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Modern software delivery environments rely on a growing number of credentials, tokens, certificates, and access mechanisms distributed across source control platforms, CI/CD systems, artifact repositories, and other connected tools. While organizations increasingly adopt centralized credential management solutions such as HashiCorp Vault, the systems consuming these credentials often maintain their own independent credential stores. This creates duplicated credential data, fragmented security controls, and operational challenges when credentials need to be rotated and synchronized.
In this thesis, you will investigate and develop a solution that enables automated rotation and synchronization of credentials across heterogeneous delivery systems while maintaining service continuity and minimizing security risks. The work includes researching credential lifecycle management, designing a secure synchronization architecture, implementing a proof-of-concept solution, and validating its behavior under realistic failure conditions.
You will collaborate with experienced engineers within DevOps, cybersecurity, and software development, contributing to a highly relevant challenge in modern software delivery and platform security.
Expected Outcome
The thesis aims to develop a credential rotation and synchronization engine that treats a centralized credential store as the authoritative source and continuously enforces and reconciles credential states across multiple consuming systems.
Expected deliverables include:
A declarative framework defining credentials, consumers, and rotation policies.
An automated credential rotation process that maintains service continuity and supports rollback scenarios.
Detection and management of unauthorized or out-of-band credential modifications.
The thesis is expected to contribute both practical and scientific insights into secure credential management and continuity-preserving credential rotation across distributed software delivery environments.
Qualifications
You are a curious and motivated student with a strong analytical mindset and an interest in solving complex technical problems. You enjoy taking initiative, working both independently and as part of a team, and communicating your ideas clearly. Most importantly, you are passionate about software engineering and eager to contribute to solutions that are scalable, reliable, and built to last.
Experience with any of the following is considered an advantage:
Master's program in Computer Science
HashiCorp Vault or other credential management platforms
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes
Security architecture and threat modeling
CI/CD automation and DevOps tooling
Distributed systems and platform engineering
Application and Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding the thesis project, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner Per Lindm [email protected] or Supervisor/Manager Magnus Thorstensson, [email protected].
Last application date: 2026-10-15. Please note that we review applications on an ongoing basis and the position may be filled before the application deadline. Please submit the CV and other documents in English as part of your application.
Start: Spring 2027, 30 p Master
Number of Students: 1–2
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If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
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Skills Required
- Currently enrolled as a motivated student, preferably in a Master's program in Computer Science
- Strong analytical mindset and interest in solving complex technical problems
- Ability to take initiative and work independently and collaboratively
- Clear communication skills
- Passion for software engineering and scalable, reliable solutions
- Experience with HashiCorp Vault or other credential management platforms
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Experience with cloud-native technologies and Kubernetes
- Experience with security architecture and threat modeling
- Experience with CI/CD automation and DevOps tooling
- Experience with distributed systems and platform engineering
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At Magna, our engineering team is advancing mobility for everyone and everything. Joining this team means being a part of the design, development, and manufacturing of the world’s most advanced mobility technology. Innovations that move families, shape communities, and improve lives. You can follow your passions and shape your own career path.
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