ICT-System Engineer Senior (Backend Services Communication Services)

Bern (and home office) | 80-100% (job sharing possible)

This is your contribution

• Design the construction, 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 as well as automate deployment, configuration and testing
• Conceive, integrate and be responsible for central security services such as Key Management (COMSEC/TRANSEC), PKI, IAM and PAM over their entire lifecycle and embed them consistently into the NDP -- Communication Services system landscape
• Develop and integrate components for security services and testing as well as ensure monitoring, logging, alarming and the continuous optimization of operational and end-to-end processes
• Analyze and resolve malfunctions in the interaction between platforms and peripheral systems, take over technical coordination and escalation towards 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
• Work in SAFe at team and ART levels, work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters and Architects, transfer and document technical requirements into implementable solutions and use scripting and automation with tools such as Python and Ansible

What makes you unique

• Training as an IT specialist (EFZ/FA/FH), technician HF or engineer (UNI/ETH/FH) in the field of computer science or telecommunications with good knowledge in the respective other field 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 know-how regarding Key Management/cryptographic services, PKI, IAM/PAM, Secrets Management, hardening and vulnerability management as well as the ability to professionally challenge specialists
• Profound experience in platform operation as well as with monitoring, logging and alarming and common OSS ecosystems such as ELK, Zabbix, Grafana or OpenTelemetry as well as pronounced competence 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 the integration of manufacturer-specific application services
• Pronounced technical leadership and communication skills as well as experience in agile/SAFe organizations; ability to transfer architecture, security and operational requirements into robust and automatable solutions

In a nutshell

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

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the welfare of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our competencies and contribute different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Kommando Cyber (Kdo Cy) stands for competence in the areas of cyber and digitalization. We combine enthusiasm for our task with know-how, innovation, state-of-the-art technologies and agile working methods. We provide secure, robust and resilient IT services for the Swiss Army and our partners in the Swiss security network. In this way, Kdo Cy provides the Swiss Army with the necessary knowledge and decision advantage -- for a secure Switzerland.

The Swiss Army employs over 9'000 people in four military and around 200 civilian professions -- and this at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. Provision is also made for new talent: The Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

Employment with the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Inform yourself at armee.ch/vorteile (https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/vorteile).
Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Questions about the position

Yvonne Bemelmans
Product Owner
+41 58 46 19537