Cloud Security Analyst
About this role
About the Role We partner with the world's leading AI research teams to build and evaluate cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we need experienced cloud security practitioners to help train AI systems to reason accurately about how cloud environments fail in the real world. This isn't a typical security role. Your hands-on knowledge of misconfigurations, IAM failures, and cloud incidents will directly shape how AI understands and responds to modern infrastructure threats. - Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week What You'll Do - Analyze cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, misconfigurations, and failure patterns - Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues for real-world accuracy - Classify security gaps and cloud-related failures based on their actual business and operational impact - Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it reflects how cloud incidents truly unfold - Provide structured, expert feedback that helps frontier AI models think like a seasoned cloud security professional Who You Are - 2+ years of hands-on experience working with cloud environments in production - Strong familiarity with cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security concepts - Real-world experience with misconfigurations and security incidents — you've seen what actually goes wrong - Able to clearly reason about blast radius, risk exposure, and downstream business impact - Self-directed and comfortable working asynchronously on your own schedule Nice to Have - Experience across multiple cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) - Background in cloud security architecture, penetration testing, or incident response - Familiarity with frameworks like CIS Benchmarks, NIST, or CSA CCM - Prior experience contributing to AI training, data labeling, or security research projects Why Join Us - Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs - Fully remote and flexible — set your own hours and work on your own terms - Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global expert community - Make a meaningful impact by shaping how AI understands real-world cloud security - Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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