Threat Intelligence Analyst

About the role

We partner with the world's leading AI research labs to build smarter, more capable AI systems — and we need experienced threat intelligence professionals to make it happen. Your real-world expertise in adversary tracking, campaign analysis, and CTI workflows will directly shape how AI understands and reasons about cybersecurity threats. This is a rare opportunity to put your security knowledge to work on frontier AI — without leaving your home office.

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

Responsibilities

• Analyze and classify real-world threat reports, adversary campaigns, and attack narratives
• Evaluate indicators of compromise (IOCs), TTPs, and end-to-end kill chains
• Generate, structure, and validate threat intelligence data used to train and assess AI models
• Review AI-generated security outputs for accuracy, consistency, and analytical soundness
• Apply your practitioner knowledge to distinguish genuine attacker behavior from noise or fabricated data

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in threat intelligence, SOC analysis, or security research
• Familiar with MITRE ATT&CK, OSINT collection methodologies, or CTI production workflows
• Able to critically evaluate threat reporting and identify what's credible, what's missing, and what's wrong
• Strong analytical thinker with clear written communication skills
• Self-directed and comfortable working asynchronously on task-based assignments

Skills

• Experience writing or reviewing finished intelligence products (threat reports, advisories, briefings)
• Familiarity with threat actor tracking, attribution, or campaign clustering
• Background in red teaming, malware analysis, or incident response
• Prior exposure to AI evaluation or data annotation workflows

Benefits

• Work directly on cutting-edge AI projects with top-tier research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Apply deep security expertise to a meaningful new domain
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension