Zeus Solutions Inc
Aveva PI Platform Support Engineer
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This role is for an "Aveva PI Platform Support Engineer" with a contract length of over 6 months, offering a pay rate of "unknown." It requires remote work, expertise in PI System Administration, Seeq, and Sigmafine, along with relevant certifications.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
Unknown
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
December 9, 2025
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
Remote
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Yes
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📍 - Location detailed
Remote
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Attribute Analysis #Web API #Data Integration #RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) #Databases #Monitoring #Data Access #Data Accuracy #Security #SQL (Structured Query Language) #API (Application Programming Interface) #Documentation
Role description
Objectives
Maintain and support a reliable PI infrastructure (central server) with proactive monitoring and incident resolution.
Assist existing IT production Operations team in SeeQ, and Sigmafine in application administration, vendor coordination, resolving day-to-day operational issues by health monitoring and configurations.
Enhance system performance through optimization and continuous improvement.
Improve data accuracy, governance, and contextualization to support analytics and reporting.
Provide seamless integration with PI and third-party systems.
Align the PI ecosystem with corporate initiatives such as Predictive Maintenance, and Advanced Analytics.
Scope of Work
2.1. PI System Administration
1. Incident management - Implement, Debug, upgrade and migrate the AVEVA PI System
2. Support PI system patching and support windows patching.
3. Monitor and optimize existing PI System.
4. Create, modify PI Tags.
5. User support/troubleshooting for PI client applications.
6. Manage, Maintain, Add, Remove and Modify AF Configuration including attribute, analysis, event frame, template, notification and custom data references.
7. PI Vision administration that includes user access, Display creation and modification
8. Install and maintenance of PI interfaces like PI to PI, PI UFL, OPC DA, HDA, RDBMS etc.
9. Create, Modify views and Targets in PI Integrator for BA
10. Administration of PI Servers, PI Vision, PI Analysis
11. Support PI data integration with other IT systems in ETRM, Commercial Operations, O&M, and EHS using PI SDK, AF SDK, PI Web API and PI OLE DB
2.2. Seeq Administration
1. Manage user access controls and permissions within SEEQ, aligning with IT security policies.
2. Support users in building SEEQ Workbooks, Capsules, and Journals.
3. Enable collaborative analytics workflows by setting up data sharing across SEEQ users. (Restricted access for users to edit and view workbenches)
4.Troubleshoot issues with data availability, missing signals, or failed calculations in SEEQ.
5.Assist engineers in building conditions, formulas, and scorecards in SEEQ.
1. Collaborate with SMEs to prepare signals, events, and calculations that SEEQ analytics can use.
2. Manage security, authentication, and access controls for PI components.
2.3. Seeq related PI Activities
1. Configure and maintain SEEQ PI Data Connectors to ensure secure and reliable data access.
2. Monitor and optimize data connectivity performance between SEEQ and PI for minimal latency. (Set up alerts if the connector service stops, data latency)
3. Validate PI tags and AF attributes in SEEQ to ensure correct signal mapping.
4. Ensure SEEQ reflects changes in PI AF hierarchies or tag structures.
5. Standardize PI tags, AF templates, and attributes for data consistency.
6. Perform data validation and quality checks to eliminate flatlines, gaps, or anomalies.
7. Implement and maintain PI AF analytics and event frames for use in SEEQ.
8. Document system configurations, integration steps, and user guides for PI-Seeq workflows.
9. Support patching, upgrades, and fixes for PI and SEEQ connectors.
2.4. SIGMAFINE
1. Interface Monitoring (E.g. PI).
2. Ensuring data flow and availability in Sigmafine staging database using Sigmafine Integration Framework tools.
3. Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Task to provide evidence to risk analyst.
4. Strapping Table update in Databases (e.g. Tank and Refinery).
5.Sigmafine Scheduler Health Monitoring for Daily cases.
1. Sigmafine Application Version Upgrade.
2. New User Access and application installation on client machine.
3. Co-ordination with vendor regarding any product related issues, License renewal .
4. Routine troubleshooting and root cause analysis .
5. Collaboration with cross functional team to resolve any Sigmafine related issue.
6. Model Configuration for new elements in Sigmafine database & connections.
7. New attributes creation and formula update.
2.5. Sigmafine related activities in PI
1. Tag configuration in analytics and PI server.
2.Duplicate cases deletion from PI System Explorer and SQL Database.
3.Monitoring of data transmission from the PI Server to Sigmafine PI AF and backfilling to ensure PI data availability to Sigmafine.
1. Configuration of Tank calculations in PI AF for refinery Tank models.
2. Setting up PI notification and automating trouble shooting workflow.
3. Maintain detailed documentation of PIAF, Model update, SQL & IF related works.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract
Application Question(s):
Are you familiar with Seeq administration and user management?
