Industrial Data Historian Administrator

First Soft Solutions LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Soft Solutions LLC is seeking a Senior Industrial Data Historian Administrator to manage a large-scale operational data environment supporting Electric, Gas, and Steam Control Centers. The role emphasizes PI system administration, high availability, and 24x7 support in a hybrid onsite model.

You will configure interfaces, develop dashboards, and automate using PowerShell, C#, .NET, SQL, and Power BI, while coordinating with IT, cybersecurity, and operations to ensure data integrity and

Qualifications

• Strong experience with PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, PI Vision, Interfaces, Analytics, Notifications, and Event Frames.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise historian infrastructure supporting 1.5M+ data tags.

Skills

PI Data Archive

Asset Framework

PI Vision

OPC DA/UA

DNP3

RDBMS

PowerShell scripting

C#

.NET

SQL

SSIS

APIs

SDKs

Power BI

24x7 production support

High availability

Tools

Visual Studio

SDKs

APIs

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Industrial Data Historian Administrator to manage and support a large-scale, mission-critical operational data environment supporting Electric, Gas, and Steam Control Centers.

We are seeking a Senior Industrial Data Historian Administrator to manage and support a large-scale, mission-critical operational data environment supporting Electric, Gas, and Steam Control Centers.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in industrial historian administration, high availability, disaster recovery, system integration, automation, analytics, and 24x7 production support. The environment includes more than 1.5 million operational data tags and requires strong troubleshooting, performance management, and enterprise integration capabilities.

Work Model: Hybrid Onsite Tuesday through Thursday; Remote Monday and Friday.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise historian infrastructure supporting 1.5M+ data tags.
• Support Data Archive, Asset Framework, visualization, interfaces, analytics, notifications, and event frameworks.
• Implement and support high availability, failover, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Configure and troubleshoot PI-to-PI, OPC DA/UA, DNP3, RDBMS, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
• Design dashboards, reports, analytics, and operational visualizations.
• Develop automation and integrations using PowerShell, C#, .NET, SQL, SSIS, SDKs, and APIs.
• Monitor system health, performance, data quality, interfaces, and application availability.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Support SCADA, OMS, Control Center, and related operational applications.
• Maintain technical documentation, procedures, runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
• Follow ITIL processes and use ServiceNow for incident, change, and problem management.
• Participate in scheduled 24x7x365 on-call support.
• Coordinate with operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, development, and business teams.

Required Skills

• Strong experience with PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, PI Vision, Interfaces, Analytics, Notifications, and Event Frames.
• Experience with OPC DA/UA, DNP3, RDBMS, PI-to-PI, and enterprise integrations.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation experience.
• Experience with C#, .NET, Visual Studio, SQL, SSIS, APIs, SDKs, and Power BI.
• Experience supporting high-availability and disaster recovery environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and production support skills.
• Experience supporting 24x7 mission-critical environments.
• Strong communication and technical documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• Power BI and Power Automate.
• Azure DevOps and CI/CD.
• ServiceNow and ITIL.
• .NET Framework 4.6+ and .NET 8+.
• Utility, SCADA, Control Center, or critical infrastructure experience.