IT Systems Supervisor – Administration
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is an intergovernmental organisation working for the promotion of free trade and economic integration to the benefit of its four Member States Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
The EFTA Secretariat provides services to the EFTA States and has offices in Geneva, Brussels and Luxemburg. The Headquarters in Geneva services the EFTA Council and supplies services for policy development, negotiations and implementation of free trade and cooperation agreements with countries outside the European Union. The Brussels office supports the management of the EEA Agreement and assists the Member States in the elaboration of input to EU decision making. EFTA’s Luxembourg office contributes to the development of the European Statistical system.
This position is open to nationals of all the EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and EU Member States.
Division: Administration
Location: Brussels
Latitude: 50.8462720094659
Longitude: 4.370340409394657
Category/Level: B6
Duration of Appointment: Fixed term of three years. If considered desirable and in the organisation’s interest, an additional three-year contract may be offered.
Start Date: September 2023
Closing Date: 06-08-2023
Job Reference: VA 30/2023
Role Description
The IT team comprises of four IT Systems Supervisors that report to the Head of IT. Together they work towards a high-quality IT environment in an ambitious international organisation. The IT team is a part of the Administrative Division, providing the EFTA Secretariat and the Financial Mechanism Office (FMO) with excellent internal services. The IT team is responsible for providing information services to about 170 end-users in Brussels, Geneva and Luxembourg.
We are looking for an experienced IT Professional for a Systems Supervisor role. The successful candidate will have a wide range of challenging technical responsibilities, such as:
- Application and systems management, both cloud and on-prem
- Network and firewall management in a hybrid environment
- Identity and access management
- Manage projects with external technical consultants
- Contribute to the planning and development of IT infrastructure and strategy
- Develop and maintain technical documentation
- Take part in other daily operations with the other team members
Essential Skills
- Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Azure and hands-on experience on building and operating Azure-based hybrid infrastructure
- Experience with design and implementation of networking, firewall solutions and/or storage systems
- Experience with high availability virtualization platforms like VMware clusters
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent training and experience
- Structured, pragmatic and analytical organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Pro-active attitude and the ability to work both independently and in a multi-disciplinary team in an international environment
- Flexible and service minded
- Excellent oral and written command of English, the working language of EFTA.
Ideal Skills
- Experience from working with MS SharePoint solutions
- Experience managing SQL databases and reporting solutions
- Familiar with PKI and Public Certificate management
- Familiar with cloud security framework
Team members are encouraged to strive for continuous improvement. Consequently, initiative and an open mindset are highly valued.
Employment Terms
EFTA has a dynamic and diverse work environment with the opportunity to work in a team of highly qualified people. Here you will be part of an organisation based on professionalism, cooperation, trust, responsibility and respect.
EFTA also offers:
- International career and learning opportunities.
- An inclusive environment with high regard for cultural differences.
- Competitive benefit package (salaries are normally exempt from income taxation; additional benefits and allowances may apply).
Grade: B6 Annual starting salary: EUR 69.146 (salaries are normally exempt from income taxation; additional benefits and allowances may apply)
Appointments are normally made at the first step of the grade. The Secretary-General reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a level different from that advertised. Through its recruitment policy, the EFTA Secretariat wants to ensure diversity in terms of gender, age and culture.
EFTA is an international organisation and the salaries and related payments are normally exempt from income taxation by the EFTA Member States and in the host states of the EFTA duty stations. Depending on the candidate’s family status, benefits and allowances may apply.
This position is open to nationals of all the EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) and EU Member States.
Applicants must apply via the EFTA e-recruitment tool. Please note that only applications received via our web tool will be considered.
For further information on this post, please contact: Mr Thomas Wold Johansen, Head of IT, thomas.johansen@efta.int, tel. +32 2 286 17 80 Ms Inga Hanna Gudmundsdottir, Head of HR, ihg@efta.int, tel. +32 2 286 17 06 Technical issues: HR Support, HR.support@efta.int
Deadline for applications: Review of applications will begin on Monday 7 August 2023, and continue until the position is filled
