Head of Computer Security / Incident Response Team (CSIRT) / Deputy Head Cyber Fusion Center

About the job

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

What you can contribute

• Lead a competent team of cyber security experts in organisational, personnel and technical respects
• Ensure the operational deployment planning of analysts for the permanent service as well as for army missions
• Ensure the planning and further development of the resources used as well as the continuous realignment of staff to current threats
• Fully deputise for the Head of the Cyber Fusion Center during their absence
• Be responsible for, plan and coordinate threat hunting on the ICT infrastructure of the DDPS to identify anomalies or undetected threats in the network
• Research prototypes with the Cyber Defence Campus of Armasuisse and the Cyber and Electromagnetic Actions (CEA) department to develop new detection methods and identify new directions in research

What makes you unique

• University degree in computer science, information security or engineering
• Additional training in cybersecurity (CAS, MAS) is an advantage
• Several years of leadership experience of interdisciplinary teams in an agile environment as well as solid experience in project and process management and agile methods
• Officer training and several years of military leadership experience are a plus but not a requirement
• Good active knowledge of at least one second official language and passive knowledge of a third official language

In a nutshell

As an experienced leader, you take on a key role in the cyber defence of the Swiss Army. You lead a highly specialised team, are responsible for managing complex cyber incidents and actively shape the further development of the CSIRT and cyber defence.

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 at work 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 position with the Swiss Army makes sense and offers many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile .
Interested in job sharing? You can apply individually or with a partner. Even if you apply as a duo: submit your applications individually and indicate the name of your partner in the application account.
Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Questions about the position

Questions about the application

Selina Gurtner
HR Business Partner
+41 58 46 66813