Overview
As Senior Platform Engineer, you drive the future-ready identity and security platform for Zurich in a fast-evolving AI and Zero Trust landscape. You will define concepts and reference architectures that scale with the business, partnering with cross-functional teams to operationalize Keycloak and advanced security controls. You’ll shape AI-augmented identity workflows, guardrails for agent-based systems, and compliant, secure access across domains. This role offers meaningful impact shaping enterprise-wide identity foundations and engineering practice in a renowned financial services setting.
Leistungen / Benefits
- flexible working models
- hybrid work up to 40%
- training and development opportunities
- diversity and inclusion culture
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Define technical direction for identity and security through architecture and principles
- Shape the Enterprise Identity Platform (Keycloak) lifecycle, including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, PKCE, phasing out legacy federation, and extending to event-driven and AI-augmented workflows
- Develop target picture for identity and security in the Agentic AI era, covering agent identity, agent-to-agent auth, MCP security, prompt injection defense, and AI supply chain security
- Establish engineering standards, reviews, and quality gates across teams and AI-augmented workflows to ensure quality and security
- Collaborate with business domains and Digital Products to translate insurance requirements into robust identity and security outcomes
Zentrale Anforderungen
- 7+ years in software or security engineering
- 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 concepts and AI security considerations
- solid understanding of fine-grained authorization (OpenFGA, OPA, Cedar), Zero Trust, and cloud-native engineering (Azure and/or AWS, containers, event streaming)
- strong ownership mindset, business curiosity, ability to translate business intent into technical specs, risk surfacing, and ambiguity management
- excellent communication skills in English; German a plus
- strong communication and stakeholder management
- critical thinking and judgment
- ability to translate business needs into technical specifications
- Keycloak
- OAuth 2.0
- OIDC
Senior Platform Engineer - Identity & Security (m/f/d) 80-100% in Zürich Arbeitgeber: Zurich Insurance Group
Die Zurich Gruppe Deutschland ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der dir als Underwriter im Bereich Property Mid Market in Hamburg nicht nur flexible Arbeitsmodelle bietet, sondern auch zahlreiche Möglichkeiten zur persönlichen und beruflichen Weiterentwicklung. Unsere moderne und offene Unternehmenskultur fördert Kreativität und Teamarbeit, während unser umfangreiches Sport- und Gesundheitsangebot eine gesunde Work-Life-Balance unterstützt. Werde Teil eines internationalen Teams, das gemeinsam an innovativen Lösungen arbeitet und die Zukunft der Versicherung neu gestaltet.
