AVEVA PI System Specialist

The Role

You will take ownership of key engineering and migration activities across the AVEVA PI System landscape.

Working within a structured programme, you will configure platform components, migrate data and applications, validate end-to-end integrations and support the service through transition and hypercare.

The right person will combine deep PI expertise with practical experience of secure industrial networks, cross-boundary integrations and complex platform migrations.

What You'll Be Doing

• PI System Engineering
• Install, configure and commission AVEVA PI System components
• Work across PI Data Archive , Asset Framework (AF) , PI Interfaces and PI Vision
• Reconfigure PI services and applications to align with the target architecture
• Migration & Consolidation
• Lead end-to-end migration of PI AF databases while preserving structures, hierarchies and references
• Migrate PI Analytics, event frames, PI Vision dashboards and displays
• Move applications between environments with minimal downtime and operational impact
• Clean up and reprocess archives, including removal of divested assets, tags and historical data
• Integration, Security & Data Integrity
• Design and implement PI-to-PI interfaces across network and security boundaries
• Configure and migrate OT PI Interfaces, including flows between OT DMZ and Level 4 environments
• Apply PI identity, access-control and security best practices across multi-tier environments
• Execute Data Archive backup, restoration and validation activities
• Validate integrations and data flows end to end, including third-party PI Collectives
• Operational Support
• Support post-migration testing, validation, troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Resolve incidents during transition and assist users throughout migration and hypercare
• Produce clear system configuration, migration and operational documentation

What We're Looking For

• Essential Experience
• Proven delivery of AVEVA PI System implementations and migrations
• Strong hands-on expertise in PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, PI Interfaces and PI Vision
• Practical experience of PI-to-PI architectures, data migration and archive management
• Strong experience across integrated OT/IT environments and secure network boundaries
• Ability to work independently and deliver within a structured technical programme
• Desirable Experience
• Large-scale PI consolidation, separation or divestment programmes
• Third-party PI Collectives and complex cross-environment integrations
• Industrial network segmentation and architecture, including the Purdue Model or ISA-95

About Exalto Consulting

At Exalto Consulting, we focus on placing experienced professionals into roles where their expertise has real impact.

We take a straightforward, respectful approach - providing clear information, timely communication and honest guidance throughout the process.