ICT System Engineer Senior (Backend Services Communication Services)

This is the contribution you can make

• 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 automating deployment, configuration and testing
• Design, integrate and be responsible for the entire lifecycle of central security services such as Key Management (COMSEC/TRANSEC), PKI, IAM and PAM 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 disturbances in the interaction between platforms and peripheral systems, take over technical coordination and escalation towards suppliers as well as plan and implement changes, releases, upgrades and lifecycle activities
• Provide functional leadership to external DevSecOps Engineers, structure tasks, review and challenge technical solution approaches as well as establish binding quality standards
• Work within SAFe at team and ART level, work closely with Product Owner, Scrum Master and Architect, transfer technical requirements into implementable solutions and document them as well as use scripting and automation with tools such as Python and Ansible

This 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 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 know-how regarding Key Management/cryptographic services, PKI, IAM/PAM, Secrets Management, Hardening and Vulnerability Management as well as the ability to functionally challenge specialists
• Sound 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

This is what we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity we develop 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.

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 ways of working. 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 enables the Swiss Army to have the necessary knowledge and decision advantage - for a secure Switzerland.

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