SCADA Systems Administrator - PI Historian & OT Ops

AMERICAN SYSTEMS; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 59,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a System Administrator for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications. You will administer, monitor, and support SCADA environments, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical systems used in national priority programs.

The role involves coordinating with project managers, engineers, and cybersecurity personnel, maintaining documentation, and learning PI Historian and related data tools to support operational data collection

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in systems administration, application administration, or technical support for enterprise or operational systems.
• Experience supporting SCADA applications, industrial control systems, or other mission-critical operational environments.
• Experience with Windows and/or Linux operating systems, including installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of databases and SQL for system support, troubleshooting, and data validation.
• Understanding of system lifecycle management, configuration management, change control, and the importance of accurate documentation.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability and willingness to learn PI Historian.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support SCADA applications and associated software environments.
• Monitor application health, system performance, and availability to ensure continuous operations.
• Install, configure, patch, and upgrade application components, servers, and supporting tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system, application, interface, and environment issues in a timely manner.
• Support user account management, access control, and system security in accordance with organizational policies.
• Coordinate and implement approved system changes in accordance with configuration management and change control processes.
• Maintain system documentation, standard operating procedures, configuration baselines, and operational records.
• Support backup, recovery, continuity, and disaster recovery procedures for SCADA application environments.
• Assist with system integration, testing, validation, and environment readiness for deployments and updates.
• Work with cross-functional teams to support interconnected systems and learn to administer and support PI Historian and related operational data tools.

Skills

SCADA

Windows/Linux

SQL databases

Documentation

Security & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

PI Historian learning

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PI Historian

SQL

Windows

Linux

Oracle

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a System Administrator for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications. You will administer, monitor, and support SCADA environments, ensuring reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical systems used in national priority programs.

The role involves coordinating with project managers, engineers, and cybersecurity personnel, maintaining documentation, and learning PI Historian and related data tools to support operational data collection