Cloud Security Analyst
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About the Role We partner with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're building datasets and evaluations focused on cloud security and modern infrastructure — and we need practitioners who truly understand how cloud environments fail in the real world. This is a unique opportunity to apply your hands-on cloud security knowledge to directly influence how the next generation of AI reasons about security incidents, misconfigurations, and risk. - Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week What You'll Do - Analyze real-world cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks and failure patterns - Review and assess IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues - Classify security gaps, misconfigurations, and cloud-related failures based on real-world impact - Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it accurately reflects how cloud incidents actually unfold - Help ensure AI systems reason correctly about blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact 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 and security incidents across major cloud providers - Able to reason clearly and precisely about security risk, blast radius, and downstream business impact - Strong written communication skills for structured feedback and documentation Nice to Have - Experience with cloud security tooling (e.g., AWS Security Hub, GCP Security Command Center, Microsoft Defender for Cloud) - Background in penetration testing, threat modeling, or incident response - Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2, or NIST - Prior experience contributing to AI training or evaluation projects Why Join Us - Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs - Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule - Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration - Contribute meaningful work that shapes how AI understands cloud security - Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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