Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr; Greater London; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 96,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Contract-based freelance

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) to join a fully remote, hourly freelance role. You will bring hands-on SOC experience to evaluate how AI systems detect threats, correlate alerts, and support digital investigations, shaping how AI tools respond to real incidents.

You will analyze security events, review investigation tooling and detection rules, and provide structured feedback to improve AI decision-making in high-stakes environments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a SOC, incident response, or security operations role.
• Hands-on familiarity with SIEM platforms and alert queues.
• Ability to document findings clearly and concisely.

Responsibilities

• Analyze security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI-generated outputs.
• Assess root cause, impact, and remediation steps for incidents.
• Review and validate AI system detection rules and playbooks.
• Verify AI-generated incident analysis aligns with real SOC thinking and processes.
• Provide actionable feedback to improve AI decision-making in high-stakes environments.

Skills

SIEM platforms

Incident response

Threat triage

Clear documentation

Job description

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

We're partnering with world-leading AI research labs to build the next generation of AI-powered security tools. As an Incident Response Analyst, your hands-on experience in security operations will directly shape how AI systems detect threats, correlate alerts, and support digital investigations. This is a unique opportunity to take your SOC and IR expertise beyond the day-to-day and leave a lasting mark on the AI systems that will define the future of cybersecurity.

• 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 response outputs
• Assess root cause, impact, and appropriate remediation steps for simulated and real-world scenarios
• Review and validate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks used by AI systems
• Verify that AI-generated incident analysis accurately reflects how real security operations teams think and work
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI decision-making in high-stakes environments

Who You Are

• 2+ years of experience in a SOC, incident response, or security operations role
• Hands-on familiarity with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
• Skilled at triaging signals and distinguishing meaningful threats from background noise
• Able to clearly articulate your reasoning and document findings in a structured format
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and comfortable working independently and asynchronously

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or malware analysis
• Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or PICERL
• Prior work with AI tools, data labeling, or annotation platforms

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems used by top research labs worldwide
• Fully remote and flexible — complete tasks on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and meaningful global impact
• Contribute to AI that makes digital environments safer for everyone
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension