Remote Senior Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Remote in the United States, excluding NY & CA

Job Status: Regular, Full-Time, Benefit Eligible

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Operations Manager

Job Summary :

This position is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining industrial data historians, control networks, and digital systems. This position is also responsible for offering expert guidance and delivering specialized solutions related to industrial production calculations and reporting.  Visa sponsorship is not available and this position is not available for candidates residing in California or New York .

Duties/Responsibilities :

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• Install, configure, and administer industrial data historian servers, interfaces, and visualizations.
  
• Create and maintain historian data points, calculations, and administrative settings.
  
• Perform engineering studies, system assessments, and upgrade existing historian server systems.
  
• Perform server system health monitoring and troubleshoots server system health issues ranging from small, localized problems to system-wide problems involving other related systems.
  
• Create custom data visualization displays and reports.
  
• Collect information on system-level project specifications, performance requirements, and known capabilities/limitations.
  
• Determine hardware system status and limitations by gathering and evaluating information based on a variety of factors including security and reporting needs.
  
• Review and modify existing systems software to improve performance, correct errors, and conform with compatibility requirements of available hardware.
  
• Design system software to meet project requirements, collaborating with customers, vendors, and internal staff as needed.
  
• Receive direction and prioritization of tasks internally from assigned CDM (Customer Delivery Manager).
  
• Develop and lead software system testing and validation procedures; compile relevant documentation.
  
• Provide software training for users on new or modified systems and networks.
  
• Create standard procedure documentation (SOPs) of integrated systems for customers.
  
• Performs other duties as required.
  
  

Advanced Duties/Responsibilities :

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• Provides scoping, scheduling, and project planning for engineering studies, upgrades of existing systems, implementation of new historians with associated application development, and other related system integrations.
  
• Determines feasibility of proposed system integration, modifications or design, ensuring the needs and requirements of the user will be met within time and cost requirements.
  
• Provides mentorship, training, and establishes internal standard operations procedures (SOPs) and best practices for internal staff.
  
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and provide expertise to customers and internal business development team via vendor roadmap updates and common customer trends.
  
• May serve as the customer’s primary point of contact for problem resolution and deliverables.
  
• May join introductory customer discussions to provide key knowledge and expertise as it relates to complex projects.
  
• May use mathematical models and scientific analysis to predict industrial system outcomes and measure consequences.
  

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Required Skills/Abilities :

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• Proficient with AVEVA PI System or similar industrial data historians.
  
• Intermediate knowledge of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and control systems.
  
• Programming language proficiency (e.g. Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, SQL querying with understanding of basic aggregations/subqueries/indexing/stored procedures, etc.) is highly valued.
  
• Effective communication and collaboration skills for working with multidisciplinary teams, both technical and non-technical.
  
• Proven ability to work autonomously with full ownership of project execution and delivery.
  
• Proactive, self-motivated and customer service oriented.
  
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex production issues.
  
• Ability to facilitate interactive design and functional specification sessions.
  
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to meet objectives