ICT-System Ingenieur/-in Senior (Backend Services Communication Services) — Swiss Armed Forces (VTG)

Full description

In a nutshell

Become part of Kommando Cyber and actively help shape the digitalization and, in particular, the digital networking of the Swiss Armed Forces. Contribute to this unique task – the integration and secure operation of central backend services for the Army’s tactical communication systems – in a dynamic working environment.

• Start date: by agreement
• Employment type: permanent
• Reference no.: JRQ$540-20501
• Workplace: Stauffacherstrasse 65, 3003 Bern

This is what you can contribute

• Shape the development, integration and further development of the backend services for tactical and civilian communication solutions on the OpenShift platform NDP and be responsible for their secure operation, while automating deployment, configuration and testing

• Design, integrate and take responsibility for central security services such as Key Management (COMSEC/TRANSEC), PKI, IAM and PAM throughout their entire lifecycle, and embed them consistently into the NDP – Communication Services system landscape

• Develop and integrate components for security services and testing, and ensure monitoring, logging, alarming, and the continuous optimization of operational and end-to-end processes

• Analyze and resolve disruptions in the interaction between platforms and surrounding systems, take on technical coordination and escalation toward suppliers, and plan and implement changes, releases, upgrades, and lifecycle activities

• Provide technical leadership to external DevSecOps Engineers, structure tasks, review and challenge technical solution approaches, and establish binding quality standards

• Collaborate at team and ART level in SAFe, work closely with Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Architect, translate technical requirements into implementable solutions and document them, and use scripting and automation with tools such as Python and Ansible

What makes you unique

• Education as an IT specialist (EFZ/FA/FH), HF technician, or engineer (UNI/ETH/FH) specializing in computer science or telecommunications, in each case with good knowledge of the other area, as well as several years of experience as a Senior DevSecOps, Platform, or System Engineer in complex, security-critical environments

• Very good knowledge of Kubernetes/OpenShift, Linux, container technologies, Git, CI/CD, as well as Infrastructure/Configuration as Code and automation, e.g. with Ansible, Helm, and Python/Shell

• Broad security expertise covering key management/cryptographic services, PKI, IAM/PAM, secrets management, hardening, and vulnerability management, as well as the ability to technically challenge specialists

• Extensive experience in platform operations, monitoring, logging, and alarming, as well as with common OSS ecosystems such as ELK, Zabbix, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry, and strong expertise in end-to-end troubleshooting

• Experience with IT service management and ServiceNow, as well as incident, problem, change, configuration, and lifecycle processes; confident in dealing with suppliers and integrating vendor-specific Application Services

• Distinctive technical leadership and communication skills, as well as experience in agile/SAFe organizations; ability to translate architecture, security and operational requirements into robust and automatable solutions

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the successful Swiss model and work for the benefit of the population.

• Diversity in practice Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and contribute different perspectives.

• Health in the workplace We support and advise our employees on physical and mental health.

Your commitment to security and freedom The Cyber Command (Kdo Cy) stands for expertise in the areas of cyber and digitalization. We combine our enthusiasm for our mission with know-how, innovation, state-of-the-art technologies and agile working methods. We provide secure, robust and resilient IT services for the Swiss Armed Forces and our partners in the Swiss security network. This enables Kdo Cy to give the Swiss Armed Forces the necessary knowledge and decision-making advantage—for a secure Switzerland.

The Swiss Armed Forces employ over 9'000 people in four military and around 200 civilian occupations—and do so at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: The Swiss Armed Forces train apprentices in over 30 occupations.

Additional information

A job with the Swiss Armed Forces makes sense and offers many benefits. See for yourself at armee.ch/vorteile. Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Women are still underrepresented in our administrative unit. Their applications are therefore particularly welcome.