About the Role
Company: Swiss Armed Forces
Title: Senior ICT Systems Engineer (DevSecOps GIS)
Location: Bern (with home office option) | 80–100% (job sharing possible)
What You Can Contribute:
Automatically build and operate GIS platform infrastructure using the DevSecOps methodology (microservices, containerization, Kubernetes, orchestration)
Continuously advance design, automation, and orchestration (Release Automation) iteratively, and help develop new platforms
Participate in standardization efforts at the federal level
Develop decision-making foundations for introducing new IT components
Take ownership of tasks across the entire DevSecOps lifecycle
What Makes You Unique:
Engineer (UNI/ETH/FH) or Technician (HF) in Computer Science, Business Informatics, or a related field, with several years of professional experience
Strong practical experience automating IT solutions in DevSecOps environments using tools such as ArcGIS, Red Hat OpenShift, Ansible, and GitLab
In-depth and up-to-date experience with CI/CD pipelines and programming/scripting languages including Python, .NET, PowerShell, Bash, as well as Linux (RHEL) and Windows Server
Knowledge of process and architecture modeling notations such as BPMN and ArchiMate
Strategic and goal-oriented working style, strong teamwork skills, and experience in agile environments (SAFe), along with familiarity with agile tools (Git, Jira, Confluence); willingness to further develop GIS expertise
Proficiency in a second official Swiss language and strong active English skills
In a Nutshell:
Become part of the Cyber Command and actively shape the digitalization—and especially the digital interconnection—of the Swiss Armed Forces. Contribute your skills to this unique mission: enabling the military to leverage civilian mobile and fiber-optic networks in a secure and resilient manner, within a dynamic work environment.
What We Offer:
Work for Switzerland: We are committed to Switzerland’s success model and work for the well-being of the population.
Lived Diversity: Through equal opportunity, we unlock our competencies and bring in diverse perspectives.
Health at Work: We support and advise employees on physical and mental health.
All Benefits:
Your service for security and freedom.
The Cyber Command (Kdo Cy) stands for expertise in cyber and digitalization. We combine passion for our mission with know-how, innovation, cutting-edge technologies, and agile working methods. We deliver secure, robust, and resilient IT services to the Swiss Armed Forces and our partners in the Swiss security network. Thus, Kdo Cy enables the Swiss Armed Forces to gain the necessary knowledge and decision advantage—for a secure Switzerland.
The Swiss Armed Forces employs over 9,000 people in four military and around 200 civilian professions—at 110 locations nationwide. We also invest in the next generation, training more than 30 types of apprentices.
Additional Information:
A position with the Swiss Armed Forces is meaningful and comes with many advantages. Discover them at armee.ch/vorteile (https://www.armee.ch/vorteile).
Questions About This Position:
Benjamin Lemcke
Product Owner | +41 58 48 88204
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