Matthias S.

IT and Information Security

Zürich Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • SWITCH (11 yrs 7 mos)
    • Information Security Officer and Product Manager
      Jan 2022 - Dec 2024 · 3 yrs

      - Information Security Officer with project lead focusing on IT security projects, currently Backup and Recovery. Previously I have successful lead the following projects: Security domain concept, IAM concept and IAM tool evaluation. - Information Security Officer in the business unit security and network. Implementation of the ISMS in both business units. - Product Manager of the Switch DNS Firewall. - Organiser and moderator of the Switch ISMS Working Group. Project lead for the smaller projects from this Working Group, e.g. 3rd Party Information Security Management evaluation, Bug Bounty Program evaulation.

    • Senior Security Engineer and Product Manager
      Jun 2013 - Dec 2021 · 8 yrs 7 mos

      Design, build and propagate the Switch DNS Firewall (https://swit.ch/dnsfirewall) within the Swiss NREN (National research and education network) community and other markets: - Manage the project, identify requirements; - Design, implement and test the appropriate software and machine components; - Integrate the service into the existing infrastructure and identify and specify new tools; - Evaluate and implement the malware/phishing threat data; - Consulting with customers; and - Maintaining strong communication within Switch and external stakeholders to ensure the project's success. Incident Handling CERT/CSIRT for the Switch university and registry customers: - Keep the .ch/.li ccTLD free from malware/phishing; and - Using Splunk, Netflow and other analytics to identify and resolve security incidents. Monitoring the internal and .ch/.li DNS servers and resolving incidents. Attendance at numerous national and international conferences, often including giving presentations on a variety of security topics. Organising IT security events for existing and prospective customers.

  • Community service: Trainee Teacher in IT at Beruf Zug
    Sep 2012 - Feb 2013 · 6 mos

    Supervising internal apprentices from Beruf Zug and apprentices from external companies in their daily business. Supporting the apprentices in various small projects, which mostly involved web CMS developments with Wordpress or Joomla. Planned, improved and run module 122: "Abläufe mit Skripts/Makros automatisieren" for three classes of 15 apprentices. This included preparing and running an official final exam. Planned, improved and run the module "Joomla".

  • Internship Security Engineer at InfoGuard AG
    Aug 2008 - Jul 2009 · 1 yr

  • Computer Scientist at Crypto AG
    Aug 2004 - Jul 2008 · 4 yrs