Thesis: Name of the project

Knightec Group; Sundsvalls kommun; On-site; SEK 156,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Knightec Group offers a thesis position based in Sundsvall, focusing on where AI agents should run inside Azure CI/CD pipelines. You will compare environments, assess startup time and costs, and test prompt-injection resilience. The project emphasizes reproducibility with Bicep and model version pinning.

Required are a CS/CE/DS student, graduation expected in 2027, and fluency in Swedish and English. Start dates include January or March 2027, with no company data exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master in CS, CE, DS or related field.
• Graduation by June 2027.
• Fluency in Swedish and English (written and spoken).
• Comfort with Git, CI/CD concepts, Python and containers; no prior Azure experience required.

Responsibilities

• Compare AI agent execution environments in Azure pipelines including startup latency, cost and reliability.
• Build a simple failure-triage agent and run it in several Azure environments (baseline pipeline agent, Azure Container Apps, Sandboxes, Foundry Hosted Agent).
• Document results, ensure reproducibility and outline security considerations against prompt-injection.

Skills

Git

CI/CD concepts

Python

Containers

Swedish

English

Education

BSc/MSc student in computer science/engineering/data science

Graduation in June 2027

Tools

Azure CI/CD

Job description

High Level Description

This thesis project investigates where AI agents should run inside Azure CI/CD pipelines. The study compares execution environments for an agent that diagnoses failed builds, focusing on startup time, cost per task, and resistance to prompt-injection attacks, without compromising the quality of the diagnoses.

Project Description

CI/CD pipelines produce large volumes of unstructured logs, and diagnosing failed builds costs developers time. AI agents can suggest a root cause, but they read untrusted text and may call tools, so a manipulated agent can leak secrets or act beyond its remit. Where the agent runs therefore matters for cost, speed and security.

The candidate will build one simple failure‑triage agent and run it unchanged in several Azure environments: the pipeline agent (baseline), a standard container on Azure Container Apps, Container Apps Sandboxes, and optionally a Foundry Hosted Agent. It will process logs from failed open‑source CI runs and face a suite of prompt‑injection attacks in a dedicated test subscription.

The supervisor provides Azure budget and model API access, and no company data is used.

Who are we looking for?

• Bachelor/Master of Science student in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science or related fields.
• Graduation in June 2027
• Fluency in Swedish, both written and spoken
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken
• The candidate should be comfortable with Git, basic CI/CD concepts, Python (or a similar scripting language) and containers. No prior Azure experience is required.

Purpose

In this thesis, the candidate will investigate the following core areas:

• Evaluation of Execution Environments and Tooling Compare the environments on startup latency, duration, cost per triaged failure and reliability, using repeated runs reported as medians with spread.
• Security and Containment under Prompt Injection Run attack scenarios against every environment, such as log lines telling the agent to leak environment variables, call an external URL or read files outside its working directory. Score each as pass or fail on whether anything escaped.
• Triage Quality and Reproducibility Measure root‑cause accuracy across environments against a non‑AI baseline, with ground truth from two independent labelers. Keep the setup reproducible with Bicep, a pinned model version and recorded prompts.

Out of scope: model training, production‑grade deployment, and any real company data.

An Exciting Journey with Knightec Group

Semcon and Knightec have joined forces as Knightec Group. Together, we are Northern Europe’s leading strategic partner in product and digital service development. With a unique combination of cross‑functional expertise and a holistic business understanding, we help our clients realize their strategies – from idea to complete solution.

Practical Information

This is a thesis position, located at our office in Sundsvall. Start date January or March 2027.

no later than 2026-11-30.