Research Assistant, Level II (Specified Purpose Contract), The Edward M Kennedy Institute (EMKI) and Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI), Maynooth University

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued. 

We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic research assistant to work on an EU EDF-funded project in the area of civil-military cooperation, cybersecurity and sociotechnical systems. The ACTING project delivers an organized and coordinated approach to proactively improve efficiency of cyber defence training and exercises in the European Union through effective and efficient multi-sector collaboration. The 28 Partners, from 13 MSs, supported by 6 MODs, will develop, model and demonstrate a network of advanced interconnected (federated) domain-oriented cyber ranges for training and exercises, incorporating sophisticated methods and techniques for simulation of users, analysis of the performance of the cyber operators, and scoring cyber security situational awareness, supported by leading-edge scenario development language. The ACTING project integrates research, design, prototyping, and testing activities in the domain of cyber security.

The role of the EMKI/MUSSI in the project involves 1) the development of a detailed and integrated activity-centred concept of operations for the ACTING sociotechnical system including human-factors analysis, b) the development of guidance and protocols for civil-military cooperation, c) development of key dissemination products for publication.