Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader (Applied Cybersecurity or Security Analytics) Queen’s University Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader (Applied Cybersecurity or Security Analytics) Ref: 18/106896 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Applications are invited for both entry level and senior academic posts to join our community and help us lead and develop our research and teaching in the areas of Applied Cybersecurity and/or Security Analytics within our Centre for Secure Information Technologies (www.csit.qub.ac.uk) as we seek to make a positive contribution to the global technical challenges of our age. Our Centre is host to the UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE: www.ukrise.org) and is recognised by NCSC as an Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE) in Cyber Security Research. We are looking for passionate and motivated academics with experience in Cloud/Network Security, Hardware/Software Security and/or Security Analytics. We seek candidates who are interested in delivering impact from their research and have a record of technology transfer appropriate to career stage. In return, you will have access to outstanding teaching and research facilities and opportunities to work with vibrant engineering and commercial teams to translate your research into impact. Key duties • Communicating and building relationships both internally and externally. • Contributing to the teaching of undergraduate and specialist postgraduate curricula in computer science and computing related programmes such as our MSc in Applied Cyber Security, and the ability to inspire and motivate students to learn. • Developing your research portfolio and contributing to the research portfolio of the School. We are seeking candidates with research experience (commensurate with career stage) in one or more of the following areas: • Cloud/Network Security: security and privacy of cloud computing, application layer DDoS detection/mitigation, Web Application Firewall (WAF), network/cloud intrusion detection/prevention, malware and security models for trusted execution on the cloud. • Software Security: Security protocol and crypto algorithm implementation, instruction set extensions for crypto, software analysis, and/or software vulnerability detection. • Hardware Security: Micro-architectural security, SCA, Hardware Trojans, or PUF. • Security Analytics: AI for Cybersecurity intelligence automation and threat response automation (data-fusion); or AI technologies for cyber-social-physical security. Including deep learning, particularly adversarial, graph mining, and reasoning with uncertainty. Our staff and students come from all over the world and we strongly believe in an inclusive and supportive work culture. We recognise the changing demands of family life and the need for flexibility in working arrangements to meet these demands. As an academic at Queen’s, you can benefit from our family friendly policies including flexible working, childcare voucher scheme and parental leave. We are proud to hold an Investors in People Silver accreditation, a Health and Wellbeing Good Practice Award, and a Silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our efforts to create a nurturing and supportive environment for our people so that they can develop and excel. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of gender, race, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. If you would like to find out more, I would be delighted to hear from you, Dr Karen Rafferty, Head of School email: hos-eeecs@qub.ac.uk or Professor Maire O’Neill, Research Director for Data Security Systems email: m.oneill@ecit.qub.ac.uk Anticipated interview date: Friday 18 January 2019 Salary scale: Lecturer £36,261 - £50,132 per annum (potential to progress to £53,175 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution) Reader/Senior Lecturer £51,630 - £59,828 per annum (potential to progress to £65,361 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution) Closing date: Thursday 22 November 2018 For full criteria and to apply online, visit www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. You must clearly demonstrate how you are meeting the criteria on your application. For further information or assistance contact Resourcing Team, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN. Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email on resourcing@qub.ac.uk The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability. If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Computeroxy

Queen’s University Belfast

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader (Applied Cybersecurity or Security Analytics)

Ref: 18/106896

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Applications are invited for both entry level and senior academic posts to join our community and help us lead and develop our research and teaching in the areas of Applied Cybersecurity and/or Security Analytics within our Centre for Secure Information Technologies (www.csit.qub.ac.uk) as we seek to make a positive contribution to the global technical challenges of our age.

Our Centre is host to the UK Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE: www.ukrise.org) and is recognised by NCSC as an Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE) in Cyber Security Research.

We are looking for passionate and motivated academics with experience in Cloud/Network Security, Hardware/Software Security and/or Security Analytics.

We seek candidates who are interested in delivering impact from their research and have a record of technology transfer appropriate to career stage.

In return, you will have access to outstanding teaching and research facilities and opportunities to work with vibrant engineering and commercial teams to translate your research into impact.

Key duties

• Communicating and building relationships both internally and externally.

• Contributing to the teaching of undergraduate and specialist postgraduate curricula in computer science and computing related programmes such as our MSc in Applied Cyber Security, and the ability to inspire and motivate students to learn.

• Developing your research portfolio and contributing to the research portfolio of the School.

We are seeking candidates with research experience (commensurate with career stage) in one or more of the following areas:

• Cloud/Network Security: security and privacy of cloud computing, application layer DDoS detection/mitigation, Web Application Firewall (WAF), network/cloud intrusion detection/prevention, malware and security models for trusted execution on the cloud.

• Software Security: Security protocol and crypto algorithm implementation, instruction set extensions for crypto, software analysis, and/or software vulnerability detection.

• Hardware Security: Micro-architectural security, SCA, Hardware Trojans, or PUF.

• Security Analytics: AI for Cybersecurity intelligence automation and threat response automation (data-fusion); or AI technologies for cyber-social-physical security. Including deep learning, particularly adversarial, graph mining, and reasoning with uncertainty.

Our staff and students come from all over the world and we strongly believe in an inclusive and supportive work culture.

We recognise the changing demands of family life and the need for flexibility in working arrangements to meet these demands. As an academic at Queen’s, you can benefit from our family friendly policies including flexible working, childcare voucher scheme and parental leave.

We are proud to hold an Investors in People Silver accreditation, a Health and Wellbeing Good Practice Award, and a Silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our efforts to create a nurturing and supportive environment for our people so that they can develop and excel.

We welcome applications from all persons regardless of gender, race, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

If you would like to find out more, I would be delighted to hear from you, Dr Karen Rafferty, Head of School email: hos-eeecs@qub.ac.uk or Professor Maire O’Neill, Research Director for Data Security Systems email: m.oneill@ecit.qub.ac.uk

Anticipated interview date: Friday 18 January 2019

Salary scale: Lecturer £36,261 - £50,132 per annum (potential to progress to £53,175 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution)

Reader/Senior Lecturer £51,630 - £59,828 per annum (potential to progress to £65,361 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution)

Closing date: Thursday 22 November 2018

For full criteria and to apply online, visit www.qub.ac.uk/jobs. You must clearly demonstrate how you are meeting the criteria on your application.

For further information or assistance contact Resourcing Team, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN.

Telephone (028) 9097 3044 or email on resourcing@qub.ac.uk

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and to selection on merit. It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society and particularly welcomes applications from people with a disability.

If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Computeroxy