Principal Engineer Data & Ai (oil & Gas) (doha)

Doha, DAW, QA, Qatar

Job Description

Senior Technical Lead (Data & AI)



(Category - Principal Engineer / Technical Lead)



Sector: Oil and Gas



Location: Doha, Qatar



About Us




At Codvo, we are committed to building scalable, future-ready data platforms that power business impact. We believe in a culture of innovation, collaboration, and growth, where engineers can experiment, learn, and thrive. Join us to be part of a team that solves complex data challenges with creativity and cutting-edge technology.

Key Responsibilities



Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and provide technical direction to a multi-disciplinary team of engineers (Data, DevOps, Security). Foster a culture of high technical standards, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Detailed Solution Design: Partner with the Solutions Architect and Project Manager to decompose high-level architecture into detailed technical designs, actionable tasks, and implementation plans for the engineering team. Hands-on Development: Act as the lead engineer, personally designing and building the most complex components of the solution, including data pipelines, IaC modules, and CI/CD frameworks. Cross-Functional Integration: Drive the seamless integration of diverse systems, including OT data from historians (OSIsoft PI), data platforms (Databricks), cloud infrastructure (Azure), and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps). Technical Governance & Quality: Enforce technical best practices across all domains. Conduct rigorous code reviews, design reviews, and security assessments. Ensure all solutions adhere to "security-by-design" principles, CI/CD automation standards, and data governance policies. Stakeholder Collaboration: Translate complex technical concepts and risks to the Project Manager and business stakeholders. Manage technical dependencies and help the PM with accurate effort estimation and milestone tracking. Problem Solving: Serve as the primary escalation point for the team's most complex technical challenges, leading root cause analysis and implementing robust, long-term solutions.

Required Skills & Experience



Experience: 12+ years in technical roles, with at least 4+ years in a technical leadership or principal engineer capacity, managing cross-functional engineering teams. Cloud Expertise: Expert-level, hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Azure as a primary platform. Data & AI Expertise:

o Proven mastery of Databricks and Apache Spark (PySpark).


o Extensive experience designing and building large-scale ETL/ELT data pipelines.


o Strong understanding of AI/ML workflows and data requirements for industrial AI use cases.

DevOps & IaC Expertise:

o Deep proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates).


o Hands-on mastery of Kubernetes and containerization (Docker).


o Proven experience building and managing complex CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins).

Cloud Security: Strong, practical knowledge of cloud network security (VNETs, NSGs, Firewalls) and identity management (Azure Key Vault, IAM). Industry Knowledge:

o Experience in the Oil & Gas sector or a similar heavy-industry/critical infrastructure environment.


o Demonstrable experience with OT data sources (e.g., OSIsoft PI, SCADA, historians).

Leadership: Proven ability to mentor senior engineers, manage technical debt, and make critical design trade-offs.

Preferred Skills



Multi-cloud experience, particularly GCP. Professional Certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Databricks Certified Data Engineer). Experience with SAP integration. Familiarity with the OSDU(TM) Data Platform. * Knowledge of graph databases or vector databases.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD2140944
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Doha, DAW, QA, Qatar
  • Education
    Not mentioned