Security Operations Analyst

Alignerr Corp.; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 907,000 - 1,588,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Variety

Global collaboration

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Security Operations Analyst (AI Training) for a remote hourly contract. This role focuses on analyzing SOC scenarios, classifications, and improving AI-driven security workflows.

You will review detection logic, triage processes, and provide expert feedback to ensure AI outputs align with real analyst thinking and best practices. The role offers flexible, asynchronous work and potential ongoing engagements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in SOC, incident response, or security operations roles.
• Solid familiarity with SIEM platforms, alert triage, and investigation workflows.
• Skilled at distinguishing genuine threat signals from noise and false positives.
• Comfortable documenting reasoning clearly and working through ambiguous scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Analyze SOC scenarios — alerts, incidents, and investigations to assess what happened and why it matters.
• Classify threat severity, identify root causes, and recommend appropriate response actions.
• Review detection logic, triage workflows, and investigation methodologies for accuracy and completeness.
• Evaluate AI-generated security outputs and validate reflection of analyst thinking and best practices.
• Provide structured, expert feedback to help AI systems reason more effectively through security events.
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule.

Skills

SOC operations

SIEM

Incident response

Threat detection reasoning

Written communication

Tools

SIEM platforms

Threat hunting tools

Job description

Security Operations Analyst (AI Training)

About The Role

We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of AI systems that reason through real-world security incidents. As a Security Operations Analyst, your hands-on SOC expertise will directly shape how AI detects, investigates, and responds to threats — making these systems smarter, more accurate, and more aligned with how analysts actually work.

This is a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of cybersecurity and frontier AI, contributing to technology that will define the future of security operations.

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

What You'll Do

• Analyze realistic SOC scenarios — alerts, incidents, and investigations — to assess what's happening and why it matters
• Classify threat severity, identify root causes, and recommend appropriate response actions
• Review detection logic, triage workflows, and investigation methodologies for accuracy and completeness
• Evaluate AI-generated security outputs and validate whether they reflect real analyst thinking and best practices
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps AI systems reason more effectively through security events
• Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule

Who You Are

• 2+ years of experience in SOC, incident response, or security operations roles
• Solid familiarity with SIEM platforms, alert triage, and investigation workflows
• Skilled at distinguishing genuine threat signals from noise and false positives
• Comfortable working through ambiguous scenarios and documenting your reasoning clearly
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated with strong written communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with threat hunting, malware analysis, or digital forensics
• Familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or similar
• Background in cloud security, endpoint detection, or network monitoring
• Prior experience evaluating or working alongside AI/ML tools in a security context

Why Join Us

• Work on frontier AI projects alongside top-tier research teams and labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule, on your own terms
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Apply your real-world security expertise to a domain that's actively shaping the future
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension