Specialists for Network Operations for the Armed Forces' New Digital Backbone

Motivated by teamwork and challenging IT projects in environments with a high degree of isolation and strict demands for compliance, security and documentation? Then you have the chance to take a central role in a greenfield IT environment that is unique in size, task and character!

About us

The Danish Armed Forces are facing a comprehensive digital and operational transformation to meet future challenges. The Digital and Operational Transformation program is therefore building the future digital and data-centric defense in collaboration with the operational units.

You will become part of the Digital Backbone department, which is responsible for the concrete establishment of the Armed Forces' new IT platform, including its own network. It is an IT environment that is unique in size, task and characteristics.

About the positions

We are seeking a number of profiles, and a combination of profiles with many years of experience and newly graduated, for different disciplines in the Network Operations & Management section, where you will be part of building the Armed Forces' upcoming digital infrastructure.

You will work with the establishment, implementation and initial operation of modern network infrastructure and management platforms in a mission-critical environment with high requirements for security, robustness and availability.

You will be part of a greenfield environment where we build new digital infrastructure from the ground up, and where you will have the opportunity to shape both technical solutions, working methods and the future operational support.

You will collaborate closely with architects, project managers, specialists, operative environments and external suppliers across the Digital Backbone program.

We seek competencies in the following areas

You are not expected to master all areas, but to have strong competences in one or more fields, and a willingness to collaborate widely across specialisms and platforms.

• Data center networks, switching, routing, software defined networking, policy-driven networking, orchestration, etc.
• Service provider networks, WAN infrastructure, MPLS, DWDM, fiber planning, etc.
• Core services and management networks, etc.
• Network security, firewalls, cryptography, cross-domain solutions/gateways, compliance, etc.
• Network monitoring and monitoring, etc.
• Automation and operational robustness, etc.

Your main tasks

• Participate in design, establishment, implementation, initial operation and maintenance of networks and related management platforms.
• Participate in design, development and management of infrastructure and management layers across classification levels.
• Participate in design and further development of the overall digital infrastructure within Digital Backbone.
• Participate in design and implementation of automated and proactive operating processes that ensure high availability and robust operation.
• Participate in the preparation of technical documentation as well as professional assistance in internal and external project and development work.
• Participate in the development of automated and data-driven operating processes, including the use of AI-based tools where it creates operational value.

Your other tasks include

• Participate in planning our own ongoing training within the functional area to maintain qualifications.
• Participate in cross-functional teams and contribute to architecture, security, CI/CD and operational excellence across platforms and projects.
• Participate in Site Surveys to our other locations, to collaboration partners and to suppliers.
• Participate in technical readiness in connection with the initial operation of the scalable network structure.
• Participate in quality control, including preparation of documentation and processes.
• Participate in ad hoc tasks that support and further develop DOT’s operational capabilities.

We guarantee a varied everyday life in an environment with a startup spirit, where a large degree of responsibility goes hand in hand with significant influence. You will have the opportunity for flexible working hours, personal and professional development, an employer-funded pension scheme and a paid lunch break.

About you

Your background can be diverse, but we expect solid knowledge of and interest in networks and their context. You may have a vocational education as well as a short-, medium- or long-type higher education. In all cases you have a clear technical IT profile in both education and experience. Alternatively you can document competences and results in similar areas and contexts.

Regardless of background we expect that senior profiles have several years of experience, including relevant and current continuing education within their field. We imagine that you have experience from complex infrastructural environments with high demands for isolation, compliance, governance, documentation and control.

If you are a recent graduate with the right profile, we offer the necessary training and education so you can perform the tasks and contribute to development.

We place a high value on professionalism, but are especially interested in your personal competences as a colleague and as a representative of the department and program. You contribute to the community and help create trusting frameworks for good cooperation in all relationships.

You master technical English and have a driving license for a ordinary car (category B).

Employment terms

If you are an academic, you are employed under the applicable collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and a number of academic organizations for academics in the state (Academic Employment Agreement).

If you have an IT professional education or another relevant education you are employed under the applicable Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Public Employees Organizations – The Public Sector Agreement (OAO-S collective agreement) and the organizational agreement for office workers, laboratory technicians and IT employees.

Depending on your qualifications and competences, we can adapt the role. There is the possibility of negotiating supplements. There is an employer-funded pension scheme associated with the position.

Your daily workplace is in Karup or Aalborg. You should expect regular travel to all our locations.

As an employee under the Ministry of Defence area you are subject to some special terms. You must, among other things, be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance during the entire employment relationship.

You as an employee have a duty to perform service outside the country’s borders, including at units in international operations with a view to participating in conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, humanitarian and other similar operations.

Contact and application

If you want to know more about the position, you are very welcome to contact section head Michael (Michael) on telephone 5240 6556.

If you have questions about salary and terms of employment, you are welcome to contact Personnel Command, HR consultant Madeleine Elisabeth Moltke Kæmsgaard 4031 1094.

Application deadline is 19 October 2026. Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis. The positions are to be filled on 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible.

You apply for the position via the link and we ask you to attach your application, CV and a copy of your education certificate. Please note that attachments must be added in PDF format.

In the Danish Defence Ministry’s organization we believe that diversity optimizes task solving. Therefore we encourage all interested regardless of background to apply for the position.

About the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization

The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (FMI) is an agency under the Danish Ministry of Defence.

FMI is responsible for the defense and emergency matériel, IT and cyber security as a whole. It is us who procure, operate and dispose of matériel and IT for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Arctic Command, Special Operations Command, Home Guard, the Emergency Management Agency and the rest of the Danish Defence family. In addition, our IT staff assist daily in resisting the cyberattacks faced by the Danish Defence family.

We are about 2,500 employees (3/4 civilian - 1/4 military) spread across the kingdom, with main offices in Ballerup, Brabrand and Hvidovre.

Application deadline: 19 October 2026

Department: Lautrupbjerg 1-5 2750 Ballerup

Location: Western Jutland