Data Historian Platform Administrator (AVEVA PI/IP.21)

Net Impact; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Power seeks an Engineer/Analyst – Data Historian System Administrator to own and operate the AVEVA PI and AspenTech IP.21 environments, ensuring security, performance, and data quality for the SPC fleet.

You will lead upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery, while enabling data access via PI Link/API and integration into analytics platforms. Based in Birmingham, AL, with cross-functional collaboration across ROC, M&D, and IT teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of AVEVA PI and AF historian experience.
• 2+ years in a system administration capacity.
• Experience with data management techniques to access, integrate, and present data from multiple sources (SCADA, Excel, relational databases).
• Proficiency in Python or equivalent scripting language for data tasks.
• Hands-on experience with PI AF SDK, PI Web API, and PI Integrator for Business Analytics.
• Experience developing PI Vision and AspenTech displays and graphics.
• Knowledge of industrial protocols (OPC DA/UA, DNP3, Modbus) and networking.
• Project management experience with multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Excel, Visio, Word, PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• System Ownership and Administration of AVEVA PI and AspenTech IP.21.
• Monitor historian server health and plan capacity enhancements.
• Plan upgrades, patches, migrations with minimal disruption.
• Maintain disaster recovery runbooks and backup procedures.
• Configure and troubleshoot PI interfaces/connectors and data sources.
• Uphold cybersecurity standards and compliance across historian environments.
• Establish data quality governance: tags, AF templates, units, naming conventions.
• Lead site onboarding and fleet changes for new sites and repowers.
• Lead historian migration and consolidation projects with validation.
• Provide data access through PI DataLink, PI Web API, and downstream platforms.

Skills

Python scripting

Project management

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

Data integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering (preferred)

Tools

AVEVA PI

AspenTech IP.21

PI Data Archive

Asset Framework (AF)

PI Vision

PI AF SDK

PI Web API

PI Integrator

Excel

OPC/Modbus/DNP3 protocols

Job description

Southern Power seeks an Engineer/Analyst – Data Historian System Administrator to own and operate the AVEVA PI and AspenTech IP.21 environments, ensuring security, performance, and data quality for the SPC fleet.

You will lead upgrades, migrations, and disaster recovery, while enabling data access via PI Link/API and integration into analytics platforms. Based in Birmingham, AL, with cross-functional collaboration across ROC, M&D, and IT teams.