Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr Corp. is seeking an Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) for remote, hourly contract work. You will utilize your SOC experience to analyze realistic security events and help shape AI-driven responses to threats.

Expect to review playbooks, assess root causes, and craft structured feedback to improve model performance. You will collaborate with AI researchers and security teams to ensure AI understands real-world SOC operations.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering.
• Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling.
• Able to clearly articulate reasoning and document findings in structured formats.

Responsibilities

• Analyze security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI responses.
• Assess impact, root cause, and remediation steps across scenarios.
• Review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for accuracy.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Security engineering

Analytical reasoning

Independent work

Tools

SIEM platforms

Investigation tooling

Job description

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems — and we need real incident responders to make it happen. Your hands‑on experience in SOC environments, alert triage, and digital investigations will directly shape how AI understands and responds to modern security threats.

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems — and we need real incident responders to make it happen. Your hands‑on experience in SOC environments, alert triage, and digital investigations will directly shape how AI understands and responds to modern security threats.

• 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 across a range of scenarios
• Review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks for accuracy and completeness
• Verify that AI-generated incident analysis reflects real-world SOC operations and analyst judgment
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI model performance in security contexts

Who You Are

• 2+ years of experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering
• Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
• Skilled at separating signal from noise — you know what a real threat looks like
• Able to clearly articulate your reasoning and document findings in structured formats
• Self-directed and reliable, with the ability to work independently on task-based assignments

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or malware analysis
• Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK or NIST IR lifecycle
• Background evaluating or tuning detection rules and alerting logic
• Prior involvement with AI or machine learning projects in a security context

Why Join Us

• Work on frontier AI systems alongside top-tier research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes AI safer and more effective in real security environments
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension