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 looking for experienced cloud security practitioners to help us make AI smarter about how cloud environments actually fail in the real world. This is a rare opportunity to apply your hands-on security expertise to frontier AI development — working flexibly, remotely, and on your own schedule. - 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, misconfigurations, and failure patterns - Review IAM policies, networking configurations, storage settings, and container security issues for accuracy and impact - Classify security gaps and cloud-related failures based on real-world blast radius and business impact - Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it reflects how incidents actually unfold in production environments - Provide structured, expert feedback that directly shapes how AI understands cloud security 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 across one or more major platforms - Experience identifying or responding to real-world misconfigurations and security incidents - Ability to reason clearly about risk exposure, blast radius, and downstream business impact - Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on task-based assignments Nice to Have - Cloud security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, Google PCSE, Azure Security Engineer, etc.) - Experience with cloud penetration testing or red team exercises - Background in incident response or cloud forensics - Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud or CIS Benchmarks Why Join Us - Work directly on frontier AI systems used by top research labs worldwide - Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule, at your own pace - Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration - Contribute to meaningful work at the intersection of cloud security and AI safety - Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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