IT Security Officer at Northern Military Region Staff

As an IT Security Officer at the Northern Military Region Staff, you will be an important part of a successful team in an authority that is experiencing strong growth. Together with competent and engaged colleagues, you will receive responsibility, development, and challenges. As an employee with us, you will play a vital role in Sweden's defense. Imagine being able to go to work and contribute to a safer future!

About the Unit

The Intelligence and Security Department at the Northern Military Region Staff in Boden leads regional intelligence and security services in the four northernmost counties. The department is responsible for developing and sharing the regional security threat picture and planning, leading, and evaluating security controls within the region. Based on the current threat picture, the department develops security protection measures for the Armed Forces' protected values. The department is also responsible for leading signal protection services and supporting MUST and the operational management at the Armed Forces Headquarters regarding intelligence and security services.

Main Responsibilities

As an IT Security Officer, you will collaborate with various military units, authorities, and organizations within the security function. You will lead the area of IT security and participate in the security protection function with a focus on IT security. You will work with IT security through processing/analysis, advice, governance, training, and controls within the regional responsibility area. You will also work within other areas within the framework of security protection. You will assist in developing the regional/local security threat picture and participate in conducting security protection controls during military operations within the military region. You will also lead security investigations related to IT security and participate in security operations. You will conduct training in security services, both within the Armed Forces and at other authorities. You will also participate in other work at the Northern Military Region Staff. Your tasks may partially be solved abroad. The job involves travel in service. Your immediate supervisors are the section manager for the security protection section and the department head for the Intelligence and Security Department.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• Good ability to use MS Office
• Driver's license class B, manual transmission
• Very good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English
• High school diploma with passing grades
• Several years of work experience or several years of experience from post-secondary studies

Personal Qualities

We see that you have good social competence and the ability to develop and maintain contacts with representatives from authorities and organizations. The work requires that you have a very good ability to work independently and a good ability to plan, execute, and complete projects. You possess very good collaboration skills, are meticulous and results-oriented as you are expected to be part of temporary working groups. We also expect you to have good judgment, high personal integrity, be security-conscious, and have the ability to create and maintain trust. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Meritorious

• Completed security training/IT security training or equivalent
• Experience in IT security work and processing and analyzing information security threats and proposing relevant measures
• Experience in leading security investigations and confidentiality assessments
• Experience from working with security protection
• Previous experience from working within the Armed Forces or another authority conducting security-sensitive operations
• Knowledge of security functions in IT systems
• Completed military basic training

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the values that exist. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal value of all people, justice, and equality and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Other

Employment form: Permanent. The Armed Forces applies a six-month probationary period for those who are not employed by the authority.
Employment degree: Full-time.
Workplace: Boden.
Civil position.
The position involves business trips.
Start date: By agreement.
Salary according to individual salary setting.
The position requires you to maintain a certain physical status. To enable this, you will train three hours a week during working hours.

Information about the position and recruitment process

If you want to know more about the position or the recruitment process, you are welcome to call Claes Christensson or Mats Drugge.
Both can be reached via the FM switchboard at 08-788 75 00.

Union Representatives

can be reached via the FM switchboard at 08-788 75 00.
SEKO: Susanne Thunberg
OFR/O: Malin Scharffenberg Kahlke
OFR/S: Annelie Forshage
SACO: Sture Sundqvist

Application

Welcome with your application by 2025-02-03. Your application should include a CV, answers to selection questions, and a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position.

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

The Northern Military Region (MR N) is responsible for land territorial management in the four northern counties.

The region consists of a staff and five training groups. The operations extend from Kiruna in the north to Härnösand in the south. At MR N, there are seven home guard battalions and several support functions.

In the Armed Forces, there is a strong value base that is built on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good opportunities for internal career mobility, wellness, and a good balance between work and private life.

Employment with us means placement in a security class. Usually, Swedish citizenship is required.
Security clearance with a background check will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. With employment comes an obligation to be placed in a war position. The employment also includes an obligation to serve abroad. The implications of this vary depending on the type of position.

To the application for employment, a CV and a personal letter must be attached. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented.

Calls from external recruitment companies and salespeople are not welcomed.