ICT Architect III (Senior ICT Systems Architect)

About the job

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

What you can contribute

• Analyse, design and plan complex IT solutions for platform and peripheral systems (sensors, weapon systems) taking into account security, network and operational requirements
• Define the necessary security and network components for the integration of specialised systems, peripheral systems and platform services in classified environments and model and document information flows, data objects and functional as well as technical interfaces
• Develop, maintain and further develop the architecture, integration and security documentation throughout the entire lifecycle of the platform and assume overall architectural responsibility for integrated systems
• Technical coordination and management of network, security, platform and peripheral system teams to ensure timely implementation of end-to-end integrations and clear responsibilities
• Conduct technical reviews and ensure quality assurance of architecture and implementation work across all involved teams
• Analyse communication flows and protocols and ensure the technical integration capability of applications and platform services

What makes you unique

• University or university of applied sciences degree in computer science or telecommunications as well as experience and skills in the areas of security, data protection, compliance and governance requirements
• Good network knowledge in the area of virtual private networks, firewalling and IPSec technologies
• Several years of experience in the architecture and integration of complex ICT systems with sound knowledge of APIs, messaging, event-driven and information architectures as well as a solid understanding of information flows, data models, data objects in complex multi-vendor environments
• In-depth understanding of modern security 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 lead interdisciplinary teams professionally and align them to common target images
• 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 of the Swiss Army. Play a key role in the development and integration of a security-critical platform in the military 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 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 .


Offers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Questions about the position

Patrick Stamm
Head of Design
+41 58 48 34056