Lead Specialist, Engineering and Virtualization

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.

Minimum Experience:

• 7–10 years of experience in data engineering/integration with hands-on experience delivering virtualization or semantic layer solutions.

• Experience supporting production data access services with performance, security, and reliability requirements.

Ma’aden High-Performance Competencies:

• Ownership & Accountability – Takes end-to-end ownership for delivery and outcomes.

• Collaboration – Works effectively across engineering, governance, and business teams.

• Execution Excellence – Delivers robust solutions with strong quality and reliability.

• Continuous Improvement – Improves performance, cost, and operability over time.

• Impact & Influence – Guides teams and vendors through technical leadership.

Skills:

• Data virtualization concepts (abstraction, federation, semantic layers), query optimization, and caching strategies.

• Strong understanding of access governance, auditing, and security controls for data access services.

• Ability to design consumable data services aligned to enterprise definitions and models.

• Operational support, troubleshooting, and performance tuning for production data services.

• Stakeholder management with BI teams, application teams, and governance stakeholders.