Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and we are among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.
Full time
Remote
Serve as a Senior Engineer – Execution Systems in a hybrid work environment, designing, implementing, and optimizing AVEVA PI Historian solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to capture manufacturing and supply chain data, improve operational visibility, and enable data-driven decisions that enhance efficiency, quality, and sustainability.
Responsibilities
• Design robust AVEVA PI Historian architectures to ensure reliable collection, storage, and retrieval of high-volume operational data from manufacturing systems.
• Configure data interfaces and connectors to integrate plant floor equipment, enterprise applications, and supply chain systems for seamless data flow.
• Develop and maintain data models, tags, calculations, and asset frameworks to support monitoring, reporting, and analytics.
• Optimize data collection strategies by tuning sampling rates, compression, and exception settings to balance performance and accuracy.
• Implement data validation, cleansing, and enrichment processes to improve data quality for downstream applications.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and supply chain stakeholders to translate business requirements into PI configurations, dashboards, and alerts.
• Build visualizations and reports using AVEVA PI tools or connected analytics platforms for performance tracking and decision support.
• Work with IT and OT teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant deployment of PI Historian in hybrid environments.
• Document solution design, standards, and operational procedures for consistent deployment across sites.
• Troubleshoot data flow issues, performance bottlenecks, and system defects, and implement long-term fixes.
• Mentor junior engineers and share best practices in historian configuration and data governance.
• Drive continuous improvement by analyzing historian data to identify inefficiencies, risks, and optimization opportunities.
• Support business goals by enabling data-driven decisions that improve safety, product quality, and environmental performance.
Qualifications
• 8–12 years of experience in designing and supporting AVEVA PI Historian solutions in industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of time-series data concepts including tags, event frames, and asset hierarchies.
• Experience working with manufacturing execution systems, plant automation, or industrial data acquisition.
• Understanding of supply chain processes such as production planning, inventory tracking, and logistics.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting connectivity with controllers, gateways, and data interfaces.
• Knowledge of scripting or automation tools related to AVEVA PI Historian.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid model with distributed teams.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with AVEVA PI and industrial data trends.
Job Details
Job Title: Execution Systems – Senior Engineer
Technology: AVEVA PI Historian
Experience: 8–12 years
Shift: Day
Job Type: Execution Systems – Snr Eng [60SG05]
Primary Location: San Juan, PR (USA)
Alternate Location: N/A
Travel Requirement: No
Certifications Required: N/A
Applications will be accepted until 6/15/2026
Disclaimer: The salary, compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Diverse perspectives encourage innovation, creativity, and help us deliver better outcomes for our clients and communities.
What we offer
- The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
- Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
- The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
- Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
- True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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