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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now looking for more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will become safer and more secure for everyone. We are the agency responsible for prisons, probation services, remand prisons, and client transport.

Do you want to contribute to a safer society? Our IT department is undertaking a major initiative focused on a digital Prison and Probation Service. Together, we work to create the conditions and solutions that make a difference in our operations. The IT department is experiencing strong growth. We are looking for you who have a strong interest in IT, knowledge, and experience that can enrich our digital journey and who want to make a difference in society within your specific profession.

Job Description

With us in the Network Technology Group, you get to combine advanced network operations with the opportunity to make a real difference.

Our team consists of a stable core of IT technicians, technical architects, and coordinating IT technicians. We are responsible for the various IT networks of the Prison and Probation Service. The group is a 3rd-line grouping and handles issues that our 1st- and 2nd-line support cannot resolve. As part of this group, you work with positive, engaged, and knowledgeable colleagues who have a strong drive to do a good job and benefit our operations.

The group works together to ensure the agency has modern, user-friendly, and secure solutions that simplify daily life for our operations.

The position of IT Technician involves working in a team responsible for the Prison and Probation Service's networks covering all of Sweden, where we are now looking for someone who can take on work within access networks and data center networks.

This may include, for example:

• Installing, configuring, and maintaining network equipment
• Monitoring network performance and troubleshooting network problems
• Ensuring network security and implementing security measures
• Collaborating with other IT specialists to support and improve our IT infrastructure
• Participating in projects to develop and optimize network solutions

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are proactive and independent. You also possess specialist knowledge that you continuously develop. You gladly share your problem-solving analytical skills with the team. You have good teamwork skills, which allows you to drive issues forward on your own while contributing to joint solutions.

For us, it is important that you share the Prison and Probation Service's basic values regarding a human view of people, respect for the individual, and belief in human will and ability to develop. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute through your attitude to ensuring that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Complete upper secondary education in the form of final grades or a high school diploma, or alternatively other education combined with experience that the Prison and Probation Service considers relevant.
• Relevant IT education with a focus on network technology.
• Experience working in large environments with high security requirements. Alternatively, this is included in completed education that the Prison and Probation Service finds relevant.
• Experience working with network equipment in one or more technologies such as routers and switches. Alternatively, this is included in completed education that the Prison and Probation Service finds relevant.
• Good knowledge of network protocols and security (DHCP, DNS, etc.).
• Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.
• Good knowledge of English, both orally and in writing, with experience communicating technical IT concepts.

The following are also meritorious:

• Relevant certifications.
• Experience working in IT support.
• Experience working in a 3rd-line grouping within a government agency.
• Category B driver's license.

Other Information

The Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the cover letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. Answers to the selection questions and the CV form the basis for determining if you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment with the Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high requirements regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and compliance with applicable laws. This means you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Some positions are placed in security classes, and a security investigation with register check will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some security-classed positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security investigation here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/)

The position may involve war-time placement at the Prison and Probation Service. Read more about war-time placement here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the ad. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed directly to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the ad.

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment ads. The Prison and Probation Service has procured agreements.