Research Scholarship

Summary
There is an open call for one (1) Research Scholarship("Bolsa de Investigação") at Instituto de Telecomunicações, in the scope of project EURO-3C.
This project has received funding from the European Comission under the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement ***.
Work Objectives
Design and develop a centralized, distributed Attestation Service aligned with the SPIFFE/SPIRE identity framework, integrated into the Edge architecture to support workload and node identity verification across federated domains.
Build administrative interfaces enabling operators to define and configure attestation policies and to manage the inventory of attested nodes/workloads, consistent with EURO-3C's multi-level federation and multi-tenant operational model.
Design and deploy an evaluation scenario on EURO-3C's edge infrastructure to characterize the implementation (performance, scalability, and security guarantees) under representative Telco-Edge-Cloud conditions.
Place of Work
The work will be developed at the premises of Instituto de Telecomunicações at University of Aveiro, under the supervision of Prof. Diogo Nuno Pereira Gomes.
Duration
12 months, with the possibility of renewal.
This type of scholarship has a maximum duration of 2 years.
Start date: December or soon thereafter.
Monthly Salary
*€ according to the table of grant amounts awarded directly by FCT for positions held in Portugal ( ).
The payment will be made by bank transfer.
Admission Requirements
Research grants (BI): - Are intended for carrying out R&D activities by students enrolled in an integrated master's or a master's degree, aiming to consolidate their scientific training through the development of research work leading to the respective academic degree, whether or not integrated into R&D projects.
- Are intended for carrying out R&D activities by graduates enrolled in non-degree courses that are part of the educational programme of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.
The candidate should have Working knowledge of Linux systems administration and command-line tooling.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Basic understanding of networking concepts (TLS/mTLS, PKI, certificates) and distributed systems fundamentals.
Ability to read and critically synthesize scientific/technical.
Prior knowledge of SPIFFE/SPIRE, Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), or hardware-based Root of Trust concepts.
Familiarity with Edge Computing or MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) architecture.
Experience with Zero Trust security models or identity/attestation frameworks.
Required Documents
Motivation letter explaining the interest in the position;
Detailed Curriculum Vitae with transcripts;
Degree certificate (if applicable);
Proof of enrollment in a higher education course or declaration of intention to enroll in a study cycle leading to an academic degree or in a course that does not confer an academic degree.
* *NOTE: Proof of enrollment, issued by the higher education institution in a study cycle leading to the award of an academic degree or in a non-degree course, must be submitted by the time of contract signing.
The cover letter and the CV are mandatory documents in the online application platform.
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