Historian Technical Architect - Zydus

Job Title: Historian Technical Architect - Pharma Manufacturing

Company: Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.

Location: Ahmedabad / Multiple Manufacturing Sites (Travel Required)

Experience: 7-10 Years

Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role:

Zydus is looking for an experienced Historian Technical Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-wide Process Historian solutions across pharmaceutical manufacturing plants. The role will be responsible for architecting scalable, compliant, and secure historian platforms while enabling advanced manufacturing analytics, digital transformation, and Pharma 4.0 initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-level Historian architecture including High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and multi-site deployments.
• Lead implementation and lifecycle management of AVEVA PI System (OSIsoft PI) and other Process Historian platforms.
• Integrate manufacturing systems including DCS, PLC, SCADA, MES, LIMS, SAP, QMS, and Analytics platforms.
• Develop asset hierarchies, AF models, event frames, and historian standards aligned with ISA-95 and ISA-88.
• Ensure compliance with 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, GAMP 5, CSV/CSA, and ALCOA+ principles.
• Support manufacturing analytics use cases such as CPV, OEE, Batch Analytics, Energy Monitoring, and Digital Twin initiatives.
• Architect data integration with Azure, AWS, AVEVA CONNECT, Databricks, and Data Lakes.
• Collaborate with Automation, Manufacturing, Quality, IT/OT, and Cybersecurity teams.
• Guide system integrators, review technical designs, and mentor engineering teams.

Required Skills

• AVEVA PI System (OSIsoft PI) Architecture & Administration
• GE Proficy Historian.
• PI Data Archive, PI AF, PI Vision, Event Frames
• OPC DA/UA, MQTT, Industrial Communication Protocols
• DCS/PLC/SCADA Integration
• Emerson DeltaV, Siemens PCS7, WinCC, Rockwell, ABB
• Historian Deployment & Migration
• GxP Validation & Compliance
• 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, GAMP 5
• ISA-95, ISA-88
• OT Cybersecurity & Purdue Model
• Windows Server, SQL Server, Virtualization
• PowerShell / Python / SQL / REST APIs

Interested candidates can also share their updated CV's on email: [email removed]