Senior Aveva PI Administrator (HYBRID)

Donnelly & Moore Corporation; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Donnelly & Moore Corporation is seeking a Senior AVEVA PI Administrator in NYC for a hybrid role with three onsite days (Tue, Wed, Thu) and two remote days (Mon, Fri). The role focuses on supporting and enhancing the PI Data Historian infrastructure for critical electric and gas operations across a large enterprise.

The ideal candidate will have deep AVEVA/OSIsoft PI System expertise, HA/DR experience, and strong leadership for enterprise analytics.

Qualifications

• Extensive AVEVA PI System administration experience.
• Experience with high-availability PI infrastructure and DR/HA design.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and administer the PI Data Historian infrastructure (1.5M PI tags).
• Implement and support HA/DR for PI Archive, AF, Vision.
• Develop PI-based dashboards and BI reports (PI Vision/Process Book).
• Manage PI interfaces: API, OPC, RDBMS, PI-to-PI, DNP3; integrate with enterprise systems.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support and incident response; document end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure ITIL-aligned processes and update DR procedures for PI systems.

Skills

C#

.Net

Visual Studio

SSIS

API/Adapters

SQL

PowerShell

Power BI

PI System

PI Vision

PI SDK

Tools

Aveva PI System

PI Vision

PI SDK

Job description

Our Utility Client in NYC is looking for a Senior Aveva PI Administrator for a Hybrid work environment requires 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), 2 days remote (Monday, Friday). This is a 12+month project.

We are seeking a Senior AVEVA PI Administrator to support and enhance the PI Data Historian infrastructure for Electric and Gas Control Center operations. This role is responsible for the architecture, administration, integration, support, and continuous improvement of a large-scale enterprise PI environment supporting critical operational systems.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience with AVEVA/OSIsoft PI System technologies, high-availability infrastructure, operational technology integrations, and enterprise analytics solutions. This position requires strong technical leadership, troubleshooting skills, and the ability to work independently in a highly available 24x7 operational environment.

Programming skills: C#, .Net, Visual Studio, SSIS, API/Adapter calls, SQL, Microsoft PowerBI, PowerShell

• Creation/modification and maintenance of Enterprise PI system with 1.5M PI tags and more Implementing PI Data Archive HA & DR
• Implementing PI AF HA & DR
• Implementing PI Vision HA & DR
• PI AF Element templates and AF Elements
• PI based dashboards (PI Vision/Process Book)
• PI AF Analytics, PI Notifications and PI Event Frames
• PI Interfaces: PI API, OPC DA/UA, RDBMS, PI to PI, PI DNP3
• PI integrator for business analytics (PII4BA)
• Interpersonal Skills -
• Self-Motivated and Ability to learn quickly and independently.
• Must be able to take on a project and run with it with minimal supervision.
• Ability to provide detailed documentation of end-to-end solution.
• PI System Infrastructure and Developer Accreditation from Aveva/OSIsoft Strong written and verbal communication skill Develops and delivers effective presentations
• Design, develop and commission PI Dashboards, BI reports and bespoke applications using Aveva/Osisoft PI System Access technologies such as PI SDK, AF SDK, PI OLEDB, Powershell, etc.
• Ensuring high availability of all PI infrastructure that supports enterprise Systems
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure, identify root cause issues, and a mindset for physical and cyber safety.
• Integrating enterprise business systems with Aveva/OsiSoft PI software.
• Support, maintenance, architecture, and development of PI Data Historian infrastructure supporting Distribution Electric, Gas and Steam Control Centers.
• Configuration, coding, and testing related to PI Data Historian including but not limited to:
• Managing technical aspects of assigned projects, including planning, and resolving application issues.
• Respond to system alerts 24x7x365 on a scheduled basis to resolve issues and ensure application availability.
• Design and develop code for Control Center applications as required.
• Responsible for ensuring the continuous availability of the OSI PI Historian for Distribution Electric, Gas and Steam Control Centers by implementing system enhancement, monitoring server status, and responding to alerts.
• Periodically review and update procedures and Disaster Recovery documents related to the PI Historian infrastructure, and other associated systems such as OMS and SCADA.
• Good knowledge of ITIL processes and experience in support activities. Knowledge of ITIL tools like ServiceNow
• Communicate effectively with sponsors, stakeholders and team members. Reports on project status, issues, key activities and any changes to the charter of the overall project. Identifies and communicates resource conflicts.
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.