We are looking for an experienced Cloud Architect to join our Middle East delivery team and support major digitalization initiatives within the industrial, energy and oil & gas environment.
The role will focus on designing cloud architectures that enable industrial and operational data to move securely from on-premise plant environments to cloud-based data platforms, supporting advanced analytics, remote operations, AI and predictive maintenance use cases.
This is not a traditional business IT architecture role. The successful candidate will have strong experience working with industrial/OT data and technologies, including SCADA, MES, PI System/AVEVA, OPC UA, MQTT and IIoT.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable cloud architectures using Azure, AWS and/or GCP for industrial and operational environments.
- Architect solutions enabling the flow of plant data from historians and SCADA systems through MES and data platforms to cloud environments and remote control-center dashboards.
- Define cloud data architectures supporting industrial analytics, operational intelligence and future AI initiatives.
- Work with technologies such as PI System/AVEVA, SCADA, MES, OPC UA, MQTT and IIoT.
- Design cloud-based data platforms incorporating technologies such as Azure IoT, Databricks, data lakes and time-series data platforms.
- Consider and address in-country data residency and deployment requirements when designing cloud solutions.
- Collaborate with technical teams, industrial stakeholders and end clients to understand requirements and translate them into appropriate cloud architectures.
- Present, explain and defend proposed architectures directly to end clients and technical stakeholders.
- Ensure architectures are scalable, secure and aligned with industrial operational requirements.
- Prepare the architecture foundation for future AI, machine learning and predictive maintenance use cases.
- Contribute architectural expertise to digital transformation projects across industrial environments.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional IT/technology experience, including at least 3 years specifically designing cloud architectures.
- Proven experience designing cloud architectures, rather than exclusively administering or operating cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with industrial/OT data environments, including one or more of:
- PI System / AVEVA
- SCADA
- MES
- OPC UA
- MQTT
- IIoT
- Strong understanding of cloud data platforms, particularly:
- Azure IoT
- Databricks
- Data Lakes
- Time-series data
- Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform: Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience translating complex technical requirements into scalable cloud architecture.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present and defend architecture decisions to clients.
- Fluent English (C1+) and comfortable working in client-facing environments.
- Ability to work within industrial and operational technology environments.
Nice to Have
- AZ-305 – Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification.
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
- Experience in energy, oil & gas or process industries.
- Knowledge of OT cybersecurity / IEC 62443.
- Experience with industrial AI/ML and predictive maintenance.
- Arabic.
