Job description
IMT Atlantique, a leading generalist engineering school within the IMT (Institut Mines-Télécom)—France's primary group of engineering schools aims to support major transitions, train responsible engineers, and place scientific and technical excellence at the service of education, research, and innovation.
As part of the project led by the SOTERN team in connection with the CREACHLABS grant—which aims to reconstruct, at the network traffic analysis equipment level, a byte stream consistent with the behavior of the monitored machine—we are recruiting a post-doctoral researcher within our Network Systems, Cybersecurity, and Law (SRCD) department.
In collaboration with the project team and experts from ANSSI, you will analyze network flow reassembly policies within firewalls and TLS interception tools. Your mission will be to design automated configuration mechanisms based on fingerprinting and machine learning to ensure traffic analysis remains faithful to the behavior of the monitored machines. Finally, you will validate your solutions through systematic experimental campaigns
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Job requirements
✔️ You possess advanced skills in network protocols and cybersecurity.
✔️ You have experience with operating systems (Windows/Linux) and the use of traffic analysis tools.
✔️ Proficiency in Machine Learning techniques applied to networking is a plus.
✔️ You are curious and creative, demonstrating strong analytical skills and scientific rigor.
🇬🇧 You enjoy teamwork and possess excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
🎓 The successful candidate must hold a PhD in Computer Science, obtained less than 3 years before the hiring date.
WHY JOIN US
👉 Exceptional working environment: Located in the heart of the Rennes-Atalante Beaulieu campus, you will enjoy a privileged living environment combining metropolitan dynamism and green spaces. The campus offers state-of-the-art infrastructure (technological platforms, coworking spaces) promoting an optimal work-life balance within a school ranked among the best in Europe (Top 10 in France, THE rankings).
👉 Stimulating Innovation Ecosystem (startups, students, research, companies): Join a unique hub where research is transformed into impact. You will work in direct contact with the school's incubator, deep-tech startups, and brilliant engineering students. Proximity to the Images & Réseaux competitiveness cluster and industrial leaders in cybersecurity and telecoms ensures concrete relevance for your research.
👉 Collaborations with Renowned Research Organizations: Benefit from strong integration into French scientific excellence. Our teams work in close synergy with joint research units such as IRISA (Computer Science) or IETR (Electronics and Telecommunications), as well as leading partners such as CNRS and INRIA, opening opportunities for high-level publications and international networks.
BENEFITS
🏃♀️ Leisure and sports offers
🚌 Subsidized public transport
🚴♂️ Sustainable mobility package (for carpooling or cycling)
👨👩👧👦 Family allowance
💶 Wide range of social benefits
🖥️ Partial teleworking possible
🌴 Generous leave entitlement
REMUNERATION INDICATIONS:
💰 Indicative salary: €35,800 gross per year, depending on profile and experience (reduced social security contributions in the public sector).
INFORMATION & CONTACT
Job Content : Gilles GUETTE, Professor in Cybersecurity: gilles.guette@imt-atlantique.fr
Administrative/HR: Mélissandre MORVAN – Recruitment Assistant: melissandre.morvan@imt-atlantique.fr
Application deadline: April 12, 2026
Start of the contract: October 2026
Recruitment interview: as applications are received