Operational IT Security Specialist
Workplace: Stockholm, Sverige
Expires: August 11, 2025
FOI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency, is seeking a technically skilled and solution-oriented IT Security Specialist to work hands-on protecting critical systems in a dynamic and technical environment. The role involves direct security measures, incident handling, and threat detection to ensure the integrity and security of FOI's IT infrastructure.
Main requirements:
  • Post-secondary education in IT security or extensive professional experience in IT security
  • Strong interest and up-to-date knowledge in IT security
  • Very good spoken and written communication skills in Swedish and English
  • Driver's license category B
  • Technically skilled, self-driven and good collaborative skills
Responsibilities:
  • Detect, analyze, respond to and prevent security threats
  • Perform hands-on protection and strengthening of IT infrastructure
  • Execute both preventive and reactive security actions to identify, analyze, and neutralize threats
Required hard skills:
  • IT security expertise
  • Incident handling and threat detection
  • Hands-on IT infrastructure security management
Recommended hard skills:
  • Experience working in a government agency or company with high operational security requirements
Soft skills:
  • Solution-oriented
  • Technically proficient
  • Self-driven
  • Curious and eager to continuously develop
  • Collaborative
Natural languages:
  • Swedish (Proficient)
  • English (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
  • Ability to work in a government agency under security clearance requirements