Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; United States; Remote; MXN 992,000 - 1,985,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Global expert community

Ongoing project opportunities

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Incident Response Analyst (AI Training) to join our remote team on a hourly contract basis. You’ll evaluate AI-driven investigations by applying real-world SOC experience, focusing on accurate root cause analysis, impact assessment, and remediation guidance.

You will review detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks, and provide structured feedback to improve AI reasoning in security contexts.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering.
• Comfortable working across SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling.
• Able to clearly articulate the reasoning behind incident decisions in writing.

Responsibilities

• Analyze realistic security events, alerts, and incident cases to evaluate AI-generated investigations.
• Assess AI outputs for accuracy in root cause analysis, impact determination, and remediation guidance.
• Review and validate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks.
• Identify gaps where AI responses diverge from how real response teams operate.
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI reasoning in security contexts.
• Work independently and asynchronously on task-based assignments.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Security engineering

SIEM platforms

Alert triage

Investigation tooling

Tools

SIEM tools

Alert queues

Investigation tooling

Job description

About The Role

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems — and we need experienced incident responders to help get it right. Your hands-on knowledge of real-world security operations will directly shape how AI understands, investigates, and responds to modern cyber threats.

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of security-focused AI systems — and we need experienced incident responders to help get it right. Your hands-on knowledge of real-world security operations will directly shape how AI understands, investigates, and responds to modern cyber threats.

This is a unique opportunity to move beyond the SOC and influence the future of AI-driven security — on your own schedule, from anywhere.

• 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 investigations
• Assess AI outputs for accuracy in root cause analysis, impact determination, and remediation guidance
• Review and validate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks
• Identify gaps where AI responses diverge from how real response teams operate
• Provide structured, expert feedback that directly improves AI reasoning in security contexts
• Work independently and asynchronously on task-based assignments

Who You Are

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security engineering
• Comfortable working across SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
• Skilled at triaging alerts and distinguishing meaningful threats from noise
• Able to clearly articulate the reasoning behind incident decisions in writing
• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of how real-world response workflows operate

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or red/blue team operations
• Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or SANS IR methodology
• Exposure to cloud-native security environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Prior experience evaluating or working alongside AI-driven security tools

Why Join Us

• Work on frontier AI projects with top-tier research labs and make a direct impact
• Fully remote and flexible — complete tasks on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global expert community
• Apply your security expertise in a high-impact, intellectually stimulating new context
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as projects evolve