Senior ICT Architect (972, 973)

Zollikofen, Switzerland (and home office) | 80-100% |

This is your contribution

• Plan ICT architectures and services efficiently, robustly and economically and implement them in agile teams
• Define system boundaries, subsystems and interfaces and ensure the overall architectural picture, especially in the context of disentanglement (iTASK)
• Define, review and continuously develop architecture quality and governance
• Develop, document and maintain reference, solution and system architectures as well as support the technology roadmap
• Develop transition architectures, roadmaps and migration solutions while considering security standards and regulatory requirements
• Advise management, projects and specialist/IT teams, transfer knowledge and actively help shape strategic development in architecture communities and committees

What makes you unique

• University degree (Bachelor/Master) in technology or economics, ideally supplemented by a certification in Enterprise Architecture (e.g., TOGAF)
• Several years of experience as an ICT, solution or enterprise architect, preferably with experience in public organizations or IT service providers
• Sound knowledge of enterprise architecture as well as in the design and documentation of data, application, technology, security and network architectures
• Experience with architecture governance, technology portfolios and roadmaps as well as with agile methods such as Scrum and SAFe
• Strong analytical and communicative skills, paired with problem-solving competence, consulting and negotiation skills as well as an independent and customer-oriented way of working; experience with modern technologies such as microservices, container management and DevOps is an advantage
• Good active knowledge of two official languages

In a nutshell

Are you an ICT architect by passion? Do you want to contribute your knowledge, your experience and your hands-on mentality to the BIT? As an ICT architect, you have the unique opportunity to navigate complex and specialized ICT architectures from the previous IT provider world into new business areas and to help shape them substantially.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland: We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity: Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies 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 (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

How much (B)IT is in you?

We - the Federal Office of Information Technology (BIT) - are the future-oriented and agile office. With us, curious minds, ambitious doers and innovative forward-thinkers develop diverse digital solutions for Switzerland. We support and promote mobile and location-independent working. This allows our team players to design their work flexibly and individually where possible - for the compatibility of family and career. In addition, we maintain an open "Du" culture at BIT and support you and your future with a wide range of training and further education opportunities.

Additional information

Please apply via our application management system. To do so, click on <<Apply now>>.
We do not consider personnel service providers for this job vacancy.

Questions about the position

Carina Drews
Head of Chapter Agile Management 3
+41 58 46 16575