Head of IT Infrastructure Department

About the job

Zollikofen (and home office) | 80-100% |

What you can contribute

• Lead the IT Infrastructure department in terms of personnel, expertise, organisation, and administration
• Strategically further develop the specialist areas of datacentre, network basics, and network security and promote the teams' own responsibility
• Be responsible for the operational management and strategic development of the IT basic infrastructure with a focus on performance, resilience, and security
• Ensure stable, highly available, and secure operation of the IT infrastructure
• Manage strategic and operational projects in close collaboration with internal and external partners, ensuring coordination with IT architecture and adjacent specialist areas
• Be responsible for budget planning and control of financial resources for the IT Infrastructure department

What makes you unique

• Advanced professional training in computer science or equivalent qualification
• Several years of leadership experience in IT infrastructure, ideally in datacentre, network basics, and network security, as well as broad technical understanding
• Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking with strong implementation and decision-making skills
• Ability to delegate responsibility purposefully and create scope for teams
• Think in networks, communicate convincingly, and actively promote cross-departmental collaboration
• Knowledge of a second official language as well as English skills are desirable

In a nutshell

You want to strategically shape IT infrastructure and actively drive the future?
Together with your teams, you sustainably develop our IT landscape, set clear priorities, and create space for independent action. You manage central infrastructure projects such as the network lifecycle, modernisation of the network architecture, as well as the restructuring and further development of our datacentres.
With strategic foresight and a modern leadership approach, you advance your teams.

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 opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits

IT for Switzerland's internal security

The ISC-EJPD IT Service Centre is the central IT service provider of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP). We develop and operate business-critical specialist applications and IT infrastructures for the areas of police, justice, and migration. High customer satisfaction, cost-effectiveness, and the highest requirements for security and availability are at the centre of our actions.

Additional information

For technical enquiries, please contact: Roland Kissling, Head of Operations & Support, Tel. +41 58 463 04 61


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