AlignerrCybersecurity
Cloud Security Analyst
up to $60/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
We partner with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're building datasets and evaluations focused on cloud security and modern infrastructure — and we need practitioners who truly understand how cloud environments fail in the real world.
What you'll do
- Analyze real-world cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, misconfigurations, and failure patterns
- Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues
- Classify security gaps and cloud-related failures based on real-world impact and blast radius
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- Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it accurately reflects how cloud incidents actually unfold
- Help shape the next generation of AI security intelligence with your practitioner-level knowledge
Candidate background
Who You Are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience working with cloud environments in production
- Solid understanding of cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security concepts
- Familiarity with real-world misconfigurations and security incidents across major cloud platforms
- Able to reason clearly about blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact
- Self-directed and comfortable working independently on task-based assignments
Nice to Have
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- Experience with cloud security frameworks or compliance standards (e.g., CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2, NIST)
- Background in security engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud architecture
- Familiarity with AI evaluation or data annotation workflows
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Cloud Security Analyst (AI Training)
About the Role
We partner with the world's leading AI research teams and labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models. Right now, we're building datasets and evaluations focused on cloud security and modern infrastructure — and we need practitioners who truly understand how cloud environments fail in the real world.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your hands-on security experience to one of the most impactful fields in tech: making AI systems smarter, safer, and more accurate when it comes to cloud infrastructure.
- Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
* Analyze real-world cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, misconfigurations, and failure patterns * Review and evaluate IAM, networking, storage, and container security issues * Classify security gaps and cloud-related failures based on real-world impact and blast radius * Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning so it accurately reflects how cloud incidents actually unfold * Help shape the next generation of AI security intelligence with your practitioner-level knowledge
Who You Are
* 2+ years of hands-on experience working with cloud environments in production * Solid understanding of cloud IAM, networking, storage, and container security concepts * Familiarity with real-world misconfigurations and security incidents across major cloud platforms * Able to reason clearly about blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact * Self-directed and comfortable working independently on task-based assignments
Nice to Have
* Experience with cloud security frameworks or compliance standards (e.g., CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2, NIST) * Background in security engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud architecture * Familiarity with AI evaluation or data annotation workflows
Why Join Us
* Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule * Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration * Meaningful work that directly improves how AI understands and reasons about cloud security * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension
Working with AlignerrPay, getting started and work, from Alignerr's own pages
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- Getting paid
- Billed weekly, Monday to Sunday, with approved work paid by the following Friday, according to Labelbox's help center. Payment goes through Stripe Connect or PayPal depending on your location, with one provider per country. intercom.help/labelbox/en/articles/13600616-alignerr-paym..., alignerr.com/process
- Before your first paid task
- Sign up, apply, verify your identity, set up billing and onboard. Some jobs add a Zara AI interview or domain assessments. alignerr.com/process
- How much work
- Time to your first project depends on demand and your skills, and there is no minimum number of hours. alignerr.com/faqs
- Contract
- Independent contractor, under terms with ALIGNERR LLC. alignerr.com/faqs, alignerr.com/privacy
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How does the pay compare?Across Cybersecurity roles, not this role alone
From our own daily reads of every open listing on the platforms we follow, not from Alignerr's posting. How we count.
Pay across the field: Cybersecurity
Across 54 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 10 platforms, the middle half pays $60 to $120 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $90. This role's top rate, $60, is in the middle half. Of the 27 distinct rates we count, 2 are lower and 20 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Alignerr (this platform) | 31 | $55 to $120 · median $60 |
| Mercor | 4 | $90 to $250 |
| micro1 | 4 | $95 to $175 |
| AfterQuery | 4 | $75 to $135 |
| DataAnnotation | 3 | $125 |
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- First seen here on 27 Aug 2026, and still on Alignerr's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Alignerr
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- Listing ID
- 0234c6b8-6472-4c93-9007-d9279507abde
Pay as the source states it: “$38-60/hr”.
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