Incident Response Analyst

About the Role

We're looking for experienced incident response and security operations professionals to help train and evaluate AI systems built for modern digital investigations. Your real-world expertise will directly shape how AI understands, analyzes, and responds to security threats — making a lasting impact on the future of cybersecurity AI.

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 impact, root cause, and recommended remediation for simulated and real-world incidents
• Review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for accuracy and completeness
• Verify that AI-generated incident analysis reflects how real SOC and IR teams operate
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps AI systems become more accurate and reliable
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC, incident response, or security operations
• Solid understanding of SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
• Ability to distinguish meaningful threats from noise and articulate your reasoning clearly
• Strong written communication skills for documenting findings and feedback
• Comfortable working independently on task-based assignments

Skills

• Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or malware analysis (nice to have)
• Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK or NIST IR (nice to have)
• Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network forensics (nice to have)
• Prior experience evaluating or working alongside AI-driven security tools (nice to have)

Benefits

• Work on frontier AI projects alongside leading AI research teams and labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Apply your security expertise to a domain where it genuinely matters
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension