Senior Software Systems Engineer – Transit IT

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA); New York (NY); On-site; USD 109,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking a Computer Specialist (Software) Level 1-4 (TWU) to design, implement, enhance, and maintain software systems across a large, multi-platform environment at 2 Broadway, New York. The role spans Assignment Levels I–IV with increasing scope, leadership, and technical responsibility.

The position supports the Transportation IT Products division, offering opportunity to influence critical transit software, infrastructure, and data services while

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in computer science or related field and two years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience in computer systems development and analysis, applications programming, database administration, systems programming, data communications.
• High school diploma with six years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience as described in above bullet.
• Education/experience equivalents allowed with substitutions as described in the HTML.

Responsibilities

• Holds senior-level technical responsibility for extremely complex and ongoing software functions.
• Coordinates multiple ongoing projects in a large data center or distributed processing environment.
• Directs major undertakings and may supervise a unit engaged in complex software work.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

High school diploma with 6 years of software experience

Tools

Microsoft Azure

AWS

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

PowerShell

Azure Monitor

CloudWatch

Blob Storage

Job description

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking a Computer Specialist (Software) Level 1-4 (TWU) to design, implement, enhance, and maintain software systems across a large, multi-platform environment at 2 Broadway, New York. The role spans Assignment Levels I–IV with increasing scope, leadership, and technical responsibility.

The position supports the Transportation IT Products division, offering opportunity to influence critical transit software, infrastructure, and data services while