Senior Historian & Business Intelligence Specialist

Streamline Control is seeking a Senior Historian and Business Intelligence Specialist to take a leading role in the design, delivery, and ongoing support of AVEVA PI System environments across our industrial client base. This is a senior-level position suited to an experienced AVEVA PI professional with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on PI System experience across administration, integration, analytics, and visualization.

Working across sectors including Oil & Gas, Utilities, Mining, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing, you will serve as a subject matter expert for clients who depend on operational data to run their facilities, make decisions, and drive efficiency. You will own complex PI engagements end-to-end — from architecture and implementation through to support, optimization, and business intelligence delivery — while mentoring junior team members and contributing to pre-sales and solution design activities.

PI System Administration and Infrastructure

• Administer and manage AVEVA PI Server environments including PI Data Archive, PI Asset Framework, PI Analysis, PI Notifications, and PI Web API across production, QA, and development systems.
• Monitor and optimize PI System health, performance, and availability, including collective management, SDK log reviews, interface reliability, and archive administration.
• Manage PI Server patching, upgrades, and version migrations, coordinating with client IT teams and following AVEVA best practices for system continuity and rollback procedures.
• Oversee PI Server backup and disaster recovery planning, including recovery testing and documentation aligned with client business continuity requirements.
• Administer PI security including identities, users, groups, and trusts; conduct periodic access management reviews in alignment with client cybersecurity policies.

Data Acquisition and Integration

• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot PI Interfaces, PI Adapters, and PI Connectors for a wide range of industrial protocols including OPC-DA, OPC-UA, OPC-HDA, Modbus, RDBMS, and MQTT / Sparkplug
  
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• Lead PI tag creation, validation, metadata configuration, and archive optimization using PI Builder, PI SMT, and PI System Explorer.
• Integrate PI Systems with enterprise platforms including ERP, MES, CMMS, and cloud data environments; develop and maintain PI Web API and PI AF SDK-based integrations for downstream applications.
• Support AVEVA Connect configuration, data services, and cloud connectivity including edge data store deployments and OMF-based data transmission.

PI Asset Framework and Analytics

• Design and develop PI Asset Framework hierarchies, templates, element structures, and attribute configurations aligned with client asset models and naming conventions.
• Develop advanced PI Analysis calculations, PI AF expressions, and PI Notifications to deliver real-time analytics, KPI monitoring, and automated alerting for client operations teams.
• Configure and manage PI Event Frames to capture process events, alarms, and operational contexts; develop event-driven workflows and reporting solutions built on AF event data.
• Lead PI Data Archive management including reprocessing, back filling, archive rebuilds, and optimization of compression and exception settings for data quality and storage efficiency.

Visualization and Business Intelligence

• Design and build PI Vision displays, PI Process Book graphics, and PI Data Link reports that deliver intuitive, actionable operational data to client stakeholders at the site, department, and management levels.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and SSRS reports that integrate PI System data with broader enterprise data sources for operational and management-level business intelligence.
• Support clients in adopting analytics platforms such as SEEQ, Databricks, or Power BI for historian-driven advanced analytics and process intelligence initiatives where applicable.

Client Engagement and Technical Advisory

• Engage directly with client stakeholders in technical and strategic discussions, acting as a trusted advisor on PI System architecture, optimization, and roadmap planning.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities including scoping, solution design, effort estimation, and proposal preparation; translate client requirements into technically sound and commercially viable deliverables.
• Provide Tier 2 operational support for PI infrastructure under managed service agreements, including incident response, root cause investigations, and escalation management.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, knowledge bases, system diagrams, and end-user guides; deliver training to client personnel on PI System tools and best practices.
• Mentor and support junior Historian and BI Specialists within the Streamline team, contributing to internal knowledge sharing, quality standards, and technical capability development.

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