Data Architect - RELOCATE TO SAUDI ARABIA REQUIRED

Title: Data Architect

Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (full time expat)

Description:

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest oil and gas company, and one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

This position is located at our corporate headquarters in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Data Architect to join our Corporate Data Office within our Digital Transformation Admin Area.

Our Corporate Data Office is responsible for establishing and executing world-class Corporate-wide data governance to ensure all data assets are proactively and efficiently governed and managed across Saudi Aramco, to foster a data driven organization and promote data value realization in line with its strategic goals as well to adequately comply with national and international data regulations.

Your primary role is to enable the company’s vision for data and analytics. This role requires deep subject matter expertise combined with a tenacity for dealing with a complex data landscape.

You will create the standards and introduce new Corporate disciplines from strategic artifacts such as the Conceptual Model, to adoptions of industry metamodels, taxonomies and data flows. You will also help set the guard rails for best practices, including the establishment of modelling tooling and platforms.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Own and play an active role in designing the data and enterprise architecture for the Corporate Data Office.
• Manage the Corporate Data Architecture Reference Model for the Data Office and its clients.
• Develop & maintain the Corporate Conceptual Data Model, ensuring continued scalability, and alignment with business requirements.
• Work with all stakeholders to gather solution requirements and propose architecture decisions.
• Define & maintain the Corporate Data Domains and associated taxonomies.
• Own and curate the Data Architecture Corporate standards book of work.
• Assist in the facilitation of Saudi Aramco’s existing data quality standards and adoption requirements across the company.
• Shape enterprise data architecture design patterns, design principles and best practices enhancing business solution delivery;
• Define and manage the flow of data and dissemination of information within the Corporate Data Office’s platforms and services.
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements.
• Assist in selecting data management tools and developing the standards, usage guidelines, and procedures for using those tools.
• Manage end-to-end data architecture within the Office, from selecting the platform, designing the technical architecture, and developing the application to finally testing and implementing the proposed solution in conjunction with stakeholders and data engineers.
• Assist in identifying appropriate data sourcing and extraction processes, and in identifying and nominating sources as systems of record for data usage in various applications.
• Identify new business opportunities pertaining to the use of information assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the marketplace / represent data as a strategic business asset at the Digital Transformation Officer and Senior Management levels.

Minimum Requirements

• As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management of Information System, Information Management or other relevant qualification, from a recognized and approved program. An advanced degree is preferred.
• You will have a minimum of 10 years experience in a major organization, with large-scale data management and oversight experience, including at least 5 years in a senior management role, or transformation leadership experience.
• You must have knowledge of industry leading data quality and data protection management practices.
• You should possess knowledge of data related governance regulatory requirements and emerging trends and issues.
• You must have experience in in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies.
• You will be able to demonstrate consulting skills, with change management concepts and strategies, including communication, culture change and performance measurement system design.
• You should also have knowledge of risk data architecture.
• Experience working within the Oil & Gas sector with expertise is preferred.

• Willingness and ability to relocate to Saudi Arabia on a full-time, permanent basis.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.