Cybersecurity Architect - Threat Specialist

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, headquartered in San Francisco, seeks a Cybersecurity Expert for a remote contract role. You will craft cybersecurity scenarios for SOC monitoring, incident response, and forensics, and drive security operations, threat detection, and vulnerability testing across architecture.

Required expertise includes NIST CSF, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2 compliance; CISSP/CISM and rubric authorship are preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a security engineer or CISO at a major company or security firm.
• Direct ownership of incident response programs, security architecture, or compliance initiatives.
• Fluency in security tooling and understanding of regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Construct cybersecurity scenarios for security operations center monitoring, incident response, and forensics.
• Build tasks across security operations, threat detection, vulnerability testing, and security architecture.
• Develop scenarios using tools like SIEM platforms (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel), EDR tools (CrowdStrike), and vulnerability scanners (Tenable, Qualys).
• Apply cybersecurity methodologies to standards like NIST CSF, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2.
• Author rubrics that capture senior security judgment beyond textbook recall.

Skills

Incident response

Security architecture

Threat detection

Regulatory compliance

Rubrics authoring

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

Tenable

Qualys

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Cybersecurity Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $80-$90/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct cybersecurity scenarios for security operations center monitoring , incident response , and forensics .
• Build tasks across security operations , threat detection , vulnerability testing , and security architecture .
• Develop scenarios using tools like SIEM platforms ( Splunk , Microsoft Sentinel ), EDR tools ( CrowdStrike ), and vulnerability scanners ( Tenable , Qualys ).
• Apply cybersecurity methodologies to standards like NIST CSF , SOC 2 , ISO 27001 , and NIS2 .
• Author rubrics that capture senior security judgment beyond textbook recall.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years as a security engineer or CISO at a major company or security firm.
• Direct ownership of incident response programs , security architecture , or compliance initiatives .
• Fluency in security tooling and understanding of regulatory frameworks.

Preferred

• Recognized professional credential ( CISSP , CISM , or equivalent).
• Prior rubric or training authorship.