Job Description

About Maaden

Maaden, established in 1997, is one of the fastest-growing mining companies in the world and the largest multi-commodity mining and metals company in the Middle East. We are leading the development of the mining industry to become the third pillar of Saudi Arabia’s economy by building a world-class, unique, and fully integrated mining value chain. We are pleased to share an exciting opportunity for the below mentioned position. This role offers a chance to contribute to our ambitious growth and play a key part in shaping the future of mining in the Kingdom.

Job purpose

• Supports the Enterprise Architecture Director in defining and evolving Maaden’s enterprise architecture across IT, OT, Data, AI, and digital platforms

• Translates enterprise architecture vision, principles, and standards into practical domain and solution architectures

• Acts as a trusted architectural partner to domain and platform teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise direction, interoperability standards, and roadmaps

• Focuses on consistency, integration, and execution, rather than setting overall enterprise strategy

Key Accountabilities

Support Enterprise Architecture Direction

1. Contribute to the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures
2. Translate enterprise architecture vision and roadmaps into actionable guidance for domain, platform, and solution architects
3. Ensure architectural designs across data, AI, OT, and core systems align with defined enterprise standards

Govern Architecture Alignment

1. Participate in architecture reviews led by the Enterprise Architecture Director or Architecture Review Board
2. Identify risks related to fragmentation, duplication, or unmanaged technical debt and escalate where appropriate

Enable Cross-Domain Integration

1. Apply defined integration patterns and reference architectures across platforms and systems
2. Support end-to-end interoperability across IT, OT, data, and digital environments
3. Collaborate with integration, data, and platform teams to ensure scalable and reusable solutions

Partner with Domain and Platform Teams

1. Work closely with Domain Architects, Platform Architects, and engineering teams to support solution design
2. Act as a point of coordination between delivery teams and enterprise architecture governance

Architecture Documentation and Communication

1. Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including diagrams, standards, and design guidelines
2. Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and constraints to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Minimum Qualification, Experience and Competencies

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Minimum Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in solution, domain, or enterprise architecture roles

Maaden High Performance Competencies

• Enterprise and solution architecture fundamentals across IT, OT, data, and digital domains
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to understand cross-domain impacts
• Architecture governance, standards enforcement, and design assurance
• Integration patterns and interoperability concepts
• Clear communication and collaboration with senior architects and delivery teams

Skills

• Experience working within large-scale, complex technology environments
• Exposure to industrial, mining, or asset-intensive environments preferred
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise platforms (cloud, data platforms, integration, OT systems)