Systems that create security – and architecture that enables it

About the job

You are responsible for the overall technical architecture of the L&Z information system, with which the social insurance institutions calculate and pay pensions, supplementary benefits, premium reductions, and helplessness allowances – processes that are directly noticeable for hundreds of thousands of insured persons. The grown Java landscape is gradually being modernised: away from the rich client, away from nightly batch processing, towards decoupled, event-driven components.

You lead this development architecturally, manage the external suppliers professionally, and are responsible for integration with SAP. The position is being newly filled due to a retirement – with an overlapping handover by the previous incumbent.

What you will achieve

Responsibility for the overall technical architecture of the Benefits information system and its sub-applications

Further development of the target architecture and modernisation roadmap: decoupling, containerisation, transition from batch to event-driven processing

Design of systems for high availability and resilience (WebSphere cluster, Db2, IBM MQ)

Analysis of new professional requirements and development of viable solution concepts

Professional management of external suppliers and evaluation of their implementation against the agreed architecture

Making technical risks and debts visible – and representing the consequences to specialist departments and programme management

Architecture and design reviews, documenting architectural decisions, setting technical guardrails for security, compliance, and integration

Why you will succeed

Completed degree in computer science (FH, university, ETH) or comparable qualification

Several years of experience in an architectural role with responsibility for a system or platform

Thinking in distributed systems: consistency models, transaction boundaries, and error behaviour between components are familiar to you

Experience with messaging-based integration and its consequences for state management and restart

Experience with Java-based enterprise applications, middleware, and application server platforms

Experience in modernising grown system landscapes during ongoing operations

Experience in professional management of external suppliers

Ability to document technical decisions in a structured manner and to represent them against resistance

Very good German and good English skills

We offer

An architectural role with direct impact on socially relevant benefits

Full architectural responsibility for a business-critical system landscape – with careful handover by the previous incumbent

Modernisation projects with real scope for design instead of managing the status quo

Flexible working conditions and hybrid working (2 days on site)

Free smartphone with subscription, half-fare travelcard, attractive training opportunities

At least 25 days of holiday and a collegial, future-oriented working environment

Application process

01Send us your documentsYour skills match our requirements? Then send us your complete dossier via the application form or by email.

02We contact youWe study your documents and we or our external personnel service provider will contact you for an initial exchange.

03We deepen our acquaintanceAt two meetings at the IGS we check if we are a good fit. And if you like, you can also complete a trial day with us.

04The decision is madeAfterwards, you and our respective recruitment team decide individually whether we want to go a common way and conclude a contract. That is the actual starting signal!

Questions & answers

Optimal for us are your complete CV, all work references and certificates of education and training as well as diplomas. Please write two to three sentences explaining why you are interested in this job.

We look forward to receiving an email with your documents as a PDF. Or even better: use the application form on our website, where you can upload your documents directly as a PDF.

Within three working days you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt from us. Depending on the status of the recruitment process and any (holiday) absences, it may then take two weeks before you receive a response regarding the next steps.

Spontaneous applications are welcome. We are happy to check whether you fit our profiles and whether we have a corresponding vacancy in the near future.

However, depending on the profile, it may take some time before we come to a conclusive answer. We therefore ask for your patience.

Yes, gladly. We also welcome (speculative) applications from career starters or students who are, for example, looking for holiday jobs or employment as working students.

We currently work with selected recruitment agencies with corresponding contractual agreements. We therefore ask you not to submit dossiers without prior consultation. Thank you for your understanding.

Flexible working hours

Modern working environment, standing desk

Home office possible

Central workplace near main station

Generous opportunities for further training

40-hour week, 5–6 weeks holiday

Business iPhone with Swiss flat rate

Private accident insurance

Contribution to childcare costs