AUTOMATION ENGINEER - AVEVA PI

Company: KCI Telecommunications
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: October 3, 2024

Job Description:

Automation Engineer - Aveva PI

Join the forefront of innovation at a leading energy company as a dynamic Automation Engineer with Aveva PI! We are on the lookout for a highly skilled professional who thrives on optimizing and maintaining PI applications, bringing excitement to data analysis and contributing to the cutting-edge efficiency of our operations.

Description:

--- This position is for an Automation engineer SME working on the PI Delivery & Support Team.

--- The PI Delivery & Support Team creates, implements and supports IT application enhancements, integrations and new data products for the Aveva PI vendor software suite and tools used across the clients' Enterprise.

--- The application and associated tools are used to collect, store, find, deliver, analyze, and visualize operational data associated with Regulated Power Generating Facilities (including Wind, Solar and Nuclear), Transmission and Distribution Assets, and Smart Grid devices.

--- The real-time and historical data is used to support critical business operations and planning efforts for operations.

--- The team is responsible for the application health which is spread across approximately 250 servers, over 900 interfaces, and over 8 million data tags.

Duties and Responsibilities:

--- Provide day-to-day production support for applications, infrastructure, and end user client tools (ex. Datalink, ProcessBook, and PI Vision).

--- Provide performance optimization and system health monitoring in support of compliance with overall health and availability targets for production systems.

--- Provide installation, configuration, and monitoring support for the PI system servers, the application operating systems, interfaces, and client tools on end user workstations.

--- Create, monitor, and provide maintenance for PI system tags.

--- Provide monitoring and maintenance support for system security, deployment of patches, file backups, system restoration, and password management.

--- Perform root cause analysis along with recommending and implementing preventive techniques as required.

--- Develop and maintain effective application technical support documentation including procedures.

--- Support the evaluation of operating system upgrades and changes to support tools, including support testing.

--- Work directly with vendors and IT entities to troubleshoot and resolve issues. Ensure issues are properly documented, classified and escalated as appropriate.

--- Support the analysis of business processes, information gathering, interpreting requirements, developing specifications, and implementing process workflows, including routing and approvals.

--- Participate on project teams to deliver new functionality and to support corporate initiatives.

--- Lead discussions, collaborate and interact with Enterprise Architects, IT Operations, Telecom, and various other business units.

--- Comply with all applicable IT processes and procedures.

--- Champion adherence to change management processes.

--- Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreement commitments.

--- Interact and provide support for end users including training.

--- Provide periodic 24x7 on-call rotation support.

Basic/Required Qualifications

--- Experience in automation engineering, AVEVA PI Vision

--- Five or more years of experience with Python and Powershell

--- Five or more years of experience with Aveva PI System tag creation, tag monitoring, and tag maintenance.

--- Develop capabilities in Python, Node.js, Java, etc., to support automating processes and decision making

--- Five or more years of experience with performance optimization and monitoring system health for the Aveva PI System.

--- Three or more years of experience with PI Data Archive, PI Asset Framework, PI Asset Analytics, PI Event Frames, PI Vision, and PI Notifications.

--- Experience with the monitoring and maintenance of Aveva PI System security and the deployment of patches.

--- Experience with Windows system administration (2018, 2016, and 2012).

--- Working knowledge of application development life cycles, SDLC, etc

--- Minimum of five (5) years of IT industry work experience including business systems analysis, solutions design, application development and production support of AVEVA PI suite

--- Functional and Technical expertise of PI software installation and maintenance, PI AF development and data integration with hands-on experience in business processes, implementation, and support Demonstrated ability to resolve complex technical issues that require significant freedom of action and sound judgment.

--- Demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively, proven self-starter, and demonstrated ability to work with minimum supervision.

--- Demonstrated ability to work with external vendors of software packages and coordinate deliverables between internal and external teams.

--- Demonstrated ability to easily and quickly learn business processes and technical skills to ensure effective project deliverables.

--- Demonstrated knowledge of IT Solution Delivery Life-Cycle processes and the ability to apply solution delivery best practices.

--- Strong experience with documenting procedures and best practices.

--- Strong organization and customer service skills.

--- Strong oral and written communication skills.

--- Strong team player that works well with others.

--- Experience in supporting end users with the use of technology.

--- Passion for quality and excellence.

--- Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly.

--- Able to pass NERC background checks.

--- Able to provide periodic 24x7 on-call support.

Desired Qualifications:

--- Experience with Python and PowerShell Scripting.

--- Experience with AVEVA PI products including PI Data Archive, PI AF, PI SDK, PI Notifications, PI SMT, PI WebAPI, PI Vision, PI OLEDB and PI Integrator for Business Analytics

--- Experience with installation and configuration of PI Interface and PI Servers and design & creation of PE and AF Based Analysis development

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