as a Solution Architect in Energy Industry (Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, etc.)

Certifications: Holds recognized Industry Certifications especially TOGAF

Operational Technology Digitization Projects

• Experienced in design, implementation, and deployment of OT Digital Solutions.
• Adequate project management skills with a proven track record of successfully leading and delivering complex digital implementation OT projects.
• Knowledgeable in Downstream Oil & Gas (i.e., operation, quality, inventory, reliability, integrity, maintenance, process safety and risk and environmental compliance), refinery Users’ roles, data, tasks, and decision‑making.

Digital Transformation

Advanced knowledge in IR 4.0 / 5.0 Technologies and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) such as IIoT, Edge Analytics, AI and Machine Learning, LLMs/Chatbots, Mixed Reality, Metaverse, Cybersecurity, Robotics, autonomous actions, lift and shift cloud, native clouds, technical infrastructure.

Solution Architecture

• Working experience in various Industry‑Adopted architecture such as Service‑Oriented Architecture (SOA), etc.
• Strong acumen in Business Process Management.

Solution Integration

• Working experience in integration methodologies, tools, and concepts.
• Experienced in Microservices, Enterprise Service Buses (Biztalk, etc.)
• Experienced in Integration with SAP/ERPs.

Data Analytics & DSV

• Advanced experience in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Decision Support & Visualization
• Experienced in KPIs development, UX Design,
• Experienced in approaches and tools for Data Management (Databases/Schemas, Data Cleansing, Normalization, Transforms, Structured/Unstructured Data, etc.)

Digital Infrastructure & Cloud

Good background on Network Virtualization, Data Center Virtualization, Storage and Storage Management Virtualization, Migration From/To Virtual Platforms, Fault Tolerance, Redundancy, and Availability, Load Balancer, DevOps, Zero‑Trust Framework, Performance Management, Android/iOS App Development, Networks, SQL, Python, Oracle, ML/DL, PI‑ Historian, Server Administration, Cyber Security, and SaaS.

Change & Adoption Management

Knowledgeable of Digitalization Adoption Management, including developing and implementing strategies and driving user adoption of digital solutions.