Research Engineer for Software Development in Cyber Security (Part-time/Full-time)

• As part of our highly motivated, interdisciplinary team, you will take on the role of a software developer and will be responsible for the further development of the cyber range.

• You will implement and maintain backend services used for orchestration, configuration and operation of cyber security training environments.

• In our cyber range you will integrate realistic cyber security scenarios for trainings and exercises in simulated environments, configure systems and services, and deploy vulnerable components.

• You will contribute to novel solutions, which will also be published as open source on GitHub in many cases and used by the security community.

• You will work on the technical implementation and integration of components to support research activities and customer projects.

• By regularly exchanging ideas with European cooperation partners in the defense sector and security authorities, you will become a recognized expert and thus continue building up your network over the course of multi-year international research projects.

• Completed studies (at least bachelor's degree) in the field of Computer Science, Software Development, Informatics, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent qualification
• Experience in backend development and distributed systems development
• Programming skills in common programming languages, as well as scripting languages
• Knowledge in computing infrastructures, Linux and networking
• Experienced with versioning control systems such as git
• Experience in the DevOps field, and preferably previous experience in virtualized infrastructures and container solutions
• Interest in DevOps technologies, such as Ansible and Terraform
• Broad cyber security knowledge is an advantage, but not mandatory
• Ability to work in a team, high commitment, interest, and willingness to learn new technologies
• Good German and English skills (spoken and written)

The minimum gross annual salary on a full-time basis (38,5 h / week) according to the collective agreement is EUR 59.934,--. 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.

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 digitalisation. 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, IoT, 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 "Cyber Security & 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.