CYDARM TECHNOLOGIES (APR – 2687)

Cyber Security Research

Engineering, IT, Mathematics and Statistics

PLEASE NOTE

• This internship will be funded in partnership with the Defence Science Institute (DSI) and the Australian Government through it’s Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship program and is open to female PhD candidates from Victorian based universities.

ABOUT THE INDUSTRY PARTNER

Cydarm is an Australian-owned company, located in Melbourne, founded in 2017. Cydarm has developed a secure case management platform for cyber security operations. The Cydarm platform implements best practice in security operations, enabling cyber security analysts to record and share information at different levels of trust, guided by workflow and playbooks, and assisted by orchestration. The platform integrates with existing enterprise and security platforms and enables evidence-based security through metrics capture and reporting. Cydarm’s access control model supports national security classifications and markings.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Work with a team of expert software engineers on cutting edge cyber security operations software.
• Make a difference by contributing to the enhancement of cyber security operations by providing cyber security analysts with better tools.
• Develop unique capability that puts a company in the Australian cyber security industry into the forefront of global innovation in cyber security interoperability.
• Gain deep knowledge and experience of open cyber security standards and their practical application.

RESEARCH TO BE CONDUCTED

The successful intern will be offered the opportunity to conduct an applied research project that matches their research and skill set in the areas of open source automation specifications, AI and MCP’s and/or integration with real world cyber systems.

SKILLS WISH LIST

If you’re a postgraduate research student and meet some or all the below we want to hear from you. We strongly encourage women, indigenous and disadvantaged candidates to apply:

• Seeking postgraduate researchers with knowledge of or experience with cybersecurity operations.
• Software development and/or experience manipulating structured data sets.
• Hands on experience with LLM’s or MCP (Model context protocol).
• Ability to work independently
• Self motivated and outcome oriented
• Comfortable working with Linux or Unix based system environments and containerised architecture.

RESEARCH OUTCOMES

Research resulting in the development of prototypes that can be given to the engineering team for productisation and release to real customers.
The internship will be a hands on placement involving applied research focused on outcomes that can be implemented and commercialised.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

The intern will receive $3,300 per month of the internship, usually in the form of scholarship payments.

It is expected that the intern will primarily undertake this research project during regular business hours and maintain contact with their academic mentor throughout the internship either through face-to-face or phone meetings as appropriate.

The intern and their academic mentor will have the opportunity to negotiate the project’s scope, milestones and timeline during the project planning stage.

Please note, applications are reviewed regularly and this internship may be filled prior to the advertised closing date if a suitable applicant is identified. Early submissions are encouraged.

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