IT Security Engineer

The Security Engineer designs, implements and manages security solutions, ensuring an effective defense against cyber threats or data theft. Responsibilities include threat detection, vulnerability analysis, handling support tickets, and implementing security controls and related solutions (data leakage prevention, vulnerability management, security hardening, public key infrastructure, secrets management, privileged access management and endpoint security). The security engineer will also educate staff on best practices. Design, implement, and maintain security solutions. Conduct and/or contribute to security projects. Assess and improve the security hardening of enterprise solutions. Participate in alert and incident response reviews and propose improvement actions. Propose new security solutions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Develop security workflows and automate recurring tasks. Maintain comprehensive documentation of system configurations, procedures, incident reports, security requirements. Contribute to enforcing robust security tools and secure coding practices in development.

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents. With a history spanning over 230 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions. “Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

• Bachelor’s degree computer engineering, security engineering or a relevant field. Master degree is an engineering school is a plus

• Sound experience of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solutions and best practices

• Strong interest in IT security, continuous learning, secure engineering practices and threat modeling, IT market trends

• Strong knowledge of Azure cloud, Microsoft 365 services and hybrid cloud services

• Excellent command of automation, scripting, Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) principles, common software architecture patterns, networking protocols and technologies

• Highly analytical and rigorous, with a solution‑oriented mindset and strong autonomy

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• Highly versatile and able to adapt to diverse technical contexts

• Fluency in English and French

• Residence in Switzerland or willingness to relocate