Job Description

Position Title: OSI PI Analyst / Administrator
Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid Schedule)
Industry: Oil & Gas – Owner/Operator
Employment Type: Full-Time / Direct Hire

Position Summary

An established oil & gas end-user organization is seeking an OSI PI Analyst/Administrator to join their Digital Operations team. This role will focus on supporting, maintaining, and optimizing the company’s enterprise-level PI System used for real-time data collection, visualization, and analytics across multiple production assets.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in OSIsoft PI System administration, data modeling, and integration with operational technologies (OT) and business systems. This is a strategic position that bridges IT and Operations, ensuring reliable data availability for operations, engineering, and analytics teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support the OSIsoft PI System infrastructure (PI Server, PI Asset Framework, PI Vision, PI Interfaces, and PI Integrators).

• Develop and maintain PI AF templates, hierarchies, and event frames to standardize asset modeling and improve data accessibility.

• Support data integration between PI System and SCADA/DCS, historians, and business intelligence tools.

• Monitor system health, performance, and data flow integrity; proactively resolve issues to ensure high availability.

• Collaborate with IT, OT, and process engineers to ensure data accuracy and effective use of PI data.

• Create and maintain documentation, system configurations, and best practices.

• Support user training, dashboard development, and troubleshooting for PI Vision and related tools.

• Participate in PI system upgrades, patching, and security hardening in coordination with corporate IT.

• Provide input into the company’s data architecture and digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

• 3–7 years of experience in OSI PI System administration and development within an industrial environment (Oil & Gas preferred).

• Hands-on experience with:

  • PI Data Archive, PI AF, PI Vision, PI Interfaces/Connectors

  • PI System security and user access management

  • Data integrations with SCADA/DCS or control systems

• Familiarity with scripting or automation (e.g., PowerShell, Python, SQL).

• Strong understanding of industrial data and process control systems.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills; ability to work cross-functionally between IT and Operations.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in midstream or upstream oil & gas operations.

• Exposure to cloud-based data systems or PI Integrator for Business Analytics (Power BI, Azure, etc.).

• Knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards and data governance best practices.

Why Join

• Work directly for an end-user organization (not a vendor or consulting firm).

• Opportunity to influence enterprise-level data infrastructure supporting critical operations.

• Collaborative, hybrid work environment with career growth potential in digital operations and industrial data systems.