Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Freelance engagement

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an experienced Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) to help shape how AI understands and responds to real-world security events.

This fully remote hourly contract offers flexible hours (10–40 per week) and the chance to work with top-tier research labs on frontier AI systems. Join a global expert community to analyze security events, assess impacts, review detection rules, and provide structured feedback that informs model training.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a SOC, incident response, or security operations role.
• Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling.
• Skilled at triaging signals - separating meaningful threats from background noise.
• Clear communicator who can document findings and reasoning in a structured way.

Responsibilities

• Analyze realistic security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI-generated responses.
• Assess impact, root cause, and appropriate remediation steps for simulated and real-world scenarios.
• Review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for accuracy and effectiveness.
• Verify that AI-generated incident analysis reflects how real security operations teams actually work.
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly shapes AI model training and evaluation.

Skills

SOC experience

Threat triage

Clear communicator

Async work style

Written communication

Tools

SIEM platforms

Investigation tooling

Alert queues

Job description

About The Role

We partner with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're looking for experienced Incident Response Analysts to help shape how AI understands and responds to real-world security events.

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

We partner with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're looking for experienced Incident Response Analysts to help shape how AI understands and responds to real-world security events.

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

What You'll Do

• Analyze realistic security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI-generated responses
• Assess impact, root cause, and appropriate remediation steps for simulated and real-world scenarios
• Review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for accuracy and effectiveness
• Verify that AI-generated incident analysis reflects how real security operations teams actually work
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly shapes AI model training and evaluation

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
• Skilled at triaging signals - separating meaningful threats from background noise
• Clear communicator who can document findings and reasoning in a structured way
• 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 NIST IR
• Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network monitoring
• Prior involvement in AI evaluation, red teaming, or security research

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems with top-tier research labs
• Fully remote and flexible - work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global expert community
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes AI safer and more effective for the security industry
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension