System Architect: Investments & Pension

18 February 2026
100%
Zürich

About the job

80% - 100% | IT / Business Engineering | Zurich | Experienced Professionals

Are you passionate about a modern and sustainable solution architecture that positively influences our products? For our systems in the Investments & Pension portfolio, we are looking for proactive support: do you want to work together with Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management, the experts in the projects, and our DevOps teams to develop innovative solutions for the future? In an agile environment (ART according to SAFe), we find the best possible solutions for requirements and problems and respond quickly to changing customer and market needs. Our goals are to develop sustainable solutions, tailor services and applications according to functionality, and adhere to security principles.

Your tasks

Development of portfolio architecture blueprints and overall system structure for Investments & Pension
Creation of application & technology portfolio analyses within our portfolio
Developing long-term solutions for our custom and standard software
Making design decisions within the portfolio
Familiarizing with new technical and professional topics (e.g., DDD, modularization with microservices, cloud)
Defines the solution architecture rules and standards in the portfolio and enforces them
Has a holistic overview of the IT landscape and portfolio projects
Supports and accompanies projects and DevOps teams architecturally
Reviews solution architectures and security concepts
Advises the business unit regarding feasibility, variant, and opinion formation

Your profile

High architectural and design expertise in the domain of Investments & Pension, software engineering, and security
Solid knowledge of security principles, standards, and technologies (e.g., firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, encryption, VPNs)
Competence in cloud solution design, Azure services, and containerization
Strong skills in Java development, JPA (Hibernate), Spring, SQL (Oracle)
Avaloq knowledge is an advantage
Visionary thinking regarding agile software development and living agile values
Very good German language skills and communication abilities

Our offer

A well-coordinated, competent, and helpful portfolio management team
We offer you great freedom for autonomous decisions
Close collaboration with self-organizing projects, DevOps teams, enterprise architecture, and IT security to develop optimal practical solutions
A culture of appreciation and continuous (further) development – personal, technical, and professional
Close cooperation with the Investments & Pension leadership team

Amir Reshef
is happy to assist you.
Phone: 044 292 27 39