Remote Senior Digital Buildings System Engineer

At FPC Global, our people are our greatest asset. We’re a fast-growing, global consultancy where collaboration, innovation, and ambition come together to deliver exceptional outcomes across the full facility lifecycle.

Founded in 2014 by our CEO, Dean Francis, we’ve grown into a team of 140+ professionals working across the Americas, EMEA, APAC, and our London headquarters. We partner with clients to deliver integrated, future-focused consultancy services—setting new benchmarks for sustainability, technology, and performance.

We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. That’s why we foster a culture where voices are heard, initiative is encouraged, and careers are built with purpose.

The Digital Buildings System Engineer is responsible for managing the complete process of onboarding and integrating diverse building management systems (BMS), IoT devices, and facility management solutions into a designated cloud platform. This role is platform-agnostic, designed to work across various hardware and software ecosystems, ensuring seamless data integration and compatibility. Leveraging expertise in building automation technologies and communication protocols, the engineer connects disparate systems regardless of brand or manufacturer, enabling secure and optimized data flow for real-time analytics, remote monitoring, and enhanced operational efficiency.

In this highly technical role, you will collaborate with global teams in IT, security, networking, and infrastructure to deliver IoT and cloud-based solutions for a global office portfolio. You’ll demonstrate adaptability by learning and working across multiple cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and diverse BMS and IoT systems. Success requires a fast learner with strong communication skills, able to respond to shifting priorities and make informed decisions quickly, even with limited information.

This role supports digital transformation for smart buildings, creating data-driven, future-ready facility management solutions

Key Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for this role include:

To ensure smooth integration, optimization, and security of applications on cloud platforms. Troubleshoot issues, manage performance, and align cloud solutions with business objectives. Delivery of technical and some non technical (as training and knowledge allows) related engineering Services and projects for clients in accordance with the Proposal, Scope of Work (SoW) and/or Engagement Letter. Manage own workload, communicating and escalating any issues to line manager accordingly

• Building System Integration:
• Assess and analyze existing building systems, including BMS, HVAC, lighting, energy, and IoT devices.
• Map and document building systems architecture to ensure compatibility with cloud migration strategies.
• Cloud Onboarding & Configuration:
• Configure cloud infrastructure to receive and process data from various building systems.
• Develop and implement data flow protocols from on-premises building systems to cloud platforms, ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Work with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to set up required services, storage, and data processing pipelines.
• Device Qualification and Testing
• Testing, validating, and troubleshooting application drivers across a range of IoT devices and gateways.
• Collaborating with device manufacturers to support driver development, improve compliance, and resolve integration issues.
• Managing and maintaining devices in an IoT testing lab, including physical installation, setup, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Supporting MSIs with deployment of compliant solutions and onboarding of building systems to Cloud Platforms.
• Working with various tools and platform developers to identify defects, suggest improvements, and support feature validation.
• Data Management & Security:
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity and data privacy policies in data transfer and cloud storage.
• Implement encryption, authentication, and access control measures to protect building and operational data.
• Data Analytics and Reporting
• Analyze system data to generate insights on performance,…