Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) to evaluate AI-generated responses to security events from a real-world SOC perspective. This remote, hourly contract role offers flexible scheduling and a chance to influence AI-driven threat detection for leading research collaborations.

You will analyze incidents, critique AI detection logic, and provide expert feedback while working independently on a freelance basis with 10–40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering.
• Proficient with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and digital investigation tools.
• Able to articulate reasoning clearly in written form.
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working through realistic, complex scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Analyze realistic security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI-generated responses.
• Assess impact, root cause, and remediation paths for simulated and real-world scenarios.
• Review and critique AI-generated detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks.
• Verify that AI incident analysis reflects how real security operations teams think and act.
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI model performance.
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Security engineering

Tools

SIEM platforms

Alert queues

Digital investigation tools

Job description

About The Role

Your real-world security experience is exactly what's needed to build the next generation of AI-powered threat detection. At Alignerr, we partner with leading AI research labs to develop systems that can reason through security incidents the way expert analysts do — and we need seasoned practitioners to make that happen.

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

Your real-world security experience is exactly what's needed to build the next generation of AI-powered threat detection. At Alignerr, we partner with leading AI research labs to develop systems that can reason through security incidents the way expert analysts do — and we need seasoned practitioners to make that happen.

• 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 paths for simulated and real-world scenarios
• Review and critique AI-generated detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks
• Verify that AI incident analysis reflects how real security operations teams think and act
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI model performance
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule

Who You Are

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering
• Proficient with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and digital investigation tools
• Skilled at cutting through noise to identify genuine threats and meaningful indicators
• Able to articulate your reasoning clearly in written form
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working through realistic, complex scenarios

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, malware analysis, or forensic investigation
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, detection engineering, or playbook development
• Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network forensics
• Prior experience evaluating or working with AI systems

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems with top research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work when it suits you
• Freelance autonomy with meaningful, intellectually engaging work
• Contribute to AI that makes digital investigations faster and more accurate
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension