Do you hold a strong academic profile in the field of Networks & Cybersecurity? Are you ready to take the lead in expanding this line of research? The Department of Advanced Computing Sciences invites applicants for a new Full Professor position.

**Job description**

Are you curious to understand when bugs turn into exploitable vulnerabilities, and how we can reliably predict which parts of the code are the most sensitive to privilege escalation - and how deep learning based vulnerability prediction can best help both coders and security analysts? Eager to see whether we are indeed protecting the data and systems we should care about most, such as medical records, real-time control systems, or the ever-more-pervasive smart-home systems, and to further our understanding on the balance between controls and functionality involved? And the other way round: see what threats these ‘smart systems‘ themselves pose to their environment? Are you curious to develop secure network solutions for large-scale ICT infrastructures, Digital Twining, Smart Cities and Smart Industry?

If you see yourself leading and advancing research in any of these areas - or you have other interesting cybersecurity related topics to bring to the table - you should consider joining our Department of Advanced Computing Sciences (DACS) as a Full Professor in Cybersecurity. DACS is an international community of ~100 researchers at various stages of their career, embedded in the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE). Our department has more than 35 years’ experience with research and teaching in the fields of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Applied Mathematics.

**What are you going to do?**
To strengthen our research and educational initiatives on networks & cybersecurity, we are looking for a leading scientist with expertise in areas like: computer and network security, cyber-physical systems security, security for the cloud, and emerging threats in cybersecurity.

In addition to your research, you will contribute to our top-rated education. Our department offers two bachelor’s program and two master programs, all of which are nationally ranked among the top of their kind and involve Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. In September 2023, we launched a new bachelor in Computer Science. You will have an important voice in developing our education programs.

**Requirements**:
**Who are you?**
We seek a colleague who is passionate about research, enjoys teaching and who has strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills. You feel at home in a strongly international and diverse community like ours. Furthermore, we are looking to welcome someone who fosters collaboration at all levels.
- A PhD degree in Computer Security or a strongly related field;
- Experience in mentoring and growing a team of junior researchers;
- Graduated several PhD students in the field of Cybersecurity;
- A strong and consistent track record in research and teaching;
- Proven track record in funding acquisition at national and European level;
- Has a strong track record in team science.

**What we offer**
**As **Professor in Networks & Cybersecurity** **at the **Faculty of Science & Engineering**, you will be employed by the most international university in the Netherlands, located in the beautiful city of Maastricht. In addition, we offer you**:

- Good employment conditions. The position is graded according to UFO profile Professor 2, with corresponding salary based on experience ranging from €6894,00 and €10038,00 gross per month (based on a full-time employment of 38 hours per week). In addition to the monthly salary, an 8.0% holiday allowance and an 8.3% year-end bonus apply.
- An employment contract for a period of 18 months with a scope of 1,0 FTE. Upon proven suitability, the employment contract will be converted to an indefinite contract.
- At Maastricht University, the well-being of our employees is of utmost importance, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work partly from home if the nature of your position allows it. You will receive a monthly commuting and internet allowance for this. If you work full-time, you will be entitled to 29 vacation days and 4 additional public holidays per year, namely carnival Monday, carnival Tuesday, Good Friday, and Liberation Day. If you choose to accumulate compensation hours, an additional 12 days will be added. Furthermore, you can personalize your employment conditions through a collective labor agreement (CAO) choice model.
- As Maastricht University, we offer various other excellent secondary employment conditions. These include a good pension scheme with the ABP and the opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students.
- Applicants from outside The Netherlands may be eligible for the so-called 30% ruling, a tax cut for highly skilled migrants tha