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As a core part of BASF's Cyber Security and Identity & Access Management landscape, we are driving the adoption of phishing-resistant and passwordless authentication technologies that strengthen security while improving user experience.\nTo strengthen our team in Madrid, we are looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer who combines technical expertise, hands-on engineering and architectural thinking to help shape the future of authentication at one of the world's leading chemical companies.\nRESPONSIBILITIES\nAs a Senior Cyber Security Engineer, you will take ownership of BASF's authenticator ecosystem and play a key role in advancing modern, secure and scalable authentication services.\nYour responsibilities will include:\nOwn and drive BASF's authenticator ecosystem, including Smartcard Management, Smartcards, Windows Hello for Business and FIDO2 \nDrive the evolution of phishing-resistant and passwordless authentication as part of BASF's global IdentitySecurity strategy 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Windows Hello for Business, MFA and certificate-based authentication.\nSolid understanding of PKI, certificates and public/private key cryptography.\nStrong hands-on engineering mindset with proven experience implementing, operating and troubleshooting enterprise authentication solutions.\nExperience with enterprise-scale authentication architectures and business-critical security services.\nStrong knowledge of Windows client/server environments and backend technologies, including SQL.\nProven experience managing complex technical issues and major incidents.\nExperience driving technical roadmaps, service evolution or architecture improvements.\nFamiliarity with agile ways of working and tools such as Azure DevOps.\nStrong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.\nAbility to work independently, take ownership and drive topics from concept to implementation.\nExcellent written and spoken English.\nNICE TO HAVE\nExperience with IAM platforms, SSO and federation 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