IT Security Engineer – Security Platforms & AI Automation 80-100% (f/m/d)
On-siteZurich, Provincie Friesland, Kingdom of the Netherlands or Bendern, Gamprin, Principality of Liechtenstein
Job Summary
Design and implement security controls across firewalls, endpoints, cloud services, and identity within a DevOps delivery model. Perform security-by-design reviews for applications and critical systems while advising teams on secure architecture and implementation. Leverage automation, scripting, and AI tools to enhance recurring security processes, analysis, and control effectiveness. Support incident handling, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis alongside evaluations and rollouts of new security products. Contribute to security standards, policies, KPIs, and risk-based decision-making. Participate in 24/7 on-call duty. Join a team at LGT, the largest Private Banking and Asset Management group owned by an entrepreneurial family, to shape how AI and automation drive modern security engineering.
Required Qualifications
- Several years of experience in IT security engineering or cloud security
- Strong knowledge in at least two areas such as network security, endpoint security, Azure / M365 security, identity and access management, SIEM / SOAR, incident handling or security automation
- Practical experience with security technologies such as Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Purview, DLP, PAM, firewall or secure access solutions
- Experience with scripting or automation, for example PowerShell, Python, Golang or similar
- Good understanding of security-by-design, risk-based decision-making and common frameworks such as ISO 2700x or NIST
- Structured, reliable and solution-oriented way of working
- Strong communication skills and the ability to make security understandable and actionable
- Very good English skills
- Willingness to participate in 24/7 on-call duty
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in regulated environments or financial services
- Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, AZ-500 or SC-100
- German
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