Cloud Security Analyst
About this role
About the Role We're partnering with the world's leading AI research teams to build smarter, safer AI systems — and we need cloud security practitioners who understand how cloud environments actually fail. This is your opportunity to put your real-world experience to work on something that matters: shaping how frontier AI understands cloud security risks, misconfigurations, and incident patterns across AWS, GCP, and Azure. - Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week (flexible) What You'll Do - Analyze cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, vulnerabilities, and failure patterns - Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues in realistic cloud environments - Classify security gaps and misconfigurations based on real-world impact and blast radius - Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it accurately reflects how cloud incidents unfold in practice - Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves the quality of AI security systems Who You Are - 2+ years of hands-on experience working with cloud environments in production - Solid understanding of cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security concepts - Familiarity with real-world misconfigurations, security incidents, and their downstream effects - Able to clearly reason about blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact - Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on async, task-based assignments Nice to Have - Experience with cloud security tooling (e.g., AWS Security Hub, GCP Security Command Center, Azure Defender) - Background in penetration testing, red teaming, or cloud incident response - Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud or CIS Benchmarks - Certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, CCSP, or similar Why Join Us - Work directly on frontier AI systems with top research labs - Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule - Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration - Contribute to AI that is more accurate and trustworthy in one of the most critical domains in tech - Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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