PI Aveva System Owner (all genders)

Job Title: PI Aveva System Owner

Location: Toulouse
Department: IT / Digital Systems
Reports To: Head of IT & Digital Systems

We’re excited to share this opportunity is part of the Sandoz acquisition of Just-Evotec Biologics in Toulouse. Through this opportunity you will impact the lives of hundreds of millions of people through bold ideas supported by an inclusive, agile company culture. Join us to help make healthcare fairer and faster, help us to pioneer access to medicine! Click to learn more.

What You’ll Do:

• Monitor and administer PI System servers, interfaces, adapters, connectors, and related applications.

• Manage the PI Data Archive, Asset Framework (AF), PI Vision, PI Web API, interfaces, connectors, and adapters.

• Ensure system availability, perform regular backups, apply patches, and maintain disaster recovery readiness.

• Ensure cybersecurity compliance, including management of SSL certificates, user access roles, and security patches.

• Troubleshoot incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.

• Administer, monitor, and maintain the OSIsoft PI System (including PI System Health Monitoring) to guarantee data availability, performance, and integrity.

• Deploy and maintain monitoring tools (PI System Status Monitoring, notifications, etc.).

• Proactively supervise PI infrastructure: interface availability, data performance, latency, and communication errors.

• Collaborate closely with Automation, IT, and Process teams for integration of new tags, interfaces, and data sources.

• Manage data buffering systems to prevent data loss during network or server downtime.

• Monitor buffer health, latency, and potential overflow conditions, and troubleshoot issues as needed.

Who You Are:

• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, and PowerShell scripting.

• Experience with OPC UA, Modbus, UFL, RDBMS, and PI-to-PI interfaces.

• Understanding of SQL Server, IIS, and industrial network architectures.

• Familiarity with AVEVA / OSIsoft PI System components (PI AF, PI Vision, PI Integrators, Adapters, and Connectors).

• Experience performing upgrades, updates, and migrations in validated or production environments.

• Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong troubleshooting and documentation skills.

• Collaborative mindset and ability to communicate effectively in technical environments.

• Proficient in English, both written and spoken.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is ours to shape!

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

ENG : In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.