Industrial AI Architect Consultant📣 Job Ad

Role Overview

Aramco Digital is seeking an Industrial AI Architect Consultant to define, govern, and evolve the end-to-end architecture, technology strategy, and technical roadmap for Industrial AI platforms and solutions across multiple industrial domains. This role serves as a senior technical authority, ensuring Industrial AI capabilities are scalable, secure, interoperable, and aligned with business objectives, enterprise architecture principles, and emerging technology trends. The consultant will establish architecture frameworks, evaluate emerging technologies, define standards and reference architectures, and enable the delivery of reusable and sustainable Industrial AI capabilities across diverse industrial environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target-state architecture, technology strategy, and technical roadmap for Industrial AI platforms and solution domains.
• Establish architecture principles, standards, and governance frameworks to promote scalability, interoperability, security, and resilience.
• Develop reference architectures, design patterns, and integration frameworks for reusable and production-ready Industrial AI solutions.
• Ensure alignment between business priorities, digital transformation initiatives, and Industrial AI platform capabilities.
• Review and assess solution architectures for compliance with enterprise architecture standards, regulatory requirements, and technology policies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, industry trends, and innovation opportunities to continuously enhance Industrial AI capabilities and technology competitiveness.
• Define data, AI, and integration standards that support consistent, secure, and scalable Industrial AI implementations.
• Provide architectural guidance and advisory support to engineering, product, and delivery teams throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Assess technology investments, platform modernization initiatives, and technology rationalization opportunities to improve performance, efficiency, and sustainability.
• Collaborate with technology partners, vendors, and ecosystem stakeholders to evaluate capabilities and accelerate innovation and solution delivery.
• Provide architectural oversight for Industrial AI capabilities supporting use cases such as Asset Integrity & Reliability, Digital Twins, Production Optimization, Smart Wells, Intelligent Substations, Autonomous Operations, Energy Optimization, Industrial Copilots, and Sustainability Intelligence.
• Produce architecture documentation, technical standards, and governance artifacts that support long-term platform evolution and knowledge sharing.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert on Industrial AI architecture, enterprise integration, and emerging industrial technologies.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline, with a Master's degree preferred. Professional certifications are an advantage. This role requires extensive experience, typically 5-10 years, in enterprise architecture, digital platforms, industrial technologies, and AI/ML solutions, particularly in designing and governing large-scale platforms within complex enterprise environments. Experience in industrial sectors such as energy, utilities, manufacturing, oil and gas, or infrastructure is highly preferred. Demonstrated expertise in technology strategy, architecture governance, platform modernization, and enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives is essential, along with hands-on experience in defining reference architectures, integration frameworks, and technology standards for complex technology ecosystems.

Essential Skills and Competencies

A strong understanding of Industrial AI, IIoT, Digital Twins, industrial data platforms, cloud technologies, and enterprise integration architectures is essential. Key competencies include:

• Platform Modernization and Technology Rationalization
• Security, Scalability, and Resilience Engineering
• Technology Assessment and Innovation Evaluation
• Vendor and Technology Ecosystem Management

Work Setting

This is a full-time position based in Dhahran, Eastern Region. The successful candidate will work within a dynamic environment focused on advancing Industrial AI capabilities across diverse industrial landscapes.

About Aramco Digital

Aramco Digital is at the forefront of digital transformation, driving innovation in industrial technologies and AI solutions to enhance operational efficiency and sustainability across various sectors. The company is committed to developing advanced digital capabilities that support its strategic objectives.