Senior Cyber Security Experte/Expertin 80-100%

About

The Kommando Cyber (Kdo Cy) stands for competence in the areas of cyber and digitalization. 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. In doing so, Kdo Cy enables the Swiss Army to gain the necessary knowledge and decision-making advantage – for a secure Switzerland.

The Swiss Army employs over 9,000 employees in four military and around 200 civilian professions – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. We also take care of the next generation: the Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Responsibilities

Help us with your expertise to fend off espionage and sabotage attempts on the networks and servers of the Swiss Army and the entire VBS! These are your tasks:

• As the highest technical authority, analyze complex cyberattacks, lead incident response for security-relevant incidents, and coordinate measures directly with military and civilian partners
• Strategically shape the Digital Forensics area, set forensic standards, and secure evidence
• Use reverse engineering to penetrate unknown malware, extract IOCs, and further develop Cyber Threat Intelligence from findings
• Do not just react to threats, but stay one step ahead through proactive threat hunting, red teaming, and risk analyses
• Develop prototypes for defense solutions and network security monitoring, thus helping to shape the further development of cyber defense for the Defense Group
• Maintain knowledge exchange with international partners and position the Defense Group as a reliable cyber security actor

Qualifications

• Completed university studies (Bachelor/Master) in computer science, IT security, or a related technical field; further specialization is an advantage
• Profound experience in cyber defense, especially in Digital Forensics (Memory/Disk/Network) and in the reverse engineering of complex malware
• Proven expertise in the analysis and defense against highly developed attacks (espionage, sabotage, APT) – ideally in security-critical infrastructures or government organizations
• Strategic thinking, combined with the ability to connect technical, organizational, and political dimensions
• Very good English skills as well as active knowledge of at least one other official language, passive knowledge of a third official language is an advantage