Senior Software Engineer AuthN/AuthZ (80-100% Zurich Hybrid)
Sr Software Engineer AuthN / AuthZ (80-100% Zurich Hybrid)
Your Mission
We are seeking for a highly motivated and talented Software Engineer person to join our growing AuthN / AuthZ team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a key driver in enhancing our identity and access management platform. Your responsibilities will include:
- Identity Provider: You will help us to design, develop and operate a highly scalable identity provider solution
- Access Management: Migrating our old-fashined permissions model into a modern ReBAC-based solution.
- Leading Cross-Team Projects: Take ownership of complex platform projects. This includes defining scope, managing dependencies, and communicating progress to successful completion
- Structured Problem-Solving: Tackle difficult architectural and operational challenges with a structured and methodical approach.
This position will give you the opportunity to drive midsize to large projects, right from the concept phase all the way through to production deployment and operations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and implement improvements to the AuthN / AuthZ platform infrastructure.
Your Qualifications
As a successful candidate you will bring 4+ years of experience in a similar position to the table with a proven record in building scalable and resilient distributed systems using modern cloud technologies.
Required skills and qualifications:
- Practical knowledge of Golang
- Experience with container orchestration and automation in cloud architectures (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform)
- Experience with modern observability principles, stacks and tools like Prometheus / Thanos, Alert manager, Grafana
- Experience in cloud environments such as Azure, GCP AWS or equivalent
- Fluent in English, German or French would be an advantage
Bonus skills and qualifications:
- Knowledge of SCIM
- Hands-on experience building REST APIs
- Experience with modern authentication mechanisms and protocols (OAuth2, OIDC)
- Hands-on experience with authorization models such as RBAC, ABAC and especially ReBAC
Why Join Us?
You will have the autonomy to make a significant impact on our engineering culture and infrastructure. We offer a challenging yet supportive environment where your contributions directly translate into the success of the entire company.
You can partially work on green fields, shaping authentication and authorization solutions affecting the whole company.
What We Offer:
Want to join a team that enjoys making secure connectivity simple for our customers? You’ll be among people who believe in:
Caring PASSIONATELY about keeping our customers safe – We’re dedicated to solving problems. Whatever it takes.
Thinking UNCONVENTIONALLY to stay ahead – The world never fails to surprise us. So let’s surprise it first.
Doing the hard work to make things SIMPLE – Craft and hone something that delights in its simplicity.
Working COLLABORATIVELY to build success – The power of the team will always make us faster and better.
As a testament to this, Open Systems has been recognized as an outstanding place to work. You’ll be surrounded by smart teams who enrich your experience and provide opportunities you will need to develop your skills and advance your career.
We look forward to receiving your online application (please note that you need to compress your application into two attachments). Only direct applications will be considered.
About Open Systems
Open Systems is a leading provider of native Managed SASE solutions, converging network and security functions on a cloud-native platform. Founded in 1990, the Swiss cybersecurity company, headquartered in Zurich, supports businesses and organizations in more than 180 countries with a holistic, customer-centric service model that guarantees 24x7 expert support. The combination of an innovative platform, integrated solutions, and excellent service ensures secure, reliable, and worry-free network operations – even within the complex IT infrastructures of global manufacturing companies and NGOs.
This solution delivers reliable connectivity across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, while offering an exceptional user experience through an intuitive customer portal. Powered by a centralized data platform and 24×7 managed services, Open Systems not only enhances security but also boosts operational efficiency and accelerates innovation – enabling secure networks that grow with your business.
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