AlignerrCybersecurity
Network & Infrastructure 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. Now we're looking for experienced infrastructure security practitioners to bring their real-world expertise to the frontier of AI development.
What you'll do
- Analyze realistic network, endpoint, and email security scenarios across modern enterprise environments
- Review firewall configurations, EDR telemetry, and infrastructure security cases to identify what went wrong and why
- Classify incidents, misconfigurations, and control failures based on real operational data
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- Create, label, and validate security training and evaluation datasets used to improve AI systems
- Clearly document root causes, attack paths, and business impact in structured formats
Candidate background
Who You Are
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in network security, infrastructure security, or endpoint protection roles
- Familiar with firewalls, EDR platforms, email security, IAM systems, SIEMs, and enterprise security tooling
- Strong understanding of how real organizations deploy, operate, and fail with security controls
- Able to break down complex security scenarios into clear, structured explanations
- Detail-oriented with strong written communication skills
Nice to Have
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- Experience with incident response, threat hunting, or red/blue team operations
- Familiarity with cloud security environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Background in security architecture, compliance, or risk management
- Prior experience contributing to AI, data labeling, or security research projects
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Alignerr's words
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Network & Infrastructure 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. Now we're looking for experienced infrastructure security practitioners to bring their real-world expertise to the frontier of AI development.
Your hands-on knowledge of network defense, endpoint protection, and enterprise security operations will directly shape how next-generation AI systems understand, reason about, and respond to security threats. This is a rare opportunity to do meaningful, high-impact work — on your own schedule, from anywhere.
- Organization: Alignerr - Type: Hourly Contract - Location: Remote - Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
What You'll Do
* Analyze realistic network, endpoint, and email security scenarios across modern enterprise environments * Review firewall configurations, EDR telemetry, and infrastructure security cases to identify what went wrong and why * Classify incidents, misconfigurations, and control failures based on real operational data * Create, label, and validate security training and evaluation datasets used to improve AI systems * Clearly document root causes, attack paths, and business impact in structured formats
Who You Are
* 2+ years of hands-on experience in network security, infrastructure security, or endpoint protection roles * Familiar with firewalls, EDR platforms, email security, IAM systems, SIEMs, and enterprise security tooling * Strong understanding of how real organizations deploy, operate, and fail with security controls * Able to break down complex security scenarios into clear, structured explanations * Detail-oriented with strong written communication skills
Nice to Have
* Experience with incident response, threat hunting, or red/blue team operations * Familiarity with cloud security environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) * Background in security architecture, compliance, or risk management * Prior experience contributing to AI, data labeling, or security research projects
Why Join Us
* Work directly on frontier AI systems alongside top-tier research labs * Fully remote and flexible — set your own hours and work at your own pace * Freelance autonomy with meaningful, intellectually engaging work * Contribute to AI systems that will shape the future of enterprise 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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This listing's history
- 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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- Last seen live
- Listing ID
- 14f157a9-6a2c-46f9-9386-eb2aef994d38
Pay as the source states it: “$35-60/hr”.
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