Incident Response Analyst
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About the Role Your experience in the SOC is more valuable than ever — and not just for stopping attacks. We're looking for seasoned incident response professionals to help train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems built for cybersecurity. Your real-world knowledge will directly influence how AI understands, investigates, and responds to security threats. At Alignerr, we partner with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build cutting-edge AI models. This is your opportunity to move beyond day-to-day triage and leave a lasting mark on how AI handles security operations at scale. - 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 root cause, blast radius, and appropriate remediation paths for simulated incidents - Review and validate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks - Identify gaps where AI analysis diverges from how real response teams operate - Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI security reasoning - Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule Who You Are - 2+ years of hands-on experience in a SOC, incident response, or security operations role - Comfortable working across SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling - Skilled at cutting through noise to identify meaningful threats and prioritize effectively - Strong written communication — able to articulate technical findings clearly - Self-directed and reliable in a remote, task-based environment Nice to Have - Experience writing or tuning detection rules and playbooks - Familiarity with threat intelligence frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, etc.) - Background in digital forensics or malware analysis - Prior exposure to AI evaluation or data labeling workflows Why Join Us - Work on frontier AI systems alongside world-class research teams - Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you - Freelance autonomy with meaningful, intellectually stimulating work - Contribute to AI that could reshape how the security industry operates - Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
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