Mid-Level, Senior

Senior Security Engineer

Napoli, Italy · On-site

Location: Napoli, Napoli, Italy Job ID: R0125366 Date Posted: Sep 17, 2026 Company Name: HITACHI RAIL STS S.P.A. Profession (Job Category): Other Job Type (Experience Level): Experienced Job Schedule: Full time Remote: No

About Us A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description: Assure the design and implementation of the Physical Security System (CCTV, Access Control System, Intrusion Detection System, Physical Security Integrated Management System, Video Analytics) in order to achieve the requirements in terms of time, quality and cost imposed by the different contracts either for the Tender and Projects.

Accountabilities

Analyze customer Physical Security system specifications, decomposing the statements within such specifications into requirements.
Identify gaps between customer requirements and company products.
Create requirement documents, including high level design documents, interface control design documents, and requirements traceability documents.
Identification and resolution of the Physical Security interfaces.
Preparation of the preliminary design, detail design and installation design.
Be the primary technical interface to the customer throughout the life cycle of the project.
Interface with internal customers (project managers, construction managers, project engineers, and application engineers) and external stakeholders (customers, contractors, local authorities, external assessor) to ensure consistent communication.
Develop and execute commissioning plans, including resourcing, logistics, and scheduling. Onsite lead for commissioning and acceptance testing.
Coordinate work sequences, schedules, resources and punch list items.
Collaborate with stakeholders to define and execute testing protocols to achieve commercial operation, based on contractual requirements.
Follow up of the Sub-Contractors.
Oversee commissioning and acceptance testing of the entire plant in a safe manner.
Provide local/remote technical support troubleshooting during commissioning, and operation as needed.
Develop customer training and handoff material to internal and external O&M teams. Develop a train-the-trainer program to enable successful handoffs for safe operation of the plant.
Create professional commissioning and testing reports for internal stakeholders and external customers.
Drive continuous improvement on developing and capturing technical problem solving knowledge to enable other organizations to effectively resolve customer problems and inquiries.
Ownership of administrative responsibilities including, but not limited to: service reports, issue logging/tracking, job safety analysis, quality compliance.
Adapt to different cultures and international environments establishing relationships that create business benefit
Act keeping in mind the impacts of his/her own work on the whole 'Company system' and understanding the economic consequences of his/her activities both on client and organizational perspectives. Propose simple and efficient solutions to meet customer needs

Required Skills/ Knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of current CCTV technology, including interpretation of user requirements, specification of CCTV cameras, PTZ solutions, encoding/decoding and compression protocols, video data interfacing/transmissions, mobile and central video recorders, operator control solutions, display panels, video analysis, integration with Physical Security Management System
Knowledge of the concepts related to the protection of personnel, hardware, programs, networks, and data from physical circumstances and events that could cause serious losses or damage to a transportation system. This includes protection from fire, natural disasters, vandalism.
Knowledge and understanding of Intrusion and Access Control System, perimeter intrusion detection System, integration with Fire Detection System or SCADA System, integration with CCTV, user access permission configuration, biometric identification.
Design and integration of CCTV, ACS, IDS and PSIM subsystems in a Railway environment
Knowledge of standards and norms related to the Physical Security systems
Perform commissioning and testing
Site surveys and analysis
Physical Security system troubleshooting
Basic knowledge of problems and solutions related to wiring and connections, cabinets, cable paths, connections to Civil Works.
Basic knowledge of Railway Signaling and, in general, of Railway Engineering (in particular electric traction, stray currents, remote control)

Desired Skills/ Knowledge

Basic knowledge of communication protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP and Modbus).
Basic knowledge of standards and norms related to Safety Integrity Level (hw and sw).
Basic knowledge of SCADA system
Basic Knowledge of the concepts related to maintenance principles, database, protocols for data transfer and collection, configuration of maintenance asset and work orders, warehouse management and spare parts.
Basic knowledge of problems and solutions related to wiring and connections, cabinets, cable paths, connections to Civil Works.
Basic knowledge Maintenance Management System in Railways and Mass Transit market.
Basic knowledge of Axis cameras, VMS and ACS devices;
Basic knowledge of Bosch cameras, VMS and ACS devices;
Basic knowledge of Genetec Security Center;
Basic knowledge of Milestone VMS;

Education/Qualifications

Master’s degree, in descending order, Electronic, Electrical Engineering or Computer/Information Science
5 years of Physical Security System Engineering expertise as minimum.
Railway experience is preferred but also experiences on other large scale projects can be considered (e.g. Oil&Gas, power energy companies, airports, etc.).

Languages Italian Fluent, English fluent.

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

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