Cloud Security Analyst

About the Role

We partner with the world's leading AI research teams to build and evaluate cutting‑edge AI models. Right now, we need experienced cloud security practitioners to help train AI systems to reason accurately about how cloud environments fail in the real world. This isn’t a typical security role. Your hands‑on knowledge of misconfigurations, IAM failures, and cloud incidents will directly shape how AI understands and responds to modern infrastructure threats.

Organization: Alignerr | Type: Hourly Contract | Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Analyze cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, misconfigurations, and failure patterns.
• Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues for real‑world accuracy.
• Classify security gaps and cloud‑related failures based on their actual business and operational impact.
• Validate and improve AI‑generated security reasoning so it reflects how cloud incidents truly unfold.
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps frontier AI models think like a seasoned cloud security professional.

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands‑on experience working with cloud environments in production.
• Strong familiarity with cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security concepts.
• Real‑world experience with misconfigurations and security incidents – you’ve seen what actually goes wrong.
• Ability to clearly reason about blast radius, risk exposure, and downstream business impact.
• Self‑directed and comfortable working asynchronously on your own schedule.

Nice to Have

• Experience across multiple cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Background in cloud security architecture, penetration testing, or incident response.
• Familiarity with frameworks like CIS Benchmarks, NIST, or CSA CCM.
• Prior experience contributing to AI training, data labeling, or security research projects.

Benefits

• Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs.
• Fully remote and flexible – set your own hours and work on your own terms.
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global expert community.
• Make a meaningful impact by shaping how AI understands real‑world cloud security.
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension.

Schedule

Commitment: 10–40 hours per week, remote work.