System Specialist (IT Engineer) Reconnaissance Drone System

Emmen | 80-100%

Your contribution

• Operate and maintain complex IT systems of the reconnaissance drone system 15 (ADS15)
• Analyze, plan and implement short, medium and long-term strategies to ensure the availability of the IT systems (networks, client / server, image transmission, VoIP, virtualization, etc.)
• Continuously analyze and assess IT risks, as well as define security measures and develop the necessary instructions and regulations
• Lead release management as well as data and configuration management within the framework of OSTR (Overall System Technical Responsibility)
• Handle conception, planning and implementation of smaller software solutions and train employees in the IT area

What makes you unique

• University degree (Bachelor in Computer Science / Engineering) or comparable training (field of study Information Technology / Electrical Engineering)
• Sound and detailed knowledge of networks and computer systems as well as the expected development
• System administration experience on different platforms (mainly Linux, Windows, embedded systems)
• Ability to holistically assess complex IT issues from different perspectives (security/risks, technology, organization, requirements, finance), set priorities and develop and pursue graded solution approaches
• Analytical, cross-system thinking as well as high team and cooperation skills
• Oral and written knowledge of a second official language as well as very good English skills

In a nutshell

Shape the digital operational readiness of tomorrow: Use your system competence to ensure the reliable operation and further development of the complex IT systems of our large-scale aerial reconnaissance means.
As the operational base of the Swiss Air Force, the Airfield Command Emmen/Dübendorf is responsible for the Air Force systems at the military airfields Emmen and Dübendorf. Operating and maintaining military aircraft (manned or unmanned), that is our mission. Become an important link in this dynamic special discipline, aviation.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland: We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity: Thanks to equal opportunity, we unfold our competencies and bring in 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 Operations Command (Kdo Op) is responsible for all military operations and missions of the Swiss Army. The Kdo Op includes, among others, the Air Force, the Army, the four territorial divisions, the SWISSINT competence center, the Special Forces Command as well as the Military Police. Around 40 % of the approx. 2,500 employees are civilly employed -- from engineers to aircraft mechanics to analysts.

The Swiss Army employs over 9,000 employees in four military and around 200 civil 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. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile (https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/vorteile).
Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Questions about the position

Mathias Bucher
Head of Ground Operations ADS
+41 58 48 05452