This is gold. It reflects too many real engineering projects so well. Sometimes I'm the guy to point this out, but too often I catch myself arguing for adding unnecessary complexity (unfortunately usually in hindsight). There should always be one engineer playing devil's advocate and at least try arguing why a new system/service isn't necessary.
I came onto a team to support such an overengineered project. On the plus side it keeps me busy, and teaches me new skills. On the negative side my job is to keep the plates spinning on a rube goldberg machine.