What are the responsibilities and job description for the Incident Response Analyst position at Alignerr?
Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)
About The Role
We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems — and we need real incident responders to make it happen. Your hands-on experience in SOC operations and digital investigations will directly shape how AI understands, analyzes, and responds to security threats.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your cybersecurity expertise beyond the day-to-day grind — and leave a lasting mark on how AI defends organizations at scale.
About The Role
We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems — and we need real incident responders to make it happen. Your hands-on experience in SOC operations and digital investigations will directly shape how AI understands, analyzes, and responds to security threats.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your cybersecurity expertise beyond the day-to-day grind — and leave a lasting mark on how AI defends organizations at scale.
- Organization: Alignerr
- Type: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote
- Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
- Analyze realistic security events, alerts, and incident cases drawn from modern environments
- Assess impact, identify root cause, and determine appropriate remediation paths
- Evaluate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for accuracy and effectiveness
- Review and validate AI-generated incident analyses to ensure they reflect how real response teams actually operate
- Provide structured feedback that helps AI systems reason through threats the way a seasoned analyst would
- 2 years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering
- Proficient with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and common investigation tooling
- Skilled at distinguishing genuine threats from background noise across high-volume alert environments
- Methodical thinker who can explain complex security scenarios in clear, structured terms
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on an async schedule
- Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or malware analysis
- Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or PICERL
- Background working across cloud, endpoint, or network security environments
- Prior involvement in writing or reviewing detection content or playbooks
- Work on frontier AI systems being built with the world's top research labs
- Fully remote and flexible — work on your schedule, at your pace
- Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global community of experts
- Make a meaningful contribution to AI systems that improve security for organizations worldwide
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
Salary : $30 - $60