Senior Security Engineer

Archer Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer Recruitment is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in Identity Management and Access for a leading insurer undergoing a digital transformation. This hybrid role focuses on delivering a secure customer portal providing protected access to services and policy information.

You will define security architecture, drive authentication strategies (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, MFA, SSO), and lead risk assessments across Azure and Java Spring environments, partnering with engineering and

Qualifications

• Strong experience in identity and access management and security architecture.
• Expertise in OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, MFA, SSO, password management.
• Experience with threat modelling and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and secure SDLC practices.
• Collaboration with engineering teams on Azure and Java Spring security.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver security requirements across lifecycle.
• Design secure authentication solutions.
• Lead customer authentication security discussions.
• Identify and mitigate application security risks.
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams to deliver secure cloud solutions.

Skills

Identity management

Azure

Java Spring

OWASP

Threat modelling

Tools

Azure AD

Job description

• Senior Security Engineer - Identity Management and Access
• Hybrid Position
• Immediate Hire

Join a leading insurance organization undergoing a major digital transformation. As part of a strategic customer portal program, you'll drive security across a platform designed to deliver secure, seamless access to customer services and policy information.

You'll play a pivotal role on a mission-critical project, defining the security architecture and ensuring the successful delivery of a secure customer-facing platform while leading security for a strategic customer portal program, driving access management decisions across an Azure and Java Spring environment.

Why You’ll Love It

• High visibility: Lead security for a mission-critical customer portal program, central to the organization's digital transformation and business success.
• High ownership: Take ownership of security architecture decisions across authentication, identity and access management, and security controls within an Azure and Java Spring environment. Have the autonomy to influence solutions, challenge approaches, and bring ideas to life.
• High impact: Play a key role in building a secure, scalable customer-facing platform that enables seamless access to services and policy information, creating better outcomes for hundreds of thousands of customers.
• Hybrid flexibility: Enjoy a flexible working approach that supports collaboration with cross-functional teams while giving you the balance to do your best work.

What You'll Do

• Define and deliver security requirements across the project lifecycle, from requirements gathering through high-level and low-level design, ensuring security is embedded from the outset.
• Design secure authentication and identity solutions covering OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, MFA, SSO, password management, and account recovery controls.
• Lead customer authentication security discussions, performing threat modelling and risk assessments to ensure best-practice approaches are adopted.
• Identify and mitigate application security risks using OWASP Top 10 guidance and secure development practices.
• Partner with engineering and architecture teams to deliver secure cloud-based solutions across Azure and Java Spring environments, including third-party identity integrations.