Digital Solutions Specialist - RELOCATE TO SAUDI ARABIA REQUIRED

Title: Digital Solutions Specialist

Location: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (full time expat)

Description:

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 Digital Solutions Specialist to join the Upstream Digital & Computing Strategy Department (UD&CSD).

The Upstream Digital & Computing Strategy Department (UD&CSD) is responsible for the Upstream digital technology strategy and architecture functions to accelerate the Upstream digital transformation. This includes identifying Upstream digital demands, devising an integrated digital roadmap, designing technology architecture, and procuring the required hardware and software technologies. UD&CSD serves as a catalyst for improving the overall organization agility and achieving the corporate digital vision of improving operational efficiency & safety, ensuring reliability & sustainability, and achieving the corporate net-zero emissions target.

As a Digital Solutions Specialist you will be responsible for developing digital processes, strategies, frameworks, and best practices. Scouts for and introduces new digital technologies. Proposes cost effective, reusable, and innovative digital design and architecture models.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Leads digital agile development, ideation and design thinking sessions, use cases and business cases development.
• Develops corporate digital flagship programs.
• Manages digital projects portfolio including: prioritization and funding.
• Oversees digital projects execution by various execution agencies.
• Conducts studies, research, and analysis and makes recommendations to address business challenges.
• Leads the development, implementation, and introduction of new technologies and solutions, proof of concepts, prototypes, and minimum viable products to proof the value to Saudi Aramco.
• Defines optimum implementation methods including: off-shelf, software-as-a-service, and in-house custom development.
• Designs, develops, and recommends deployment environments including: cloud, on premise, and hybrid.
• Provides technical leadership to capital programs by initiating, designing and conducting studies to introduce new technologies in capital programs scope in order to increase revenue, optimize processes, protect the environment, and improve safety.
• Develops plans to scale-up digital solutions across the company.
• Develops, maintains, and manages architecture and data governance and compliance frameworks.
• Assess, identify, and mitigate key risks for the corporate digital strategy and programs.

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will hold a:

• Bachelor degree In Information Technology or Engineering relevant discipline from an accredited university. MSc or higher education is preferred.
• A Minimum of 12 years of experience in Digital Transformation solutions, Data & Artificial Intelligence.
• Previous experience with strategy roadmap and operationalization
• Strong knowledge in digital architecture and solution engineering
• Understanding of digital trends and emerging technologies.
• Possess broad knowledge of best practices in digital transformation.

• 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.