Ops Data Engineer: AI-Ready Analytics & PI Pipelines

AbilityLinks; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Power's Monitoring & Diagnostics Center seeks an Operations Data Engineering Analyst to support AVEVA PI and AspenTech IP.21 historian environments, manage tag configurations, and drive AI-ready data for real-time monitoring and analytics.

You will build repeatable data-curation pipelines in Databricks, collaborate with AI/ML teams, and ensure data quality across PI/IP.21 platforms to empower predictive analytics and anomaly detection.

Qualifications

• PI system hands-on experience (AF, PI Data Archive, PI Vision) is required.
• Experience with data quality monitoring, remediation, and surrogation in industrial settings.
• Proficiency in Python for data extraction, transformation, and automation.
• Experience with Databricks, Spark, and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Tag management and AF configuration across fleet assets.
• Develop and deploy PI AF Analytics and event frames in test and production.
• Monitor data quality and proactively remediate data issues.
• Design and maintain real-time PI Vision dashboards for fleet monitoring.
• Onboard new sites, validate data, and create PI Vision screens.
• Provide data extraction support via PI DataLink, IP.21 Excel Connector, Python, SQL.
• Troubleshoot data flow issues and escalate as needed.

Skills

PI System

Python

SQL

Databricks

AI/ML pipeline understanding

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Power BI

PI DataLink

PI Web API

PI Connect

PI AF Analytics

Job description

Southern Power's Monitoring & Diagnostics Center seeks an Operations Data Engineering Analyst to support AVEVA PI and AspenTech IP.21 historian environments, manage tag configurations, and drive AI-ready data for real-time monitoring and analytics.

You will build repeatable data-curation pipelines in Databricks, collaborate with AI/ML teams, and ensure data quality across PI/IP.21 platforms to empower predictive analytics and anomaly detection.