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<h2><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Senior Security Engineer – Applications Identity & Access Management</span></h2> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">As a Senior Security Engineer in our Applications Identity and Access Management team, you'll be at the forefront of securing critical application-to-application interactions across our global operations.</span></p> <div><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">About the Role</span></strong></div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">In this pivotal security position, you'll tackle complex <strong>authentication and authorization challenges</strong> that matter at a global scale. This is a role for someone who loves turning hard problems into elegant, scalable solutions — and who wants their work to have real, measurable impact.</span></p> <h4><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Key Responsibilities</span></h4> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Identify and assess</strong> authentication and authorization risks in application-to-application use cases across the organization, ensuring a proactive and comprehensive security posture.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Design and prototype</strong> innovative solutions to mitigate security risks, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to strengthen our cybersecurity capabilities.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Drive group-wide risk mitigation</strong> by clearly structuring, explaining, and presenting risks and solutions to diverse audiences — from engineers to senior leadership.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Support and coordinate</strong> cross-functional teams in implementing effective security measures, aligning execution across organizational boundaries.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Contribute to the cybersecurity strategy and roadmap</strong>, bringing fresh thinking and technical depth to group-wide initiatives.</span></p> </li> </ul> <div><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">About the Team</span></strong></div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">The Applications IAM team specializes in securing access and secrets management of technical identities across Swiss Re's global IT ecosystems, including public cloud environments. We are part of the CSO's Product and Engineering Unit, responsible for cybersecurity engineering and operations, governance, risk, and compliance. Our team plays an active role in defining and building the group cybersecurity strategy and roadmap, working at the cutting edge of cybersecurity innovation. You'll be joining a collaborative, expert group that values curiosity, rigour, and a shared commitment to making digital ecosystems safer.</span></p> <div><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">About You</span></strong></div> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">You're a creative security expert who thrives on solving complex challenges and collaborating with specialized teams. You combine deep technical expertise with excellent communication skills, allowing you to translate intricate security concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. You're comfortable engaging senior stakeholders, defending design decisions with confidence, and driving adoption of solutions at scale — all while staying grounded in agile, pragmatic ways of working.</span></p> <h4><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:</span></h4> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Engineering Skills</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Strong background in IT security</strong> with deep technical expertise in Identity and Access Management, particularly in application-to-application and technical identity use cases.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Solid hands-on engineering skills</strong>, including writing scripts, building CI/CD pipelines, implementing infrastructure as code, developing service-to-service integration prototypes, and designing systems on public clouds (e.g. <strong>Azure</strong>), combined with a confident command of <strong>authentication and authorization protocols</strong> such as <strong>OIDC and OAuth</strong>.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Degree in Computer Science</strong> or a closely related field.</span></p> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Seniority and Ways of Working</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Proven experience <strong>driving the deployment or adoption of technologies at scale</strong> across complex, cross-functional environments.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Strong practical command of <strong>agile ways of working</strong>, including breaking down complex work, aligning with stakeholders, and delivering reliably.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Demonstrated ability to <strong>engage senior technical stakeholders</strong>, defend design decisions convincingly, and challenge assumptions with well-founded arguments.</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Strong ability to <strong>engage senior management</strong> by structuring and presenting risks and solutions clearly and persuasively.</span></p> </li> </ul> <h4><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">These are additional nice to haves:</span></h4> <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Cybersecurity and public cloud certifications</strong> (e.g. CISSP, Azure Security Engineer, or equivalent)</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Experience conducting or supporting <strong>security audits</strong></span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Background as a <strong>penetration tester</strong>, bringing an attacker's mindset to defensive engineering</span></p> </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>In-depth knowledge of secret vault technologies</strong> (e.g. HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault)</span></p> </li> </ul> <div><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong><br>Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.</strong></span></div><div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>About Swiss Re</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <div class="swissre_jobtemplate"> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.<br><br>Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.<br><br>If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. 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