Are you familiar with PI System Administration? Which components have you worked with?
Are you familiar with how Seeq connects to PI through PI Data Connectors?
Are you familiar with Sigmafine and the tasks involved in its administration?
Are you familiar with PI activities supporting Sigmafine—such as AF analytics, tag configuration, or tank calculations?
Work Location: Remote
Objectives
Maintain and support a reliable PI infrastructure (central server) with proactive monitoring and incident resolution.
Assist existing IT production Operations team in SeeQ, and Sigmafine in application administration, vendor coordination, resolving day-to-day operational issues by health monitoring and configurations.
Enhance system performance through optimization and continuous improvement.
Improve data accuracy, governance, and contextualization to support analytics and reporting.
Provide seamless integration with PI and third-party systems.
Align the PI ecosystem with corporate initiatives such as Predictive Maintenance, and Advanced Analytics.
Scope of Work
2.1. PI System Administration
1. Incident management - Implement, Debug, upgrade and migrate the AVEVA PI System
2. Support PI system patching and support windows patching.
3. Monitor and optimize existing PI System.
4. Create, modify PI Tags.
5. User support/troubleshooting for PI client applications.
6. Manage, Maintain, Add, Remove and Modify AF Configuration including attribute, analysis, event frame, template, notification and custom data references.
7. PI Vision administration that includes user access, Display creation and modification
8. Install and maintenance of PI interfaces like PI to PI, PI UFL, OPC DA, HDA, RDBMS etc.
9. Create, Modify views and Targets in PI Integrator for BA
10. Administration of PI Servers, PI Vision, PI Analysis
11. Support PI data integration with other IT systems in ETRM, Commercial Operations, O&M, and EHS using PI SDK, AF SDK, PI Web API and PI OLE DB
2.2. Seeq Administration
1. Manage user access controls and permissions within SEEQ, aligning with IT security policies.
2. Support users in building SEEQ Workbooks, Capsules, and Journals.
3. Enable collaborative analytics workflows by setting up data sharing across SEEQ users. (Restricted access for users to edit and view workbenches)
4.Troubleshoot issues with data availability, missing signals, or failed calculations in SEEQ.
5.Assist engineers in building conditions, formulas, and scorecards in SEEQ.
1. Collaborate with SMEs to prepare signals, events, and calculations that SEEQ analytics can use.
2. Manage security, authentication, and access controls for PI components.
2.3. Seeq related PI Activities
1. Configure and maintain SEEQ PI Data Connectors to ensure secure and reliable data access.
2. Monitor and optimize data connectivity performance between SEEQ and PI for minimal latency. (Set up alerts if the connector service stops, data latency)
3. Validate PI tags and AF attributes in SEEQ to ensure correct signal mapping.
4. Ensure SEEQ reflects changes in PI AF hierarchies or tag structures.
5. Standardize PI tags, AF templates, and attributes for data consistency.
6. Perform data validation and quality checks to eliminate flatlines, gaps, or anomalies.
7. Implement and maintain PI AF analytics and event frames for use in SEEQ.
8. Document system configurations, integration steps, and user guides for PI-Seeq workflows.
9. Support patching, upgrades, and fixes for PI and SEEQ connectors.
2.4. SIGMAFINE
1. Interface Monitoring (E.g. PI).
2. Ensuring data flow and availability in Sigmafine staging database using Sigmafine Integration Framework tools.
3. Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Task to provide evidence to risk analyst.
4. Strapping Table update in Databases (e.g. Tank and Refinery).
5.Sigmafine Scheduler Health Monitoring for Daily cases.
1. Sigmafine Application Version Upgrade.
2. New User Access and application installation on client machine.
3. Co-ordination with vendor regarding any product related issues, License renewal .
4. Routine troubleshooting and root cause analysis .
5. Collaboration with cross functional team to resolve any Sigmafine related issue.
6. Model Configuration for new elements in Sigmafine database & connections.
7. New attributes creation and formula update.
2.5. Sigmafine related activities in PI
1. Tag configuration in analytics and PI server.
2.Duplicate cases deletion from PI System Explorer and SQL Database.
3.Monitoring of data transmission from the PI Server to Sigmafine PI AF and backfilling to ensure PI data availability to Sigmafine.
1. Configuration of Tank calculations in PI AF for refinery Tank models.
2. Setting up PI notification and automating trouble shooting workflow.
3. Maintain detailed documentation of PIAF, Model update, SQL & IF related works.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract
Application Question(s):
Are you familiar with Seeq administration and user management?
Are you familiar with PI System Administration? Which components have you worked with?
Are you familiar with how Seeq connects to PI through PI Data Connectors?
Are you familiar with Sigmafine and the tasks involved in its administration?
Are you familiar with PI activities supporting Sigmafine—such as AF analytics, tag configuration, or tank calculations?
Work Location: Remote
