Cloud Security Analyst

Alignerr; Toronto; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Autonomy

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Cloud Security Analyst (AI Training) to evaluate cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure, helping train AI systems to reason about real-world failures. This is a fully remote, contract-based role with 10–40 hours per week.

You will review IAM, networking, storage, and container security, identify misconfigurations, and provide expert feedback to improve AI security reasoning, shaping how AI understands cloud incidents.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on experience with cloud environments in production.
• Solid understanding of cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security.
• Familiarity with real-world misconfigurations, security incidents, and how they escape.
• Able to reason clearly about blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact.
• Strong written communication to explain complex security concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Analyze real-world cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks and failure patterns
• Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues
• Classify security gaps, misconfigurations, and cloud-related failures based on real-world impact
• Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it accurately reflects how cloud incidents unfold
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI security capabilities

Skills

2+ years cloud experience

IAM security

Networking security

Storage security

Container security

Strong written communication

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

About The Role

We partner with the world's leading AI research teams to build and evaluate cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're looking for experienced cloud security practitioners to help us make AI smarter about how cloud environments actually fail in the real world.

Cloud Security Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

We partner with the world's leading AI research teams to build and evaluate cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're looking for experienced cloud security practitioners to help us make AI smarter about how cloud environments actually fail in the real world. Your hands-on knowledge of AWS, GCP, and Azure - the misconfigurations, the blast radii, the incidents you've seen unfold - is exactly what's needed to train the next generation of AI security systems. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role that fits around your schedule.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Contract / Task-Based
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10-40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Analyze real-world cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks and failure patterns
• Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues
• Classify security gaps, misconfigurations, and cloud-related failures based on real-world impact
• Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it accurately reflects how cloud incidents unfold
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI security capabilities

Who You Are

• 2+ years of hands-on experience working with cloud environments in production
• Solid understanding of cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security
• Familiarity with real-world misconfigurations, security incidents, and how they escape
• Able to reason clearly about blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact
• Strong written communication - you can explain complex security concepts clearly

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, CCSP, etc.)
• Background in incident response, penetration testing, or cloud architecture
• Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK Cloud or CSA CCM

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs
• Fully remote and flexible - work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Your expertise shapes how AI understands and reasons about cloud security
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension