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

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