Job Description

As an IT Network Administrator, you’ll play a key role in designing, maintaining, and optimizing our global network infrastructure. You’ll work hands-on with enterprise-grade technologies, ensuring high availability, security, and performance across multiple sites and critical business systems. You’ll be based in Bern and collaborate closely with seven skilled colleagues in Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland while taking ownership of core networking services and infrastructure.

Join us in a dynamic IT landscape where your expertise will directly support critical operations across our international organization!

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Manage, configure, and troubleshoot network infrastructure including switches, routers, firewalls, and wireless solutions

• Participate in network upgrades, lifecycle management, and infrastructure projects

• Collaborate with external vendors and service providers when required

• Maintain documentation, diagrams, and operational procedures

• Support compliance, audit, and IT governance activities

• Contribute to continuous improvement of network architecture and operational processes

About you – your key competencies:

• 5+ years of experience operating and maintaining network infrastructure components in complex IT environments.

• Technically driven professional with a strong sense of ownership

• Strong quality mindset with a structured and detail-oriented approach to work

• Experience in GxP-regulated environments is an advantage

• Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills

• Good documentation habits and structured approach to operations

• Experience in incident handling and escalation procedures

• Experience working in structured IT environments with ITSM processes combined with broad IT infrastructure knowledge (cross-ITI)

Who you are – your personal strengths:

You bring the right mindset: responsible, curious, and solution-oriented. You're a true team player who values collaboration and openness, and you approach tasks with a proactive, customer-first attitude. You’re comfortable juggling multiple priorities, leading smaller projects when needed, and thrive in cross-functional and international environments.

Why join us?

Our company is constantly evolving, and we embrace change as an opportunity for growth and innovation.

In this position, we value agility and adaptability, embracing new challenges and shifting priorities to meet our company’s strategic goals. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and feel energized by change, this is the place for you.

Are you ready to join us in our mission?

If this sounds like the next step in your career, simply click the "APPLY" button and you will be redirected to our application form.

We are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis and encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Applications submitted via email will not be considered.

We kindly request that headhunters or recuitment agencies refrain from contacting us regarding this position.

Bavarian Nordic is a global vaccine company with a mission to improve health and save lives through innovative vaccines. We are a preferred supplier of mpox and smallpox vaccines to governments to enhance public health preparedness and have a leading portfolio of travel vaccines. We are headquartered in Denmark and have manufacturing, research, and sales offices across Europe and North America.

Bavarian Nordic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

For more information, visit www.bavarian-nordic.com

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