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
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