[Hiring] Research Assistant Cyber Security @London Metropolitan University

Role Description

The Research Assistant will play a crucial role in the SecureScale project, which aims to develop an innovative modular pipeline for automated security posture assessment and remediation recommendations. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in cyber security and gain valuable experience in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

• Assist with the collection, cleaning, normalisation and preparation of cybersecurity datasets, including logs, configurations, vulnerability data, and related structured or unstructured sources.
• Support dataset curation and annotation activities, including maintaining annotation guidance and reproducible data-handling procedures.
• Contribute to the implementation of prototype pipeline components, including data ingestion, preprocessing, and experimental integration of LLM, RAG, and related analytical workflows.
• Support the development and testing of scripts, code, and evaluation pipelines used for prototype benchmarking and technical validation.
• Assist with closed-lab experimentation, including recording results, organising outputs, and maintaining reproducible research artefacts.
• Help evaluate prototype performance using agreed technical measures and assist in preparing technical summaries, tables, and experimental notes.

Closing Date

09 April 2026, 23:55

Interview Date

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by hiring managers.

How to Apply

• Please complete the online application in full.
• If you wish to attach any additional documents such as a CV you may do so (please follow the instructions). Please note that we do not accept a CV on its own as a job application.
• If you have a query, or experience any difficulties with the application process, please contact us by email at: [email protected] quoting the job reference number.
• Please note that successful candidates will be asked to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK.
• Please apply using your London Met Student email account.