Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 34,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) to join a fully remote, flexible contract role. You will work on real-world security events used to train AI systems and help ensure AI-driven analysis reflects authentic SOC and IR workflows.

Responsibilities include analyzing incident cases, assessing impacts, and evaluating detection rules and playbooks. You will provide structured feedback to guide AI reasoning like a seasoned security analyst, with autonomous, async work

Qualifications

• 2+ years 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

SOC experience

IR experience

SIEM tools

Investigation tooling

Threat analysis

Written comms

Async work

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

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