System Architect

Company Overview

MSI Global Private Limited, a Land Transport Authority subsidiary, delivers professional land transport consultancy and engineering services in Singapore and globally, with a subsidiary in Shanghai. We seek motivated team players to advance our vision and mission.

Job Summary

Lead the system architecture for the Take Over Project, ensuring technical continuity, integration, scalability, cybersecurity, maintainability, and compliance. Guide engineering teams through transition, design validation, integration, testing, and deployment phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end system architecture and technical design across all project phases to ensure seamless integration and scalability
• Assess inherited solutions to establish architecture baselines and identify technical gaps, risks, dependencies, and improvement opportunities during takeover
• Review and validate system architecture, application design, infrastructure, interfaces, databases, and operational processes to maintain technical continuity
• Define architecture roadmaps, system decomposition, interface architecture, and integration strategies aligned with project goals
• Review requirements, design documents, and change requests to ensure architectural compliance and alignment with customer needs
• Facilitate technical workshops with customers, operators, vendors, and subcontractors to drive collaboration and consensus
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical and integration risks to minimize project disruptions
• Support testing, commissioning, performance validation, and operational readiness to ensure system reliability and availability
• Provide technical leadership during knowledge transfer, transition, migration, deployment, and operational readiness to minimize service disruption
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety requirements throughout the project lifecycle
• Prepare architecture reports, technical presentations, and executive briefings to communicate progress and risks effectively
• Mentor engineering teams to promote architecture best practices, continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing

Required competencies and certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or related discipline (mandatory)
• Minimum 6 years of experience in system architecture, solution design, or systems engineering for large-scale enterprise or mission-critical systems
• Minimum 4 years of experience leading architecture design for complex multi-system integration projects

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or Business Administration
• Experience in transportation, Account-Based Ticketing (ABT), Automatic Fare Collection (AFC), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Smart Mobility, or other mission-critical operational systems
• Experience in takeover, transition, migration, or modernization projects involving legacy systems
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud), enterprise integration, APIs, microservices, and distributed system architecture
• Experience in cybersecurity architecture, high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and engaging with customers, vendors, and senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and system integration methodologies
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), DevOps, CI/CD, and API management
• Understanding of networking, databases, identity and access management, and enterprise security principles
• Experience with system modelling, architecture documentation, and technical governance