AlignerrCybersecurity
Adversary Exploitation Lead
up to $80/hr
About this role, in Alignerr's words
What if your offensive security expertise could directly shape how AI understands cyber threats, adversary behavior, and real-world exploitation? We're looking for an Adversary Exploitation Lead to analyze attack chains, evaluate threat-actor tactics, and produce structured assessments that help AI systems reason more accurately about cybersecurity.
What you'll do
- Analyze exploitation chains, privilege-escalation paths, and attack surfaces across a range of threat scenarios
- Evaluate threat-actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) with structured, evidence-based assessments
- Identify systemic weaknesses and conditions that enable adversary exploitation
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- Summarize adversary behaviors, operational patterns, and campaign characteristics in clear, actionable documentation
- Validate detection logic and challenge defensive assumptions with an offensive mindset
- Support recurring reviews of threat-intelligence datasets and simulation outputs
Candidate background
Who You Are
- Experienced in cybersecurity, offensive security, or threat intelligence — you've worked in the weeds of real attack scenarios
- Deep understanding of exploit development, adversary tradecraft, and how real attacks unfold
- Strong analytical writer — you can translate complex technical findings into clear, structured documentation
- Self-directed and reliable when working independently on task-based assignments
- Sharp eye for the details that matter when assessing adversary behavior and systemic risk
Nice to Have
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- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and how it maps to real-world adversary behavior
- Background in red-team operations, penetration testing, or adversary emulation
- Experience with malware analysis, reverse engineering, or threat hunting
- Prior work in CTI (cyber threat intelligence) production or structured analytic writing
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Adversary Exploitation Lead (AI Training)
About the Role
What if your offensive security expertise could directly shape how AI understands cyber threats, adversary behavior, and real-world exploitation? We're looking for an Adversary Exploitation Lead to analyze attack chains, evaluate threat-actor tactics, and produce structured assessments that help AI systems reason more accurately about cybersecurity.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for experienced security professionals who think like attackers — and know how to communicate what they find.
- Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: Flexible, task-based
What You'll Do
* Analyze exploitation chains, privilege-escalation paths, and attack surfaces across a range of threat scenarios * Evaluate threat-actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) with structured, evidence-based assessments * Identify systemic weaknesses and conditions that enable adversary exploitation * Summarize adversary behaviors, operational patterns, and campaign characteristics in clear, actionable documentation * Validate detection logic and challenge defensive assumptions with an offensive mindset * Support recurring reviews of threat-intelligence datasets and simulation outputs
Who You Are
* Experienced in cybersecurity, offensive security, or threat intelligence — you've worked in the weeds of real attack scenarios * Deep understanding of exploit development, adversary tradecraft, and how real attacks unfold * Strong analytical writer — you can translate complex technical findings into clear, structured documentation * Self-directed and reliable when working independently on task-based assignments * Sharp eye for the details that matter when assessing adversary behavior and systemic risk
Nice to Have
* Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and how it maps to real-world adversary behavior * Background in red-team operations, penetration testing, or adversary emulation * Experience with malware analysis, reverse engineering, or threat hunting * Prior work in CTI (cyber threat intelligence) production or structured analytic writing
Why Join Us
* Work on cutting-edge AI projects alongside leading research labs * Fully remote and flexible — work when and where it suits you * Freelance autonomy with the structure of meaningful, task-based work * Put your offensive security expertise to work on problems that matter at scale * Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch
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, $80, is in the middle half. Of the 27 distinct rates we count, 10 are lower and 15 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
- 80e7aeab-6c0f-4f26-a089-9b3ac90634ab
Pay as the source states it: “$40-80/hr”.
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