Cyber Security Specialist (60%)

About the job

Electricity powers our lives. And we move electricity. Every day, we commit ourselves to the network-side supply security in Switzerland. On behalf of Switzerland and in collaboration with international partners, our employees ensure a powerful and reliable electricity grid.

Cyber Security Specialist (60%)

Ensuring electricity in Switzerland

In this exciting role, you keep yourself constantly informed about current developments in cyber and information security. Together with your colleagues, you share responsibility for implementing the Cyber Security Strategy, including the necessary guidelines and policies. You support and advise ICT specialists in the design, ICT security architecture, as well as in the development and operation of secure solutions. You contribute to strengthening the security culture regarding information security within the company through appropriate measures and support operational security operations. "Security by Design" is your guiding principle.

You will specifically undertake the following tasks:

• Management of cyber risks and compliance with security requirements
• Implementation of risk treatments and development of suitable measures to reduce risks
• Conducting and/or organising assessments for risk identification
• Review of existing infrastructure facilities and applications regarding the application of cyber security best practices, internal requirements, and policies
• Active participation in the further development of security architectures and assessment of the impact on security and compliance in the ICT and OT areas.
• Support and involvement in ICT projects to enforce a "Secure-by-Design" strategy

This is how you make a difference

With your strong powers of persuasion and assertiveness, you succeed in anchoring security requirements within the company. As a communication talent with solid expertise in the infrastructure environment, you convince both professionally and personally.

You bring the following:

• Comprehensive skills either in the area of ICT Infrastructure, including a focus on network technologies, protocols, server and client engineering, as well as security appliances, or in the area of "secure development" of applications including AI-relevant aspects – both conceptually and technically.
• Completed university degree and excellent expertise or further training in the field of cyber security
• Experience in creating and enforcing security policies and concepts
• Sound knowledge of standards for cyber and information security (e.g. ICT minimum standard, NIST CSF, OWASP SAMM, BSI IT baseline protection, ISO2700x) as well as for network security, cloud connectivity, and application security
• Know-how in risk management and practical experience in implementing information security risk assessments according to ISO / IEC 27005 or ISO / IEC 31000
• Certification as CISSP, CISM or similar is desirable
• Experience in the energy sector is an advantage
• Very good knowledge of German and English

How we inspire you

We offer varied and exciting tasks in a company unique to Switzerland and a modern working environment in close proximity to the station in Aarau. In addition, you benefit from the following perks:

• Flexible working hours (42 hours per week for a 100% workload), including home office options
• 25-30 days of holiday as well as company holidays between Christmas and New Year
• Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension fund
• Opportunities for professional development
• Financial and/or time support for internal or external training
• Competitive salary and reward for good performance

About us

We are a technology- and innovation-driven team of cyber security enthusiasts. Together, we ensure cyber security for the company and support the design and implementation of Swissgrid's ICT and OT strategy and architecture. With competence, team spirit, and commitment, we help the specialist departments to design and operate their solutions and services securely.