Senior ICT Architect (Safety)

About the job

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

What you can contribute

• Define, maintain and keep certification-ready the safety architecture and safety case for military aviation and air traffic control systems throughout the entire lifecycle according to applicable industry standards
• Conduct hazard, risk and safety analyses for hardware and software, networks and processes, set safety goals (SIL/DAL) and incorporate them into procurement or change projects
• Ensure resilience, operational safety and controlled degradation behaviour, architecturally anchor corresponding concepts for safety-critical services, and establish Architecture Decision Records, Design Principles and technical standards
• Manage change, configuration & incident management from a safety perspective and review every change (change, release, hardware replacement, process adjustment) for safety impacts
• Coordinate collaboration between safety and security as well as regulatory evidence provision, compile technical approval dossiers for official approvals (MAA/FOCA/BAZL), prepare and accompany safety audits
• Act as the central contact person between various stakeholders such as operations, safety and customers and drive the continuous development of the safety culture

What makes you unique

• University or university of applied sciences degree in aerospace engineering, computer science or telecommunications (or comparable fields) as well as experience and skills in the area of safety, data protection, compliance and governance requirements
• Good knowledge and operational experience in the aviation environment
• Several years of experience in ICT architecture, as well as integration of complex ICT systems with sound knowledge in system safety
• In-depth understanding of modern safety concepts such as Zero Trust, Defence-in-Depth as well as cross-domain and zone concepts
• Ability to consolidate technical requirements of different stakeholders within agile frameworks (e.g. SAFe) and to professionally lead interdisciplinary teams and align them to common goals
• Good knowledge of at least a second official language and, if possible, passive knowledge of a third official language

In a nutshell

Become part of the Cyber Command and actively shape the digitalisation and especially the digital networking of the Swiss Army. Contribute to this unique task – the implementation of safety aspects – in a dynamic working environment.

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 safety and freedom

The Cyber Command (Kdo Cy) stands for competence 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 safe 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 .

Questions about the position

Patrick Stamm
Head of Design
+41 58 48 34056