Professor in Cloud Security, DevOps & MLOps

OPIT - Open Institute of Technology is an EU-accredited Higher Education Institution that wants to revolutionize the university-level teaching of computer science by providing students with up-to-date, competence-based, and entirely online degrees in this field.OPIT offers BSc and MSc degrees in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Cybersecurity, and Digital Business, all taught in English. We are excited to announce the launch of our new MSc in Cloud Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, a postgraduate programme designed to develop advanced knowledge and specialized skills in the design, deployment, and operation of scalable cloud-native systems integrated with artificial intelligence. We are looking for professors in the field of Cloud Engineering and Artificial Intelligence with solid teaching and industry experience to deliver the following MSc courses and related topics: Cloud Security and ComplianceIdentity and access management, and authorisation design at scaleData protection, encryption and key managementNetwork segmentation and secure connectivity patternsDevSecOps practice and policy-as-codeCompliance automation in regulated environmentsSoftware supply chain security and threat detectionIncident response practice and post-incident governance DevOps, MLOps and Infrastructure as CodeInfrastructure as Code for cloud provisioning using Terraform, Ansible or equivalentCI/CD pipeline design and orchestration for both application code and machine learning modelsRelease strategies including blue-green and canary deploymentAutomated testing within delivery pipelines and policy-as-code enforcementResponsible AI controls in deployment: model version audit trails, bias and drift checks, rollback guardrailsAI-driven optimisation of build, test and release stages, including anomaly detection and rollout decisionsReproducibility, versioning and lifecycle management across infrastructure, software and machine learning artefacts RequirementsExcellent spoken and written English (C1+)Previous teaching experiencePh.D. degree / Professor status(plus) Official certifications(plus) Relevant professional experiencePassion for teachingAccuracy, punctuality, and excellent organizational skills Desirable CertificationMicrosoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)AWS Certified Security - SpecialtyISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - ProfessionalHashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Useful informationPlease expect a commitment of around 100hrs per courseCompensation is "per course" and based on your background, experience, and course(s) that you will take on.