Junior Scientist (m/f/d) Cyber Security (Limited for 6 months)

Austria Job Openings

Austrian Institute of Technology

Vienna

FULL TIME

October 15, 2024

As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, we are dedicated to make substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.

Our Center for Digital Safety & Security is looking for new Ingenious Partner for our location in Vienna. Our experts from the Center for Digital Safety & Security are developing state-of-the-art information and communication technologies to ensure that our systems are highly secure and reliable in the context of comprehensive digitalisation and global networking – Hereby we focus on a variety of key technologies like Distributed IT Systems, Internet of Things, Io T, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain Technologies, Quantum & Photonic Technologies, Wireless Systems (6G) and Digital solutions for crisis & disaster management.

Our Cyber Security Research Field, part of the Competence Unit "Security and Communication Technologies", specialises in applied research for digital security and is a pioneer in developing highly innovative concepts, algorithms and systems for anomaly detection, cyber threat intelligence, penetration testing and cryptography. Through our groundbreaking technologies we are simulating modern ICT and OT infrastructures as well as cyber-attacks, which serve as a basis for conducting intrusion detection research with the aim of helping companies to increase the resilience of their critical infrastructure and protect their assets as best as possible.

JUNIOR SCIENTIST (M/F/D) CYBER SECURITY (LIMITED FOR 6 MONTHS)

CENTER FOR DIGITAL SAFETY & SECURITY

Under the guidance of our interdisciplinary team, you will work intensively with applying modern natural language processing (NLP) algorithms and modifying large language models (LLMs) to process cyber threat intelligence feeds.
You will study, evaluate, and compare state of the art NLP and LLM solutions, and document their strengths and weaknesses for summarizing security data and extracting relevant information from open intelligence, and will so become an expert in the field.
You will apply data science methods in the context of cyber security applications and design new methods for automatic correlation of cyber threat intelligence with security data such as system log data and infrastructure asset information for the purpose of cyber situational awareness.
You will propose new solutions for LLM and the automated application of cyber threat intelligence and contribute to established Open-Source projects as well as reports and deliverables in national or international research projects.

Thanks to your expertise you will ensure that we make continuous progress towards improving cyber defence solutions such as cyber threat intelligence analysis platforms.
You have the opportunity to design advanced attack scenarios in realistic test environments that allows us to master the current challenges of security evaluation and testing.
You will have the opportunity to pursue a Ph D at the University of Vienna or TU Vienna, who we frequently collaborate with in joint research projects.
By regularly exchanging ideas with European cooperation partners and public stakeholders, you will build up your network over the course of multi-year research projects.

Your qualifications as an Ingenious Partner:

Completed Masters studies in the field of Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science or an equivalent qualification
First experience with machine learning and AI, preferably for text processing and NLP
Programming skills, for instance in Python or a similar language, and scientific computing
Know-how in IT security and hacking tools, as well as web and developer tools is an advantage
Interest in publishing results in academic journals and scientific conferences
Ability to work in a team, high commitment, interest, and willingness to learn new technologies
Good German language skills (C1+), good English language skills

What to expect:
The minimum gross annual salary on a full-time basis (38,5 h / week) according to the collective agreement is EUR 55.720,-. The actual salary will be determined individually, based on your qualifications and experience. In addition, we offer company benefits, flexible working conditions, individual training and career opportunities.

At AIT diversity and inclusion are of great importance. This is why we strive to inspire women to join our teams in the field of technology. We welcome applications from women, who will be given preference in case of equal qualifications after taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances of all applications.

Please submit your application documents including your CV, cover letter and certificates online.

We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available as it has expired

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