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Do you want a responsible and interesting job where you have the opportunity to contribute to creating a safe and secure society? Then the position within the Swedish Customs Agency's IT and Technology Centre is for you!

The Swedish Customs Agency has the mandate to limit organized and large-scale crime and prevent the illegal import of narcotics and doping substances, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, and other goods that threaten life, health, and the environment. The Swedish Customs Agency aims to reduce the number of criminal networks engaged in narcotics, alcohol, or tobacco smuggling or economic crime.

The Swedish Customs Agency consists of four operational departments: the Control Department, the Revenue Department, the Intelligence Department, and the Customs Crime Department. The Customs Crime Department is responsible for the Swedish Customs Agency's criminal investigation activities and technical intelligence gathering.

The IT and Technology Centre is responsible for and develops operations involving covert investigative measures and other technical intelligence gathering in the Swedish Customs Agency's law enforcement activities. Within the IT and Technology Centre, there is a national and central function for coordinated technical intelligence gathering.

About the position

The Central Unit for Coordinated Technical Intelligence Gathering at ITC performs minute-to-minute operational work and executes decisions regarding covert investigative measures. ITC works with special surveillance methods and IT systems focused on covert investigative measures. The tasks are operational and event-driven, and the work is carried out in close collaboration with operational surveillance activities.

As a Technical Surveillance Operator within the Customs Crime Department, you will organizationally belong to the IT and Technology Centre, which is led by a national unit manager.

Technical Surveillance Operators at ITC perform minute-to-minute operational work with special responsibility for continuously supporting the Customs Crime Department and the Intelligence Department in activities involving covert investigative measures. Methodology and technology in this area are constantly changing, and as an operator, you will be involved in challenging cross-agency development work. The work requires qualities such as speed, precision, the ability to convert information operationally, and good judgment when handling sensitive information. The employment begins with internal training.

Are you the one we are looking for?

We are looking for someone who has:

• Education or equivalent competence within the Swedish Customs Agency's law enforcement or another criminal investigation authority
• Experience working with covert investigative measures
• Experience in presenting materials in writing, orally, and digitally
• Experience making decisions under time pressure
• Good computer skills and a willingness to learn more
• Swedish driver's license, class B for passenger cars
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English in speech and writing
• Swedish citizenship

The following is meritorious:

• Experience in surveillance, investigation, and/or analysis/intelligence
• Technical knowledge significant for the area of work
• Language skills beyond Swedish and English
• Experience in the operational use of radio systems

Personal qualities

• You are a team player who thrives in group work
• You have analytical skills
• You have good simultaneous processing capacity
• You have the ability to make independent decisions within the framework of your assignment
• You are responsible
• You have the ability to switch pace
• As an employee of the Swedish Customs Agency, it is important that you are professional, work according to our values, and consider the entire Swedish Customs Agency

We place great emphasis on personal suitability!

We offer you

At ITC, you get the opportunity to work in a great team where you collaborate daily with colleagues across the country.

By working at the Swedish Customs Agency, you have an important job where you contribute to a safe and secure society. We value well-being and learning from each other highly, and we strive to ensure that you, as an employee, can have a good balance between work and leisure. With us, you get secure employment conditions, and our benefits include among other things fitness subsidies, subsidized medicines, and good vacation and pension conditions.

Other information

Reference number: TV-2026-12395.

Location: Stockholm.

Employment type: This is a fixed-term contract between September 2026 and March 2027 with the possibility of a permanent position.

Individual salary setting applies.

Shift work.

Start date: By agreement.

To be considered for employment at the Swedish Customs Agency, you must meet high demands regarding security and confidentiality awareness, suitability, and compliance with applicable laws. This means you stand up for democratic values and the public values that apply to the Swedish Customs Agency's operations. Before a decision on employment is made, you will undergo a drug test and background check. Security clearance with register check according to the Security Protection Act is conducted before employment, as the position is classified. The Swedish Customs Agency is a total defense authority, and upon employment, you may be assigned to wartime duties within the Swedish Customs Agency.

The Swedish Customs Agency values the qualities brought to operations by having an even gender distribution and ethnic diversity.

For more information and application

Information about the position can be provided by Ola Tapper, Group Manager Customs Crime, 08-456 51 84, or Katarina Andersson, Group Manager Customs Crime, 08-456 51 74. For questions about the recruitment process, you can call the Swedish Customs Agency's HR support, 060-67 25 85. Union representatives are for OFR-P/TULL-KUST, Ulf G Persson, 040-661 33 21, for SACO-S, Lena Edehag, 08-456 58 68, and for SEKO, Mattias Kollberg, 010-482 17 59.

You apply by attaching your CV/personal letter and answering the selection questions. Your application must reach the Swedish Customs Agency by 2026-06-30. Selection and interviews will be held continuously throughout the recruitment process. You apply via the electronic application form below.

We decline all contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements.

The Swedish Customs Agency is a government authority that controls the flow of goods across Sweden's borders. With the vision that only approved goods should pass the border, we prevent illegal goods from entering the country and contribute to a safer society. We simplify trade with other countries and lay the foundation for increased growth and competition on equal terms. The Swedish Customs Agency, founded in 1636, currently has approximately 2,700 employees and is led by Director General Johan Norrman.