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The Data Historian System Administrator serves as the SPC Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the operational data historian platforms the M&D and Operations organizations depend on -- AVEVA PI ...

The Data Historian System Administrator serves as the SPC Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the operational data historian platforms the M&D and Operations organizations depend on -- AVEVA PI ...

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Industrial Data Historian Administrator

New York, NY โ€ข On-site

First Soft Solutions
IT Servicesย โ€ขย 11 - 50 employees

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Posted 16 days ago


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.

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.

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First Soft Solutions custom application Development and Maintenance Services are designed to enable you to lower the total cost of ownership and the required quality for your application. While all application Development Outsourcing is Technically custom, The difference is that packaged applications were designed with a general set of features to be used by a broad range of users. Custom application development is capable of producing practically any feature you may desire for your site. Time and money are virtually the only limiting factors. Our goal is to provide Clients with the Solution that fits their specific and unique needs while giving them the knowledge they need to operate and maintain the New Systems and Software. Our allegiance is to the best solution for our Clients. Our experience and knowledgeable consultants are ready to go above and beyond expectations to assist you in obtaining your goals. We can also provides expert project management throughout the entire project life cycle.

Industry

It services

Company size

11 - 50 Employees

Headquarters location

East Brunswick, NJ, US

Year founded

2006