EURO ICT Technical Solutions Expert

UEFA; Nyon; Hybrid; CHF 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

UEFA in Nyon, Switzerland, is seeking an ICT Technical Expert to lead telecoms across the EURO 2028 ICT infrastructure. The role sits in Services/ICT Services & Operations, reporting to the ICT Technical Solutions Manager.

It requires on-site work during the tournament with remote work up to one day per week. The ideal candidate will design telecom solutions, coordinate with telecoms partners and UEFA teams, and ensure delivery within SLAs and standards.

Qualifikationen

• Minimum of four years’ experience developing telecoms infrastructure domain supporting services.
• Operational experience as a service owner in a command or network operations centre.
• Experience of successful delivery in line with service level agreements, service constraints and standard operational metrics.

Aufgaben

• Designing, documenting and developing business-oriented telecommunications solutions.
• Acting as the subject matter expert for telecoms and liaison between UEFA ICT and stakeholders.
• Translating business needs into scalable, cost-effective telecom service designs.
• Ensuring telecom solutions meet tournament objectives and standards.
• Monitoring set-up of UEFA EURO 2028 venues and supporting ICT infrastructure.
• Working on-site during UEFA EURO 2028 as part of the IT Command Centre telecoms team.

Kenntnisse

Telecoms infrastructure

Network operations

SLA/metrics

Stakeholder collaboration

Project management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Telecoms certification (e.g. CCNP)

Jobbeschreibung

Job information
Division/Unit: Services/ICT Services & Operations
Contract type: Fixed-term
Location: Nyon (up to one day per week working from home)

This role relates to UEFA EURO 2028 and is based at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. If you are looking for roles based in the UK and Ireland, please visit the UK & Ireland 2028 Limited careers page.

Start date: 01.02.2027
End date: 31.07.2028
Application deadline: 11.09.2026

Main goal

The EURO 2028 ICT Technical Expert is part of the ICT infrastructure team based at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, reporting to the ICT Technical Solutions Manager and working in collaboration with various other EURO 2028 and UEFA teams as well as telecoms partners and stadium operators for the tournament.

Key responsibilities

Planning phase:

• Designing, documenting and developing business-oriented telecommunications solutions in line with UEFA EURO 2028 operational requirements
• Acting as the subject matter expert for telecoms and the primary liaison between UEFA's ICT unit, technical stakeholders and the tournament's telecoms partner
• Translating business and operational needs into scalable, reliable and cost-effective telecom service designs and architectures
• Ensuring that telecommunications solutions are delivered in accordance with the tournament objectives, the ICT Technical Solutions Manager's instructions and all relevant standards

Delivery phase:

• Monitoring the set-up of all UEFA EURO 2028 venues
• Supporting the team with the provision of ICT infrastructure for other UEFA competitions
• Working on-site during UEFA EURO 2028 as part of the IT Command Centre telecoms team to support tournament operations

Post-tournament phase:

• Contributing to dismantling, debriefing, reporting and closing event operations

Requirements

Experience:

• Minimum of four years’ experience developing telecoms infrastructure domain supporting services
• Operational experience as a service owner in a command or network operations centre
• Experience of successful delivery in line with service level agreements, service constraints and standard operational metrics

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related area, or equivalent work experience
• Telecoms certification (e.g. CCNP Routing and Switching) would be a plus

Languages:

• English: Proficient

Other requirements:

• - Relocation to Switzerland or nearby France is expected
• - Strong familiarity with networking, IP transport and radio
• - Willing and able to travel and work long and irregular hours
• - Excellent collaboration, communication, agility and customer engagement
• - Proven organisational, project management, problem-solving and analytical skills

UEFA welcomes applications from all, actively working to ensure that we are an inclusive employer that finds the best candidate for our positions, regardless of aspects such as sex, gender identification, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity or nationality.