Cybersecurity Researcher

The Cyber Security area is dedicated to real world problems and generate knowledge and assets for societal cyber growth and awareness. The activities are focused on Cyber-Threat Management and Response, Risk Assessment and Management, and User-Centric Security practices and tools, in order to add value and to offer new tools and technologies to promote the adoption of and the development of Cyber Security tools.

The group holds expertise in Incident response processes and tooling, Cyber threat detection, Network security architecture, DevsecOps and SDN/NFV security.

Our team is a relevant player in the European research ecosystem and participates as partners or subcontractors in other R&D projects. Our department also offers professional services to relevant industry. Recently, the department has been granted with new European and Regional projects. With this new development, the Cyber Security area is seeking a Cyber Security Research Engineer for R&D projects in the Cyber Security sector to work on the design, planning and execution of R + I + D activities.

The candidate will report directly to the area director and will have the capabilities to manage and lead particular technical aspects within European projects to ensure their successful fulfillment.

Who we are:

i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation centre that promotes mission oriented R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications and services. The centre stands for a new open innovation framework, fostering the collaboration between companies, public administration, the academic environment and end-users.

i2CAT’s activities span the areas of Research, playing a key role in the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation; Strategic Projects, leading local initiatives that strengthen the digital policies of public administration, and Technology Transfer, fostering R&D collaboration with companies to develop innovative market-oriented solutions.

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 What do we offer:

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
• Be in contact and work with cutting-edge technology
• Work in challenging R&D projects
• Fix + variable salary
• Option of flexible retribution (restaurant card, transport card, medical insurance, kindergarten)
• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way
• Fridays afternoon off
• Intensive work schedule in July & August
• Home-office option
• Open space office in Barcelona
• Free fruit every week
• Discounted Gym-access
• 25 vacation days per year
• Casual dress code
• Let us know which trainings you need
• You will have the opportunity to attend tech conferences and events.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and, therefore explicitly, encourages women to apply.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of persons with disabilities among its workforce, and therefore explicitly encourages this collective to apply.