Trust Requirements Engineer
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Glattbrugg|Zurich|ZH|Switzerland|CHE | Lausanne|Vaud|VD|Switzerland|CHE
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Informatics and digital business
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Job Description
Informatics and digital business
SwissSign
Glattbrugg|Zurich|ZH|Switzerland|CHE | Lausanne|Vaud|VD|Switzerland|CHE
80
100
74430
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Your new challenge

 As a Trust Requirements Engineer, you play a critical role in ensuring compliance with global trust and certificate standards. You analyze evolving regulatory frameworks and translate them into actionable requirements that guide product development, certificate issuance practices, and compliance operations.

 SwissSign is a recognised Swiss Trust Service Provider (TSP). We build the foundation for secure digital business based on robust certificate services and advanced digital trust services across multiple regulatory frameworks.

Our certificate services provide a fully Swiss made public key infrastructure for digital certificates, ensuring secure communication, data protection and compliance throughout the entire certificate lifecycle. Complementing this, our digital trust services enable legally compliant digital signatures, seals and timestamps, supporting end to end digital business processes based on verifiable, reusable credentials.

 An overview of your tasks

  • Conduct in-depth compliance analysis of certificate issuance practices against industry standards, including:

    • CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements

    • Extended Validation (EV) Guidelines

    • S/MIME Baseline Requirements

    • Relevant RFCs, IETF, and ISO frameworks

  • Develop and maintain clear, structured compliance requirements specifications for internal stakeholders.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Information Security & Compliance (ISC) teams to embed regulatory requirements into the software development lifecycle

  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on:

    • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

    • Certificate profiles and lifecycles

    • Cryptographic algorithms

    • Trust store requirements

  • Represent the organization in industry forums (e.g., CA/Browser Forum, IETF) by:

    • Drafting ballots and proposals

    • Participating in technical discussions

    • Driving alignment with industry peers

  • Assess proposed changes to standards and regulations, translating them into practical guidance for engineering and operations teams

  • Monitor emerging trends and regulatory developments, including:

    • Certificate lifecycle changes

    • Automation protocols such as ACME

    • Root Store Policies

    • Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

    • Merkle Tree Certificates (MTC)         

  • Support audit readiness by preparing materials and walkthroughs in collaboration with ISC and engineering teams

  • Contribute to root cause analysis and remediation efforts related to compliance incidents

 What you bring along

  • 2+ years of experience in PKI, digital certificates, or a related domain

  • Strong understanding of:

    • X.509 certificate standards

    • RFC 5280

    • CA/Browser Forum requirements

  • Ability to analyze complex technical and policy documents and convert them into clear compliance requirements

  • Hands-on experience with:

    • Certificate tools like ASN.1

    • PKI troubleshooting and analysis methods

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

  • Any additional languages are an advantage

Nice to Have 

  • Experience participating in standards bodies or working groups

  • Familiarity with audit frameworks (e.g., WebTrust, ETSI)

  • Exposure to secure software development practices

  • Knowledge of modern cryptographic trends (e.g., PQC)

 

 
Swiss Sign:Training and development opportunities, Swiss Sign:Flexible working hours & hybrid work, Swiss Sign:Contribution to a new mobile device after successful completion of the probation period (up to max. CHF 300), Swiss Sign:Half-fare travelcard, Swiss Sign:5–6 weeks of vacation / an additional week from age 50, Swiss Sign:Attractive pension fund contributions – employer contributes 65%, employee 35%
SwissSign:CV Review & Initial Contact, SwissSign:First Online Interview, SwissSign:In-Depth Interview, SwissSign:Team Meeting, SwissSign:Offer & Onboarding Preview
 
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