System Integration Engineer - RailFull-timeBusiness Line: TransportationType of contract: Permanent contractService Line: Urban Transport and Urban DevelopmentRegion: Middle East and South AsiaJob Family: Technical EngineeringJob DescriptionJob Description:we are seeking aSystems Integration Engineerto help design, modernize, and sustain integrations for amission-critical, globally deployed identity and mobility platform. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who has built and operated complex system-to-system integrations acrossJava microservices, event-driven architectures, edge environments, and cloud platforms.You will work on bothstandards-basedandcustom integrationsspanning external data providers, identity and verification services, biometric and peripheral devices, access-control systems, and country- or customer-specific third-party platforms. The environment ranges fromlow-power edge clusters in austere locationstolarge, centralized deploymentstocloud-forward AWS architectures.This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving hard interoperability problems, modernizing legacy interfaces, and building resilient integrations that operate reliably under real-world network, performance, and operational constraints.What you will doDesign, build, and maintain secure, reliable integrations between a distributed platform and third-party systems usingREST APIs, asynchronous messaging, secure file/data exchange, and device/peripheral interfacesModernize legacy integrations intoJava-based microservicesrunning in a distributed platform architectureBuild integrations acrossedge, data center, and AWS clouddeployment modelsEngineer forresilience, observability, auditability, latency, and intermittent/low-bandwidth network conditionsIntegrate with government and commercial systems such as identity and verification services, traveler data platforms, biometric and document-capture peripherals, and access-control and gate systemsDefine interface contracts, schemas, versioning strategies, retry/idempotency behavior, and certification/test approachesTroubleshoot issues acrossapplication, data, messaging, and network layersPartner closely with software, cloud, network, QA, field engineering, analytics/observability, and security teamsRequired qualificationsBachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent experience.Minimum 12 yearsof experience in software engineering or systems integrationStrong hands-on experience buildingJava-based distributed servicesProven production experience withAPI integrationandevent-driven messagingExperience with one or more of the following:RabbitMQ, Kafka, JMS, AMQP, or similar messaging platformsMongoDB,Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, or comparable data platformsAWSdeployment and operations in production environmentsExperience designing and supporting integrations inhigh-availability, mission-critical, or regulated environmentsStrong understanding of integration concerns such as authentication/authorization, certificate-based security, schema evolution, error handling and retries, observability and supportabilityExperience modernizinglegacy or monolithic integrationsinto service-oriented or microservices-based architecturesAbility to work effectively in a highly collaborative engineering environment with direct ownership of delivery outcomesQualificationsPreferred qualificationsExperience withHashiCorp tooling, especiallyConsul, Nomad, and Vault, or with adjacent platforms whose skills transfer quicklyExperience withAWS-native servicesand infrastructure automationFamiliarity withELK,Grafana,Kibana,Logstash, or other observability stacksExperience integratingbiometric devices, document readers, cameras, license plate readers, or other field peripheralsExperience withdegraded, disconnected, or low bandwidth environmentsAdditional InformationWe are committed to our planet:In each project we design, engineer and operate we care deeply about the legacy we’re leaving behind. As part of our team, you’ll have a unique opportunity to use your skills and expertise to shape a better future for our communities in the UK, and all around the globe.Our commitment is translated in the work carried out by our Egis Foundation, which funds concrete actions to address the climate crisis and is focused on educational and social initiatives that will help in the responsible and sustainable shift towards a sustainable world.Diversity & Inclusion:We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.By clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy applyI'm interestedI'm interestedPrivacy Notice
