IT Application Manager (f/m/d)

The Bundeskartellamt is an independent competition authority within the remit of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. The office is located in Bonn. We employ around 450 staff, around half of whom are trained in law or economics. Our task is to safeguard competition.

For some years now, we have been paying particular attention to the fundamental changes in economic activity brought about by digitalization. In addition to a large number of antitrust proceedings in the area of the digital economy - including abuse proceedings against leading internet companies - we use our powers in the area of consumer protection to scrutinize digital business models. In all of these areas, we work together with the EU Commission, the state antitrust authorities and foreign antitrust authorities. In addition, we are currently setting up the first purely digital register in Germany, the Competition Register. Further information can be found at www.bundeskartellamt.de.

In the "Software Development and Data Analysis" department (D1A), a position is available at the earliest possible date as a

IT Application Manager (f/m/d)

(reference number 24-22) to be filled full-time or part-time.

As an innovative authority, the Bundeskartellamt operates a modern information technology system with around 50 employees, which ensures an efficient and secure IT infrastructure, provides IT solutions for future-oriented administration and supports internal business processes in the long term. Within information technology, the IT Procedures department (D1B) supports the specialist departments in performing their diverse and demanding tasks and provides the basis for their daily work: the varied and team-oriented working environment includes both designing and ensuring functional IT operations as well as planning and implementing challenging projects.

These Interesting Areas Of Responsibility Await You

• Technical support of IT systems for case support (e.g. IT forensics viewing software, online survey software, geoinformation systems)
• Coordination of the use of and cooperation with external parties (e.g. service providers, service centers) with regard to the further development and maintenance of IT specialist procedures
• Quality assurance and test management of software systems and interfaces

What You Need To Bring With You

• A bachelor's degree or university of applied sciences diploma in computer science or a comparable degree with an IT-related focus or
• Demonstrably comparable skills, experience and knowledge, preferably with several years of professional experience in public administration or
• A successfully completed career examination for the higher technical or non-technical administrative service.

If you have obtained a foreign educational qualification, please enclose proof of recognition of this qualification by the Central Office for Foreign Education of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs with your application documents if possible. Further information can be found on the website of the Central Office for Foreign Education at https://www.kmk.org/zab.

We Also Expect The Following From You

• Good knowledge of at least one modern programming language (e.g. Java, Python)
• Good knowledge of working with (relational) databases
• Good verbal and written communication skills in German
• Analytical, results-oriented thinking and action
• Strong ability to work in a team and deal with conflict
• An independent, structured and careful way of working
• Good documentation skills
• Sense of responsibility and reliability
• Willingness to undergo an extended security check in accordance with 9 SÜG

Also Advantageous Are

• Good knowledge of working with web servers (e.g. Tomcat, Wildfly, JBOSS)
• Knowledge of Linux or Windows servers
• Experience in testing
• Knowledge of the IT security requirements of the federal administration

Salary and Prospects

• The position is permanent in pay group 11 of the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD) with a six-month probationary period.
• Employees covered by collective agreements may be granted an IT specialist allowance depending on their qualifications and performance.
• If the prerequisites are met, the aim is to offer civil servant status to tariff employees at a later date.
• If you are already a civil servant, we will seek to second you with the aim of transferring you to the Bundeskartellamt. The post in the non-technical administrative service is graded according to salary groups A 9 g to A 11 of the Federal Salary Regulations (BBesO) and in the technical administrative service according to salary groups A 10 to A 12 BBesO.
• In the non-technical administrative service, promotion to the first promotion office (A 10 BBesO) takes place approximately one to one and a half years after completion of the probationary period under civil service law, subject to appropriate performance.
• In the technical administrative service, promotions are already possible within the probationary period under civil service law in the event of corresponding outstanding performance.

We Also Offer You

• Security: A long-term career perspective with a public employer.
• Meaningfulness: A job with varied, complex and interesting tasks as well as a high degree of independent and decision-oriented work in a pleasant working environment with experienced colleagues and junior staff.
• Focus on the common good: your work helps to safeguard competition and therefore not only serves the state (in the abstract), but also protects innovation and prosperity in Germany in concrete terms.
• Family-conscious HR policy: awarded the berufundfamilie audit since 2015, flexible working hours, part-time work in various models tailored to individual needs and teleworking positions. After the induction period, there is the option of working from home for up to 50 percent of working hours.
• Further development: Extensive training opportunities and qualification measures as part of our personnel development.
• Team membership: A junior staff group (NWK), which serves as a point of contact and exchange for new colleagues. Once a year, there is the opportunity to take part in the NWK trip to a foreign competition authority.
• Further benefits: An employer subsidy for a job ticket for travel on local public transport (ÖPNV). An additional pension scheme for tariff employees via the Federal and State Pension Institution (VBL) and capital-forming benefits.

Further Information

We welcome applications from people of all nationalities.

The jobs at the Bundeskartellamt are generally also suitable for part-time employees. If appropriate applications are received, we will check whether part-time requests can be accommodated within the scope of official possibilities.

Severely disabled persons with equal aptitude will be given preference.

The Bundeskartellamt ensures professional equality between women and men. The professional development of women is particularly important to us. Applications from women are therefore expressly desired with reference to Section 6 (1) of the Federal Equal Opportunities Act.

Have we piqued your interest?

Then apply now - and join our team! We look forward to receiving your online application with your complete and informative application documents (including cover letter, CV, copies of school, university, career examination and work certificates, official appraisals, proof of further training, proof of severe disability or equal status, if applicable, etc.) by January 5, 2024.

You can find our online application portal on our homepage: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/stellenangebote. Alternatively, you can also apply in writing. Please send us your written application documents (preferably not in folders, but in stapled copies) to Bundeskartellamt - Dezernat Z4B -, Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 16, 53113 Bonn. The application documents will not be returned.

The data protection information for applicants on the application process can be found here.

Do you have any questions?

Then please contact Mr. Emschermann, Z4B (Tel. 0228/9499-2329) or send a message to bewerbung@bundeskartellamt.bund.de.

[1] The job title not only refers to the male and female variants, but also stands for the gender-neutral designation of the profession.

Supplementary Information

Requirements for the applicant:

• Expert knowledge: Security systems (IT), data security, BSI IT-Grundschutz, software localization
• Mandatory: Software technology, software engineering, Python programming language, data analysis, Java programming language, RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)