Lead Specialist, Platform Architect Operational Technology & Control Platform

Job description

This role supports the design and governance of OT and control platform architecture by translating enterprise architecture standards into practical guidance. It ensures OT, control systems, data, AI, and core technology platforms are interoperable, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture direction in complex, asset‑intensive environments. Contributes to enterprise architecture principles, platform standards, and reference architectures. Translates vision and roadmaps into actionable guidance for architecture teams. Participates in architecture reviews, identifies risks of fragmentation, duplication, and unmanaged technical debt, and documents design options and trade‑offs. Applies integration patterns and reference architectures across OT, control, data, AI, and enterprise systems. Collaborates with integration, data, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and engineering teams to deliver reusable solutions. Develops and maintains architecture artifacts, diagrams, standards, and design guidelines, and communicates decisions to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Industrial Systems, Automation, Control Systems, or related discipline
• Master’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 8–12 years experience in solution, domain, platform, or enterprise architecture roles
• Experience supporting architecture design, governance, integration, and interoperability across OT, control systems, data platforms, cloud, and enterprise systems
• Exposure to industrial, mining, manufacturing, utilities, or asset‑intensive environments
• Enterprise, platform, and solution architecture fundamentals across IT, OT, data, and digital domains
• OT and control platform architecture, industrial systems, SCADA/DCS, historians, and automation environments
• Architecture governance, standards enforcement, design assurance, and technical debt identification
• Integration patterns, interoperability, reference architecture, and reusable solution design
• Systems thinking and ability to assess cross‑domain impacts
• Architecture documentation, diagrams, design guidelines, standards, and decision records
• Collaboration with domain architects, platform architects, engineers, cybersecurity, data, and delivery teams
• Clear communication of architecture decisions, trade‑offs, constraints, and risks to technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Skills