[aims-announce] Senior Researcher Position in Data Security and Privacy at i2CAT Foundation (permanent position)

[Maxime COMPASTIÉ]

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Dear colleagues,

Please find below the description for a research job opening at i2CAT 
Foundation in Barcelona, Spain.
Interested candidates can reach out to me at 
maxime.compastie+secant at i2cat.net by sending an email containing a CV 
and a cover letter.

Best regards,

Maxime COMPASTIÉ

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The i2CAT Foundation (https://i2cat.net/) is a non-profit research and 
innovation centre that promotes mission-driven R&D activities on 
advanced Internet architectures, applications, and services. More than 
15 years of international research define our expertise in the fields of 
5G, IoT, VR, and Immersive Technologies, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, AI, 
and Digital Social Innovation. The centre partners with companies, 
public administration, academia, and end users to leverage this 
knowledge in order to meet real social and business challenges.

One of the topics under focus is privacy preservation applied to the 
health sector. This project (https://secant-project.eu/) will develop a 
threat sharing platform within the healthcare sector where sensitive 
information is processed every moment and the race for contact tracing 
applications has promoted the need for privacy, relies heavily on 
interconnected IoT solutions. This project involves multiple public and 
private bodies from 10 different EU countries.

As part of the regular work, the researcher is expected to:
* Participate in the development of the data security and privacy 
research activities of this area,
* Investigate the state of the art of the data privacy and cryptography 
enablers application, and maintain a scientific watch of relevant 
scientific communities.
* Build proofs of concept (prototypes) based on innovative ideas and 
technologies,
* Actively participate in the management of the project, and contribute 
to scientific and technical deliverable projects,
* Propose and support the industrial valorisation of the obtained results,
* Generate ideas and results leading to scientific publications and patents.

The selected researcher will work with i2CAT Cybersecurity team, in the 
context of this project, to develop a collaborative toolkit for complex 
ICT infrastructures that allows the creation and exchange of dynamic 
vulnerability databases, as well as taxonomies for cyber-attacks 
targeting ICT ecosystems, technologies, applications and services.

Minimum requirements:
* PhD in communication networks. Preferably related to Privacy, IoT, 
Cybersecurity in distributed environments,or related topics.
* Good knowledge and understanding of IoT systems.
* Sound understanding of Security, Privacy and Trust (e.g. Encryption, 
digital signatures, Public/Private Cryptography, data privacy, privacy 
preservation techniques, risk assessment/management, etc. ).
* Proven experience developing with any of the major programming 
languages: C/C++, Python, Java, etc.
* Analytical mindset able to propose solutions to new and known 
scientific problems and carry on activities proactively.
* Good written, communication and presentation skills. Good spoken and 
written English.

Desired requirements:
* Two years of experience in academia,
* Proven development experience building secure ICT solutions,
* Existing publications, patents, etc.

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Maxime COMPASTIÉ
Fundació i2CAT
Gran Capità, 2-4, Nexus I, 2a planta, Barcelona
Cybersecurity department
Tel. +34 93 553 25 10
https://twitter.com/i2cat
http://www.i2cat.net/en