Role Overview
We are looking for a PI System Administrator to manage and support the PI Historian environment.
This role focuses on installing, maintaining, and optimizing the PI System to ensure reliable, accurate, and real-time operational data across the organization.
You will work closely with Operations, IT, OT, and Data teams to support data collection, visualization, reporting, and system integrations.
Key Responsibilities
PI System Administration
- Install, configure, and maintain PI System components including:
- PI Data Archive
- PI Asset Framework (AF)
- PI Vision
- PI Interfaces and Connectors
- PI Integrator
- Manage PI Server upgrades, patches, and hotfixes
- Configure PI Collective, redundancy, and high-availability setups
- Manage and monitor data flow between Canary Historian and PI System
Monitoring & Support
- Monitor PI system health, performance, and data throughput
- Troubleshoot interface and connector issues
- Ensure reliable data collection from SCADA and OT systems
- Provide Tier-2 / Tier-3 support for PI-related issues
Security & Access Management
- Administer PI System security including:
- User identities, mappings, and trusts
- AF security and access controls
- Apply security best practices and hardening standards
Data Quality & Integrity
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of PI tags and AF attributes
- Troubleshoot bad data, flatlines, compression issues, and outliers
- Manage tag creation, naming conventions, and metadata standards
Asset Framework & Modeling
- Build and maintain PI AF hierarchies and templates
- Configure calculations, PI Analysis rules, event frames, and alerts
- Work with SMEs to model equipment, processes, and KPIs
Visualization & Integration
- Configure dashboards and displays in PI Vision
- Support users with trends, asset views, and reporting
- Support integrations using:
- PI Web API, AF SDK
- JDBC, ODBC, OleDB
- Tools like Spotfire, AVEVA Analytics, and PI Integrator
Documentation & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain system documentation, SOPs, and architecture diagrams
- Document PI standards, naming conventions, and governance rules
- Identify opportunities to improve system performance and reliability
- Evaluate and implement new PI / AVEVA features
Required Skills & Experience
- Hands-on experience with PI System / OSIsoft / AVEVA PI
- Strong knowledge of PI AF, PI Vision, Interfaces, and Integrations
- Experience supporting OT data sources (SCADA, Canary preferred)
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
- Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams
