Incident Response Analyst

Job summary

Analyze security events and incident scenarios, assess their impact and root causes, and recommend appropriate remediation. Evaluate detection and investigation workflows, then provide structured feedback on AI-generated incident analyses to improve how AI systems handle cybersecurity investigations.

Job details

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) About The Role Your experience in security operations is more valuable than ever — and not just in a SOC. We're looking for incident response professionals to help train and evaluate AI systems being built for the next generation of digital investigations. At Alignerr, we partner with the world's leading AI research labs to develop models that understand real-world security events. You'll work with realistic incident data, alert queues, and investigation scenarios — ensuring AI-driven analysis reflects how actual response teams operate in the field. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. Work on your own schedule and directly influence how frontier AI handles cybersecurity. What You'll Do Analyze real-world security events, alerts, and incident cases used to train AI systems Assess impact, root cause, and appropriate remediation for simulated and real incident scenarios Evaluate the quality of detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks Review and critique AI-generated incident analyses to ensure they reflect genuine SOC and IR workflows Provide structured, expert feedback that helps AI reason like an experienced security analyst Who You Are 2+ years of hands-on experience in a SOC, incident response, or security operations role Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling Able to quickly distinguish meaningful threats from noise in large volumes of security data Strong written communication skills for delivering clear, structured feedback Self-motivated and reliable working independently in an async environment Nice to Have Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or malware analysis Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK or incident response playbook design Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network analysis Why Join Us Work directly on frontier AI systems being built with the world's top research labs Fully remote and asynchronous — work when and where it suits you Freelance autonomy with meaningful, intellectually engaging work Apply your real-world security expertise to a cutting-edge AI application Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as projects grow

What you’ll do

Analyze security events and incident scenarios, assess their impact and root causes, and recommend appropriate remediation. Evaluate detection and investigation workflows, then provide structured feedback on AI-generated incident analyses to improve how AI systems handle cybersecurity investigations.

Requirements

Requires at least two years of hands-on experience in a SOC, incident response, or security operations role, along with familiarity with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tools. Candidates should be able to identify meaningful threats, communicate clearly in writing, and work independently; threat hunting, forensics, malware analysis, and related security specialties are advantageous.

Benefits

• Fully Remote
• Flexible Schedule
• Freelance Autonomy
• Potential for Ongoing Work and Contract Extension

Listed skills

• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Incident Response
• Security Operations
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
• Threat Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Remediation
• Detection Rules
• Alerting Pipelines
• Investigative Playbooks
• AI Analysis Evaluation
• Threat Hunting
• Digital Forensics
• Malware Analysis
• MITRE ATT&CK
• Cloud Security
• Endpoint Detection

Job areas

• Security & Safety
• Technology
• Data & Analytics
• Software
• Science & Research

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