Sr. Architect, Software Solutions - SAS - alfanar Electric

alfanar; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfanar, a Saudi company based in Riyadh, seeks a Solution Architect to design and deliver integrated industrial automation and enterprise software bridging OT and IT, enabling scalable, secure digital architectures across utilities, energy, water, infrastructure and industry.

You will analyze requirements, create blueprints, configure applications, and engage customers through workshops and demos, driving digital transformation and analytics, including AI and predictive maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 6–10 years of experience in engineering or automation.
• Experience delivering integrated OT/IT solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end automation and digital architectures integrating OT and IT systems.
• Deliver integrated industrial automation and enterprise software solutions.
• Support FAT/SAT, deployment, training, and customer acceptance activities.
• Engage with customers through workshops, demonstrations, and technical presentations.

Skills

Solution architecture

OT/IT integration

Cybersecurity

Cloud deployment

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

The position is responsible for designing and delivering integrated industrial automation and enterprise software solutions that bridge operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT). The role ensures scalable, reliable, and secure digital architectures that meet customer requirements and enhance operational efficiency, asset performance, and business outcomes across utilities, energy, water, infrastructure, and industrial sectors.

Key Accountability Areas

Job Description

The position is responsible for designing and delivering integrated industrial automation and enterprise software solutions that bridge operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT). The role ensures scalable, reliable, and secure digital architectures that meet customer requirements and enhance operational efficiency, asset performance, and business outcomes across utilities, energy, water, infrastructure, and industrial sectors.

Solution Architecture & Design

• Analyze customer business and technical requirements.
• Design end-to-end automation and digital architectures integrating OT and IT systems.
• Develop solution blueprints, system architectures, functional specifications, and technical documentation.
• Define cybersecurity, networking, cloud, and on-premises deployment architectures.

Application Engineering

• Configure, customize, and deploy software applications.
• Develop use cases, workflows, dashboards, reports, and business processes.
• Perform software testing, validation, commissioning, and troubleshooting.

Enterprise Software Integration

• Integrate SCADA, DMS/ADMS, EMS, APM, EAM, GIS, IoT, ERP, CMMS, cloud, and analytics platforms.

Customer Engagement

• Conduct workshops, demonstrations, POCs, and technical presentations.
• Support proposal preparation and bid responses.

Digital Transformation & Analytics

• Design predictive maintenance, AI, machine learning, analytics, and digital twin solutions.

Project Delivery

• Support FAT, SAT, deployment, training, and customer acceptance activities.

Role Accountability

HR Proficiency

• Ability to recruit, recognize and cultivate high performers and expose them in order to create a robust second line of management.
• Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
• Ability to treat subordinates equally without any discrimination.
• Assessment criteria of subordinates is performance that leads to planned results.
• Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix to have sufficient delegations as per company policy.

Responsibility

• Must take full responsibility for his operation as per the job description and the required deliverables from this position, taking into consideration the general company guidelines.
• Able to anticipate problems and make the necessary proactive steps to prevent them
• Ability to take necessary and proper timely decisions.

Delivery

• Deliver the required results in timely manner with required quality and cost.
• Making a Tangible Difference:
• Must make a tangible difference to his area of operation. and exceed business expectations.

Business Planning and Performance

• Able to transform the corporate goals into business plans.
• Able to Plan, follow-up and execute those plans, whether they are annual or development plans.
• Monitor the plan performance and initiate action to strengthen results and take the corrective action accordingly.
• Provide periodic work progress reports.
• Responsible for monitoring and controlling budgets and expenses to achieve the optimum cost efficiency.

Organizational Development

• Develop the organizational structure according to the current requirements taking into consideration future and development plans.
• Ensure availability of job descriptions for all job roles and deployment.

Business Process Improvements

• Develop, coordinate well-defined written systems, policies, procedures, and seek automations opportunities as much as possible.
• Should be conversant and able to navigate through IT solutions especially those relevant to his job and business.
• Promote the automated systems and using them fully, to spread its culture.

Quality

• Quality is considered as alfanar’s prime competitive advantage as such, managers are expected to act accordingly.

Adaptation

• Adapt to new and alternative techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.

Health, Safety and Environment

• Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment as per the standard regulations.

Academic Qualification and Work Experience

Academic Qualification: Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering or Any relevant field

Work Experience: 6 to 10 Years

Technical / Functional Competencies: Production Testing, Power System Modeling, Power System Planning, Data Center Production Environment Planning, Systems Engineering Knowledge

Profile Description

Alfanar is a Saudi company with an international presence, primarily engaged in the manufacturing and trading of a wide variety of low, medium, and high voltage electrical products, in addition to its portfolio of conventional and renewable energy solutions, oil and gas, water treatment, infrastructure, technical services, and digital solutions.

The hub of alfanar’s manufacturing operations is Medinet alfanar Alsinaiya, a 700,000 square-meter complex located in Riyadh. The complex houses an array of ultra-modern manufacturing facilities and laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and staffed with highly skilled professionals.

alfanar derives its success from its commitment to providing the highest quality standards to its customers, and the continuous development of its human capital, who alfanar considers its most valuable asset. With this in mind, alfanar promotes a proactive work environment where its employees are always valued, nurtured, and empowered to fuel their pride in being part of alfanar.

For more information about alfanar, please visit alfanar.com