Incident Response Analyst
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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 What You'll Do - 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 Who You Are - 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 Why Join Us - 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
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