Incident Response Analyst
Posted Today by Alignerr
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Incident Response Analyst role involves collaborating with AI research labs to enhance AI-powered security tools through real-world expertise in threat detection and digital investigations. The position allows for flexible hours and remote work, focusing on analyzing security events and improving AI responses to security incidents. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the evolution of security operations at scale. Candidates will work independently while providing structured feedback to refine AI reasoning in security contexts.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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 threat scenarios
- Review and validate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks
- Identify gaps where AI analysis diverges from how real security teams think and operate
- Provide structured feedback that directly improves AI reasoning in security contexts
- Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule
Key Skills:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security investigations
- Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
- Strong instinct for separating signal from noise in high-volume alert environments
- Able to articulate the why behind triage and response decisions clearly and concisely
- Detail-oriented and self-motivated in a remote, async work environment
- Experience with threat hunting, forensic analysis, or red/blue team operations (nice to have)
- Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or SANS incident response methodology (nice to have)
- Prior exposure to AI evaluation, annotation, or data labeling workflows (nice to have)
Salary (Rate): £30.00/hr
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Incident Response Analyst (AI Training)
About The Role
We're partnering with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of AI-powered security tools — and we need experienced incident responders to make it happen. Your real-world expertise in threat detection, alert triage, and digital investigations will directly shape how AI understands and responds to modern security incidents. This is a unique opportunity to move beyond the day-to-day grind of the SOC and contribute to something bigger: AI systems that could transform how security teams operate at scale.
Organization: Alignerr
Type: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week (flexible)
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 threat scenarios
- Review and validate detection rules, alerting pipelines, and investigative playbooks
- Identify gaps where AI analysis diverges from how real security teams think and operate
- Provide structured feedback that directly improves AI reasoning in security contexts
- Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule
Who You Are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response, or security investigations
- Comfortable working with SIEM platforms, alert queues, and investigation tooling
- Strong instinct for separating signal from noise in high-volume alert environments
- Able to articulate the why behind triage and response decisions clearly and concisely
- Detail-oriented and self-motivated in a remote, async work environment
Nice to Have
- Experience with threat hunting, forensic analysis, or red/blue team operations
- Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, or SANS incident response methodology
- Prior exposure to AI evaluation, annotation, or data labeling workflows
Why Join Us
- Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside top-tier research labs
- Fully remote and flexible — work when and how much suits you
- Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and collaboration with a global expert community
- Put your security expertise to work on problems that matter beyond the alert queue
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension