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Do you want to contribute your knowledge to an important societal mission? Do you want to work in a workplace characterized by strong camaraderie and high technical competence? Are you a skilled technician who thrives on varied tasks and working with complex technical solutions? Then you are the one we are looking for! We are currently hiring both senior and junior system technicians within several different areas.

Main Responsibilities

As a system technician, you play a key role where, together with your colleagues, you are responsible for parts of the Swedish Armed Forces' IT systems. Your tasks include system administration, troubleshooting, handling log flows and system logging, as well as managing backups.

We work in a process-oriented manner (ITIL) supported by agile methods. The position involves continuous learning of new technologies and products, all with the aim of strengthening Sweden's defense. Employees within the Swedish Armed Forces are given time for further development both internally and externally.

What We Offer

At the Swedish Armed Forces, there is a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. The operations offer great variation and complexity, as well as high demands on IT security, which means good opportunities for development and internal career mobility. Our employees have a number of different benefits, including:

• Competence development based on the organization's needs and your career goals.
• Three hours of exercise per week during working hours, and you can receive compensation for sports clothes and start-up fees.
• Good work-life balance with flexible working hours and 28-35 days of vacation depending on your age.
• Salary supplements during parental leave and VAB (sick leave for children), as well as the possibility to exchange vacation days for extra pension contributions.

Qualifications

• At least upper secondary education with an IT focus or equivalent knowledge, as assessed by the Swedish Armed Forces.
• Experience with Linux servers.
• Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and English.
• Swedish citizenship.
• Class B driver's license.

Meritorious

• Experience in designing IT system log management.
• Experience with Windows Server.
• Experience with log collection, storage, indexing, enrichment, and analysis.
• Experience with Elastic Search, Beats, Logstash, Kibana, Apache Kafka, Sysmon, or equivalent.

Personal Qualities

As a person, you have the ability to work both in a team and independently. You are unpretentious, meticulous, helpful, have good analytical skills, strive to work with high quality, and have a strong interest in IT. As we are undergoing a change process, it is important that you are engaged and have the ability to turn ideas into concrete tasks that drive our operations forward. For us, it is important that we have a positive attitude, that we help each other, and that everyone does their best. At times, the workload is high, which means you must be stress-resistant.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Other

The position is a permanent civil employment with the location in Örebro. Start date as soon as possible or according to agreement. The Swedish Armed Forces apply a 6-month probationary period for those who have not previously been employed by the Swedish Armed Forces. Travel and business trips occur in the position.

Application

Please submit your application by 2026-05-31. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter where you explain why you are suitable for the position. To learn more about the recruitment process, contact HR Generalist Stina Melin at [email protected].

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

Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit: The Swedish Armed Forces Telecommunications and Information Systems Unit, FMTIS, ensures the Swedish Armed Forces' ability to communicate and command - 24/7, year-round. The unit has a consolidated responsibility for the Swedish Armed Forces' technical command systems that support military operations at sea, on land, and in the air – in Sweden and abroad. The unit has nearly 2,000 employees at more than 32 locations around the country. Read more at jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/fmtis (https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/fmtis)

Employment with us involves placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. Security clearance with register check will be conducted prior to employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be mobilized for war and to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position.

A CV and cover letter must be attached to the application for employment. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented. Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.