ICT Security Specialist, 80-100%

About the job

ICT Security Specialist, 80-100%

The Office for IT and Organisation (AIO) is the competence centre for digitalisation and technology in the Canton of Solothurn. It implements IT projects, advises and supports the departments, and ensures the operation and maintenance of central IT and communication systems. For the Management Systems / GRC Department we are looking immediately or by arrangement at the Solothurn location for an ICT Systems Specialist, 80-100%.

Your responsibilities

• In this demanding and varied position, your main tasks primarily include monitoring and continuously improving IT security in the Security Operations area (SoC), analysing and handling security incidents (Security Incident Management), as well as actively observing and technically assessing security threats, the effectiveness of implemented security measures, and initiating appropriate protective actions.
• In addition, cantonal IT projects in the field of information technology/cyber security are expertly supported.
• Besides operational activities, strategic and conceptual work plays a significant role. This includes creating clear requirement specifications regarding ICT security – such as policies and concepts – as well as defining measurable security objectives based on these.
• An essential part is also active participation in the further development of the Cantonal Information Security Management System (ISMS) according to the ISO 27001 standard.

Your profile

• For this demanding position, you bring a solid education in the technology field: ideally, you have a higher professional qualification (e.g. Federal Diploma as ICT Security Expert, MAS/CAS in Information Security) or alternatively a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or Cyber Security from an ETH, university, or university of applied sciences.
• You have at least 3-5 years of solid operational experience in IT security and hold a CISSP certification (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).
• Additional qualifications such as CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional), vendor-specific cloud security certificates (e.g. Azure Security), as well as a CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) for the pentesting area are a great advantage.
• For daily communication in the official environment, fluent German is mandatory, while English skills are primarily important for understanding technical documentation.

Benefits.

Flexible working models

• Promotion of personal work-life balance through an annual working time model
• Part-time work, also in management
• Possibility of mobile working

• Progressive employment conditions based on a collective labour agreement
• Equal pay between men and women
• Loyalty bonuses

• 16 weeks maternity leave with full pay
• 2 weeks paternity leave
• Financial contributions to childcare

• Comprehensive range of internal and external training courses
• Collaboration with FHNW in leadership training
• Promotion of individual skills

• Flexible retirement age Attractive benefits from the internal pension fund
• 12 months continued salary payment in case of illness and a further 12 months daily sickness allowance

• Internal corporate health management
• Comprehensive counselling services for professional and personal issues
• Changing range of impulse courses

Questions?

Melanie Grunewald
Head of Management Systems / GRC
032 627 23 30

Convinced?

We wish to fill this position without the support of external service providers. Email applications cannot be considered.