Senior Platform Engineer - Identity & Security (m/f/d) 80-100%

Zurich Insurance; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Zurich Insurance is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer – Identity & Security to lead the technical direction for our enterprise identity and security architecture, with emphasis on modern authentication, Keycloak, and AI-augmented workflows.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, product owners, and security specialists to translate business needs into robust identity strategies, ensuring Zero Trust posture and secure integration across hybrid delivery.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years in software or security engineering within financial services preferred.
• Strong expertise in modern authentication and security architectures.

Aufgaben

• Set the technical direction for identity and security architecture across the platform.
• Evolve Enterprise Identity Platform (Keycloak) including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, PKCE.
• Define target identity and security concepts for AI-enabled workflows and Zero Trust.
• Set engineering standards, reviews, and quality gates across teams and AI workflows.
• Collaborate with business domains to translate insurance requirements into identity/security outcomes.

Kenntnisse

Keycloak

OAuth 2.0

OIDC

SAML

PKCE

Fine-grained authorization

Zero Trust

Azure/AWS

Jobbeschreibung

Are you energized by solving complex IT challenges, and do you bring the emotional intelligence to navigate stakeholders across business, security, and engineering? Do you question the status quo and use your judgment to shape direction where best practice does not yet exist?

In the Engineering and Integration team, we connect what's separated, secure what matters, and reveal what's hidden, while shaping how integration, identity, and security work in a world of Agentic AI, hybrid delivery, and Zero Trust. We're modernising our identity platform around Keycloak, embedding Zero Trust and fine‑grained authorization as the default, and building the identity foundations for an AI‑augmented enterprise.

We’re looking for an experienced professional who leads through concepts, direction, and judgment, preparing Zurich Switzerland for what's next, by ensuring a future‑ready, cost‑efficient application landscape that scales as our business evolves - in an era where engineering value increasingly lies in judgment.

You’ll work closely with our Senior Product Owner/Architect, Engineers, and Specialists, as the person who moves things forward, technologically, methodologically and conceptually.

We're an agile, collaborative team with a strong network across Business Unit Switzerland. Together with all IT departments, we combine deep technical expertise with a clear focus on delivery and outstanding service to our stakeholders.

If you love solving hard problems, communicate with clarity and empathy, and thrive in multidisciplinary teams, this role is exactly right for you.

Find out here why Zurich Switzerland is among the "Top 3" companies in Switzerland. Become a part of it and apply as Senior Platform Engineer – Identity & Security.

What You Will Do

• Set the technical direction for how our team engineers identity and security in an era where coding shifts toward becoming a commodity, through concepts, principles, and reference architectures that others in the team and beyond will build on and bring the team along on that journey
• Shape the evolution and operations of our Enterprise Identity Platform (strategic focus: Keycloak), including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and PKCE, while steering the phase out of our legacy federation and extend our security posture into event‑driven and AI‑augmented workflows
• Develop and articulate the target picture for identity and security in the age of Agentic AI, from access management and security concepts for AI agents, agentic workflows, and workload identity, to fine‑grained authorization (OpenFGA, OPA, Cedar) and Zero Trust
• Set engineering standards, reviews, and quality gates across internal teams, partners, and AI‑augmented workflows - ensuring quality, security, and knowledge transfer
• Partner with business domains and Digital Products to translate insurance requirements into robust identity and security outcomes

What You Bring

• 7+ years in software or security engineering - ideally in insurance, banking, or a related financial services industry - with deep expertise in modern authentication (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, PKCE, token lifecycle, federation, LDAP) and hands‑on Keycloak experience
• Hands‑on experience with Agentic AI access management and security concepts (agent identity, agent‑to‑agent auth, MCP security, prompt injection defense, supply chain security for AI components) and a critical eye for the limitations of AI‑augmented development (Copilot, Claude, agentic workflows)
• Solid understanding of fine‑grained authorization (OpenFGA, OPA, Cedar), Zero Trust, and cloud‑native engineering (Azure and/or AWS, containers, event streaming)
• Strong sense of E2E ownership, business curiosity, ability to translate business intent into technical specifications, critical thinking and reflection, and ability to apply principles, name risks, surface trade‑offs and manage ambiguity, paired with strong communication skills that earn trust and bring senior engineers along
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written, German is a plus

Additional Information

Full time or part time: 80 – 100%

Work location: Zurich, Oerlikon

Hybrid work: up to 40%

Who We Are

Zurich is a strong brand - more than 1.4 million Swiss customers place their trust in our products and services. Our 53,000 employees worldwide form the basis of our success, helping our customers in 210 countries and territories to understand and protect themselves from risk. In order to deliver our services, we offer our employees flexible working models and interesting opportunities for further training & development. As a Zurich employee you benefit from a multitude of advantages as well as a strong culture, characterized by acceptance, diversity and team spirit. At Zurich, we foster a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our purpose and values are designed to protect, inspire confidence and help our employees reach their full potential. We value and defend what is right and promote opportunities for equity among our professionals, regardless of gender, disability, LGBTQ +, race, ethnicity, generations, belief, etc. Our talent acquisition and hiring processes respect this commitment daily. Join Zurich and be part of this culture. Why has Zurich been successful for over 150 years? Have a look and become a part of it.