Incident Response Analyst

About the Role

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems. As an Incident Response Analyst, you'll bring your real-world SOC and IR experience to bear on a genuinely novel challenge: teaching AI how skilled analysts think, investigate, and respond. Your expertise will directly shape how AI interprets security events, correlates alerts, and supports digital investigations — making AI-driven security tools smarter, faster, and more accurate for teams everywhere.

Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

Responsibilities

• Analyze realistic security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI-generated responses
• Assess AI outputs for accuracy in determining impact, root cause, and appropriate remediation
• Review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for real-world validity
• Identify gaps where AI reasoning diverges from how experienced response teams actually operate
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves frontier AI security models
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC, incident response, or security operations
• Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
• Strong ability to triage signals — separating meaningful threats from background noise
• Clear written communication skills when documenting findings and recommendations
• Self-motivated and reliable when working independently on task-based assignments

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or malware analysis
• Familiarity with common frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK or NIST IR
• Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network forensics
• Prior involvement in AI evaluation, red teaming, or security research

Benefits

• Work on frontier AI systems alongside top security and research teams
• Fully remote and flexible — complete tasks on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global expert community
• Apply your security expertise to a domain that's actively shaping the future of AI
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension