Offensive Security Analyst (Structured / Non-Exploit)

Alignerr; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 83,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Offensive Security Analyst to analyze real-world attack paths, model adversary behavior, and help build training data powering frontier AI systems. This remote hourly contract role focuses on structured adversarial reasoning rather than exploit development.

You will work with realistic attack scenarios to map threat propagation, defenses, and risk, delivering precise, written outputs and advancing AI-driven cybersecurity insights.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in pentesting, red team, or a blue-team role with hands-on attack knowledge.
• Understand attacks from initial access to lateral movement to impact.
• Able to think like an attacker and clearly communicate thought processes.
• Comfortable analyzing complex threat scenarios and producing structured outputs.
• Detail-oriented and consistent; accuracy matters.

Responsibilities

• Analyze attack paths, kill chains, and adversary strategies in realistic environments.
• Identify and classify weaknesses, misconfigurations, and defensive gaps.
• Review red-team scenarios and intrusion narratives for accuracy and completeness.
• Generate, label, and validate adversarial reasoning data for AI training and evaluation.
• Articulate attack chains, blast radius, and risk tradeoffs in structured formats.
• Work independently on task-based assignments on your schedule.

Skills

Pentesting

Red team operations

Threat hunting

Adversary emulation

Structured outputs

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

About The Role

What if your red team instincts and adversarial mindset could directly shape how AI understands and reasons about cybersecurity threats? We're looking for Offensive Security Analysts to analyze real-world attack paths, model adversary behavior, and help build the training data that powers next-generation AI systems.

This role is about structured adversarial reasoning — not exploit development. You'll work with realistic attack scenarios to map how threats propagate, where defenses break down, and how risk moves across modern environments. No zero-days required — just deep, practical knowledge of how real attacks actually unfold.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Analyze attack paths, kill chains, and adversary strategies across realistic production environments
• Identify and classify weaknesses, misconfigurations, and defensive gaps
• Review red-team-style scenarios and intrusion narratives for accuracy and completeness
• Generate, label, and validate adversarial reasoning data used to train and evaluate frontier AI systems
• Clearly articulate attack chains, blast radius, and risk tradeoffs in structured written formats
• Work independently and asynchronously on task-based assignments — on your own schedule

Who You Are

• 2+ years in pentesting, red team operations, or a blue-team role with deep hands‑on attack knowledge
• You understand how real attacks unfold — from initial access to lateral movement to impact
• Able to think like an attacker and communicate those thought processes clearly and precisely
• Comfortable analyzing complex threat scenarios and breaking them down into structured, reasoned outputs
• Detail-oriented and consistent — you don't cut corners when accuracy matters

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, or OWASP
• Experience writing threat models, attack narratives, or red team reports
• Background in cloud security, Active Directory environments, or enterprise network architecture
• Prior experience with AI tools or data annotation workflows

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside leading research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you
• Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, high-impact work
• Contribute to AI that will shape how the industry understands and responds to cyber threats
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch