Thomas Hofer

IT Security Consultant at OS Objectif Securité SA

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

About

Driven and embracing challenge, Thomas is always eager to expand his skillset through practice, bringing a positive attitude and a smile to the table...

Experience

  • IT Security Consultant at OS Objectif Securité SA
    May 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Technical Expert at Etat de Genève
    Jul 2014 - Apr 2019 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    Involved in several projects related to the political rights information systems, among which the electronic voting system. In this project, my role is three-fold: - technical: conception, development and peer review of updates in a highly sensitive context, - operation support: coordination of various technical stakeholders for the deployment and monitoring of the system, - self-training: keeping tabs on (IT|Application) Security news, cryptography recommendations, ... My involvement in other projects leaves some wiggle room to try out other technologies and frameworks (AngularJS, Spring, ...).

  • Consultant at blue-infinity
    Jan 2011 - Jun 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    External consultant on Software Development for various projects, on- and off-site, mostly Java-based. both for private companies and in the public sector.

  • Collaborateur Civiliste at Etat de Genève
    Mar 2010 - Nov 2010 · 9 mos

    As an alternative to compulsory military service, Swiss laws allow to freely choose "Civil Service". In this context, I am working with the Public Instruction Department of Geneva, intervening in a commercial high school's administration and cultural activities. In a second phase of this assignment, I have also been working with the State of Geneva IT Department, leading a small project from its inception to its deployment.

  • Intern with the Computer Security Team at CERN
    Sep 2009 - Feb 2010 · 6 mos

    I have taken an internship at CERN as part of my Master's Thesis. The goal of this project is to provide CERN developers with tools and recommendations for checking their programs for bugs and (mostly) security flaws.