Rail IT/OT Systems Engineer - Cybersecure & Resilient Ops

Hitachi, Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Singapore is seeking an experienced IT/OT Systems Engineer to support the design, integration, cybersecurity, testing, commissioning, and operation of technology systems across our railway environment.

You will bridge traditional Information Technology and railway Operational Technology, working with multidisciplinary teams responsible for control centres, stations, depots, trackside infrastructure, and signalling interfaces to ensure security, resilience, and service continuity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications, Control and Automation, Systems Engineering, Railway Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related discipline.
• Typically five or more years of relevant professional experience in railway transportation, critical infrastructure, industrial automation, utilities, aviation, defence, or another high-availability environment.
• Practical experience in IT/OT integration, network engineering, infrastructure engineering, system integration, cybersecurity, or operational support.
• Experience working with suppliers, system integrators, internal engineering teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Experience producing clear, auditable engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design cybersecured, resilient IT/OT architectures for railway operational environments.
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot routers, switches, firewalls, VPN gateways, servers, storage, and virtualization platforms.
• Implement secure network segmentation between enterprise IT, operational systems, safety-critical environments, suppliers, and passenger-facing services.
• Support incident response, recovery exercises, forensic readiness, and post-incident reviews.
• Prepare change requests, impact assessments, implementation plans, rollback procedures, and validation reports.

Skills

IT/OT Integration

Network Engineering

Cybersecurity

Windows/Linux Administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Active Directory

LAN/WAN

Job description

Hitachi Rail Singapore is seeking an experienced IT/OT Systems Engineer to support the design, integration, cybersecurity, testing, commissioning, and operation of technology systems across our railway environment.

You will bridge traditional Information Technology and railway Operational Technology, working with multidisciplinary teams responsible for control centres, stations, depots, trackside infrastructure, and signalling interfaces to ensure security, resilience, and service continuity