Head of Enterprise Architecture

About the job

Schermenwaldstrasse 13, 3063 Ittigen (and home office) | 80-100%

You can contribute in this role

• Lead the enterprise architecture area across the five federal offices of the Swiss Army in the various architecture domains (military ICT, civilian ICT, armaments and digital transformation) professionally, personnel-wise and financially
• Be responsible for the professional leadership of enterprise architecture for the entire Defence Group and involve partners; overarching management of domain and business area architectures
• Design and be responsible for the governance, processes and products of the architecture as well as create foundations and guidelines for projects
• Develop architecture specifications and action guidelines aligned with strategy and business requirements and present them to the responsible leadership committees
• Manage internal, external and international stakeholders (e.g. industry partners) of Defence architecture and communicate the architecture content in favour of the "Federated Mission Networking"

What makes you unique

• University or university of applied sciences degree with a focus on computer science and business administration, good knowledge in the field of (enterprise) architecture and analysis as well as very good knowledge of military structures and processes
• Proven several years of leadership experience in enterprise architecture and its methods in large organisations
• Ability to convey complex matters clearly, structured and appropriately for the audience and to reconcile different interests
• Very good methodological competence (e.g. TOGAF, HERMES, project or programme management certifications such as IPMA/MAS) and further training and experience in business analysis
• Good active knowledge of at least a second official language and passive knowledge of a third official language as well as very good English skills (C1)

In a nutshell

Are you interested in shaping the long-term development of the Army and the Defence Group? Do you have good knowledge of the Swiss Army, are a charismatic leader personality combined with strong rhetoric and have the ability to represent architecture-based decision-making foundations appropriately at the top leadership levels? Based in the Army Staff, you are responsible with your specialised team for the governance, professional leadership and support of the domain- and discipline-spanning enterprise architecture in the Defence Group and translate strategic intentions into implementable designs.

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 Army Staff (A Staff) supports the Chief of the Army in leading the Defence Department area and is responsible for the overall military planning and development of the Swiss Army. Here, according to political guidelines, the strategic foundations, force development and army and armaments planning are developed, and tasks in the international security context are performed. The leadership, control and coordination of all overarching cross-sectional areas (personnel, finance, real estate) also fall within the responsibility of the Army Staff.

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 brings 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 application individually and indicate the name of your partner in the application account.


Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Questions about the position

Kaspar Hartmann
Head of Strategy, Control and Transformation
+41 58 46 43481

Questions about the application

Lea Gall
+41 58 46 31631