Adversary Exploitation Lead — Remote Threat Research

Alignerr Corp.; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an Adversary Exploitation Lead for a fully remote, hourly contract role. You'll dig into threat-actor behaviors, map exploitation chains, and produce sharp assessments of real-world adversary activity.

You will analyze TTPs, privilege-escalation paths, and detection logic, delivering structured documentation and actionable insights for AI and cybersecurity projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity, offensive security, or threat intelligence.
• Deep understanding of exploit development and adversary tradecraft.
• Strong analytical writer able to translate findings into documented reports.
• Detail-oriented and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Analyze exploitation chains, privilege-escalation paths, and attack surfaces.
• Evaluate threat-actor TTPs with precision.
• Identify weaknesses enabling exploitation.
• Produce clear assessments of adversary behaviors and operational patterns.
• Validate detection logic and challenge defensive assumptions.
• Support reviews of threat-intelligence datasets and simulations.

Skills

Offensive security

Threat intelligence

Adversary tradecraft

Privilege escalation

Analytical writing

Threat modeling

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Penetration testing

Malware analysis

Job description

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an Adversary Exploitation Lead for a fully remote, hourly contract role. You'll dig into threat-actor behaviors, map exploitation chains, and produce sharp assessments of real-world adversary activity.

You will analyze TTPs, privilege-escalation paths, and detection logic, delivering structured documentation and actionable insights for AI and cybersecurity projects.