Incident Response Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 551,000 - 909,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Variety

Global collaboration

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking an Incident Response Analyst to help train AI-driven cybersecurity tools. You will analyze realistic security events and incidents to validate outputs used in training data.

Remote, hourly contract with 10–40 hours/week and a flexible schedule. You’ll collaborate with AI researchers and security staff to ensure analyses reflect real-world operations and best practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security operations.
• Proficient with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and digital investigation tooling.
• Detail-oriented with clear written communication.

Responsibilities

• Analyze security events, alerts, and incident cases to validate AI-generated outputs.
• Assess impact, root cause, and remediation paths for simulated and real-world scenarios.
• Evaluate the quality of detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks.
• Identify gaps where AI-generated incident analysis deviates from real-world security operations best practices.
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps train and refine frontier AI models.
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

SIEM

Investigation tooling

Threat detection

Written communication

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

NIST

PICERL

Job description

About The Role

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of cybersecurity intelligence tools — and we need experienced security professionals to help make it happen. As an Incident Response Analyst, you'll work with realistic security incident data to ensure AI-driven analysis reflects how elite response teams actually operate in the field.

Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of cybersecurity intelligence tools — and we need experienced security professionals to help make it happen. As an Incident Response Analyst, you'll work with realistic security incident data to ensure AI-driven analysis reflects how elite response teams actually operate in the field.

About The Role

• 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 validate AI-generated outputs
• Assess impact, root cause, and appropriate remediation paths for simulated and real-world scenarios
• Evaluate the quality of detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks
• Identify gaps where AI-generated incident analysis deviates from real-world security operations best practices
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps train and refine frontier AI models
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule

Who You Are

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security operations
• Proficient with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and digital investigation tooling
• Strong ability to distinguish meaningful threats from background noise
• Comfortable reviewing and critiquing technical security analysis at scale
• Detail-oriented with clear written communication skills
• No prior AI experience required — your security expertise is what matters

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, digital forensics, or purple team operations
• Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or PICERL
• Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network forensics
• Prior experience evaluating or annotating technical datasets

Why Join Us

• Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside top security researchers and AI labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Contribute to meaningful work that shapes how AI handles real-world cybersecurity challenges
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension