Network & Infrastructure Security Analyst

Job summary

Analyze and classify enterprise network, endpoint, email, firewall, and infrastructure security scenarios, identifying incidents, misconfigurations, control failures, root causes, attack paths, and business impact. Create, label, and validate security training and evaluation datasets for AI systems, documenting findings in structured formats while working independently on task-based assignments.

Job details

Network & Infrastructure Security Analyst (AI Training) About The Role Alignerr partners with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. We're looking for hands-on infrastructure security practitioners to bring real-world expertise to frontier AI development. In this role, you'll analyze, classify, and evaluate realistic enterprise security scenarios — helping AI systems learn how threats, controls, and failures actually behave in production environments. Your field experience doesn't just inform reports — it directly shapes how the next generation of AI understands cybersecurity. Organization: Alignerr Type: Hourly Contract Location: Remote Commitment: 10–40 hours/week What You'll Do Analyze network, endpoint, and email security scenarios across modern enterprise stacks Review firewall, EDR, and infrastructure security cases to determine what went wrong and why Classify incidents, misconfigurations, and control failures based on real operational data Create, label, and validate security training and evaluation datasets used to improve AI systems Clearly articulate root causes, attack paths, and business impact in structured formats Work independently and asynchronously on task-based assignments Who You Are 2+ years of hands-on experience in network, infrastructure, or endpoint security roles Solid familiarity with firewalls, EDR platforms, email security, IAM, SIEMs, and enterprise tooling Strong understanding of how real organizations deploy and operate security controls Ability to clearly explain complex security issues, root causes, and business impact to a technical audience Detail-oriented with a systematic approach to analysis and documentation Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on flexible schedules Nice to Have Experience in SOC, incident response, threat hunting, or red/blue team operations Familiarity with common frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or CIS Controls Background in security engineering, network architecture, or cloud security Prior experience with AI, data labeling, or evaluation workflows Why Join Us Work directly on frontier AI projects alongside top security and research teams Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule, on your own terms Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration Make a meaningful impact — your real-world expertise helps AI get security right Potential for ongoing work and contract extension

What you’ll do

Analyze and classify enterprise network, endpoint, email, firewall, and infrastructure security scenarios, identifying incidents, misconfigurations, control failures, root causes, attack paths, and business impact. Create, label, and validate security training and evaluation datasets for AI systems, documenting findings in structured formats while working independently on task-based assignments.

Requirements

Candidates need at least two years of hands-on experience in network, infrastructure, or endpoint security, along with familiarity with firewalls, EDR, email security, IAM, SIEMs, and enterprise security tooling. They should understand how organizations operate security controls and be able to explain complex issues clearly, analyze details systematically, and work independently; SOC, incident response, threat hunting, security frameworks, cloud security, or AI data-labeling experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Flexible Schedule
• Autonomy
• Global Collaboration
• Potential for Ongoing Work and Contract Extension

Listed skills

• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Network Security
• Infrastructure Security
• Endpoint Security
• Firewall Analysis
• Endpoint Detection and Response
• Email Security
• Identity and Access Management
• Security Information and Event Management
• Incident Classification
• Root Cause Analysis
• Attack Path Analysis
• Security Data Labeling
• Security Evaluation
• Incident Response
• Threat Hunting
• MITRE ATT&CK

Job areas

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

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