Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Freelance autonomy

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to help train AI systems for digital investigations. You will analyze real-world security events and incidents, assess impact and remediation, and critique AI-generated analyses to reflect true SOC workflows.

The role is fully remote, flexible, and freelance, allowing you to work asynchronously on your own schedule while delivering expert feedback that improves AI reasoning for cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• 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 distinguish meaningful threats from noise in large data sets.
• Strong written communication skills for delivering clear, structured feedback.
• Self-motivated and reliable working independently in an async environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze real-world security events, alerts, and incident cases used to train AI systems.
• Assess impact, root cause, and remediation for simulated and real incidents.
• Evaluate the quality of detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks.
• Review and critique AI-generated incident analyses to reflect genuine SOC and IR workflows.
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps AI reason like an experienced security analyst.

Skills

SOC experience

Incident response

Security operations

SIEM platforms

Alert queues

Investigation tooling

Threat differentiation

Written communication

Async work environment

Tools

SIEM tools

Investigation tooling

Alert queues

Job description

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