University Intern International Training and Exercises

About the job

Bern (and home office) | 80-100% | This position is also suitable for career starters

What you can contribute

• Plan, coordinate, conduct and evaluate international military training and further education as well as multinational cyber exercises
• Collaborate in international Exercise Planning Groups (EPG) and independently take on defined partial tasks and projects in the planning and preparation of multinational cyber exercises
• Support military planning and command processes, develop drafts for planning and command documents, and prepare command reports and other staff work
• Work with national and international partners as well as training institutions and further develop international training cooperation
• Organisationally support training, exercise and coordination projects, prepare meetings and workshops, track pending tasks and deadlines, and process results and lessons learned
• Analyse training needs and insights from international projects, support multi-year planning and contribute to the further development of the capability building of the Cyber Command

What makes you unique

• University degree at Bachelor or Master level or close to completing a corresponding course of study, preferably in a field relevant to the function
• Interest in security, defence and cyber policy, military training and international issues
• Ideally experience in military leadership or staff work of the Swiss Army; knowledge of the command and staff organisation (FSO) as well as international or NATO planning processes
• Willingness to take responsibility as well as independent, structured and reliable handling of complex tasks
• Analytical thinking as well as organisational and coordination skills; precise written expression and willingness to travel nationally and internationally

In a nutshell

A university internship with responsibility and an international focus: You will be directly involved in the planning of multinational cyber exercises and international training projects, work in military staff and international planning structures, and actively shape the further development of the international training and exercise activities of the Cyber Command.

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 opportunities, we develop our skills 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

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Cyber Command (Kdo Cy) stands for expertise in the areas of cyber and digitalisation. 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. This enables the Cyber Command to give the Swiss Army the necessary knowledge and decision-making advantage – for a secure Switzerland.

The Swiss Army employs over 9,000 people in four military and around 200 civilian professions – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: The Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

A job with the Swiss Army makes sense and offers many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile .


The degree must not be older than 18 months at the start of employment. The internship at 80-100% starts by arrangement and lasts twelve months.

Questions about the position

Alexandre Rydlo
Head FGG 7
+41 58 46 07702