Offensive Security Analyst (Structured / Non-Exploit)
Alignerr β’ Remote
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About this Role
What You'll Do
- Analyze attack paths, kill chains, and adversary strategies across realistic, production-style environments
- Identify and classify weaknesses, misconfigurations, and defensive gaps across modern infrastructure
- Review red-team style scenarios and intrusion narratives for accuracy, completeness, and real-world plausibility
- Generate, label, and validate adversarial reasoning data used to train and evaluate frontier AI systems
- Clearly explain how attacks propagate, where defenses fail, and how risk compounds across complex environments
- Work independently and asynchronously β fully on your own schedule
About the Role
What if your offensive security expertise could directly shape how AI understands cyber threats, adversary behavior, and real-world attack chains? We're looking for experienced security professionals to analyze and model realistic attack scenarios β helping train and evaluate the AI systems that will define the next generation of cybersecurity reasoning. This is a fully remote, flexible contract role. No exploit development required β just deep, practical knowledge of how real attacks unfold and a sharp ability to articulate what defenders miss.
- Organization: Alignerr
- Type: Hourly Contract
- Location: Remote
- Commitment: 10β40 hours/week
Who You Are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in pentesting, red teaming, or a blue-team role with deep offensive knowledge
- Strong understanding of how real attacks unfold in production environments β from initial access to lateral movement and impact
- Able to think like an adversary and clearly communicate attack chains, tradeoffs, and impact to technical audiences
- Methodical and detail-oriented β you spot what others overlook and know how to document it clearly
- Comfortable working independently across a variety of threat scenarios and system types
Nice to Have
- Experience with threat modeling, adversary emulation, or structured red team engagements
- Familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, or OWASP
- Background in security architecture, incident response, or threat intelligence
- Prior experience with AI tools, data labeling, or evaluation workflows
Why Join Us
- Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside leading AI research labs
- Fully remote and flexible β work when and where it suits you
- Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work
- Apply your offensive security expertise to a genuinely novel and high-impact domain
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
Requirements
- Fluent proficiency in English (Written & Verbal)
- Reliable high-speed internet connection
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Demonstrated expertise in Software Engineering
Compensation Analysis
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What is the assessment actually like?
Notoriously strict. Alignerr uses TestGorilla for role-specific timed tests β a blank coding environment for engineers, rigorous grammar and fact-checking for writers. There is almost no hand-holding. The critical catch: this is essentially a one-shot process. Fail or abandon the assessment, and you are typically locked out of that role permanently with no option to retake.
How quickly can I start earning after I pass?
Not immediately. Even after passing the assessment and completing identity verification (via Persona) and billing setup (via Deel), you may sit in a waiting pool for weeks or months. You only start earning when a project matching your specific skills launches and you are officially assigned. Do not plan around Alignerr income until you are actively on a project.
Is there a community?
Yes β and it is one of Alignerr's genuine strengths. Once assigned to a project, you are added to Slack channels where you can ask questions, get rubric clarifications from admins, and talk to other AI trainers. This is rare in AI training and makes a real difference when guidelines are ambiguous or change mid-project.
What does the work actually look like?
It is practical, hands-on data work. You might be recording short videos, categorizing images, rating text responses, or analyzing data. The tasks are designed to be short and distinctβtypically 5-60 minutes per task.
How flexible is the schedule?
Extremely. This is true "log in and work" flexibility. You can usually work for 20 minutes or 4 hours depending on your availability. There are rarely minimum hour requirements, making it ideal for side income.
Is there an interview?
Usually, no. Hiring for these roles is almost entirely based on passing an automated assessment or "qualification" task. If you pass the test, you get access to the work.
What is the barrier to entry?
Alignerr is known for difficult technical assessments. You must pass a timed test in your specific domain (e.g., Python, Physics, or Language) before you are eligible for any paid projects.