Offensive Security Analyst (Structured / Non-Exploit)

Alignerr Corp.; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Offensive Security Analyst to bring adversarial thinking to AI training projects. This fully remote, hourly contract role focuses on structured threat reasoning rather than exploit development, with ownership of attack scenario analysis and data labeling for AI safety.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in pentesting or red/blue team roles and can clearly communicate attack chains and risk tradeoffs in writing.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in pentesting, red team operations, or blue-team roles with offensive focus.
• Ability to clearly explain attack chains, attacker decision-making, and risk tradeoffs in writing.
• Experience evaluating adversarial scenarios and documenting structured outputs.

Responsibilities

• Analyze attack paths, kill chains, and adversary strategies across realistic production environments.
• Identify weaknesses, misconfigurations, and defensive gaps in complex architectures.
• Review red-team-style scenarios and intrusion narratives for accuracy and depth.
• Generate, label, and validate adversarial reasoning data used to train AI systems.
• Articulate how real attacks unfold, including impact and defender blind spots, in clear formats.
• Work independently and asynchronously on task-based assignments at your own pace.

Skills

Offensive security

Threat modeling

Adversarial reasoning

Red team operations

Blue team knowledge

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

About The Role

What if your instinct for how attacks unfold - how adversaries move, where defenses crack, and how risk cascades across modern infrastructure - could directly shape the AI systems that millions of people and organizations will rely on for security?

About The Role

What if your instinct for how attacks unfold - how adversaries move, where defenses crack, and how risk cascades across modern infrastructure - could directly shape the AI systems that millions of people and organizations will rely on for security?

We're looking for Offensive Security Analysts to bring real-world adversarial thinking to cutting-edge AI training projects. This role is focused on structured adversarial reasoning, not exploit development. You'll analyze realistic attack scenarios, model threat behavior, and help build the adversarial reasoning datasets that make AI smarter about security. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role - designed for experienced security practitioners who want meaningful, intellectually engaging work on their own schedule.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10-40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Analyze attack paths, kill chains, and adversary strategies across realistic production environments
• Identify weaknesses, misconfigurations, and defensive gaps in complex system architectures
• Review and evaluate red-team-style scenarios and intrusion narratives for accuracy and depth
• Generate, label, and validate adversarial reasoning data used to train and evaluate AI systems
• Articulate how real attacks unfold - including impact, tradeoffs, and defender blind spots - in clear, structured formats
• Work independently and asynchronously on task-based assignments at your own pace

Who You Are

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in pentesting, red team operations, or a blue-team role with deep offensive knowledge
• Strong mental model of how real attacks progress through production environments - from initial access to impact
• Able to clearly explain attack chains, attacker decision-making, and risk tradeoffs in writing
• Detail-oriented and systematic - you can structure complex threat reasoning into clear, consistent outputs
• No exploit development or active offensive tooling required for this role

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat modeling, adversary emulation, or attack simulation frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK)
• Background in cloud security, Active Directory environments, or network architecture
• Familiarity with red team reporting or intrusion narrative documentation
• Prior experience contributing to security research, CTFs, or structured scenario analysis

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside leading AI research teams and labs
• Fully remote and flexible - work when and where it suits you
• Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work
• Apply your security expertise in a novel, high-impact domain at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch