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Cybersecurity Expert - SOC Specialist

$125 - $175 per hour

Mercor

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $125–$175/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Participate in two to three one-hour video conversations with the Mercor team over four weeks.
  • Discuss the tools and processes used in enterprise cyber defense work.
  • Evaluate how AI assistance currently impacts your work and suggest improvements for AI benchmarks.
  • Review and provide feedback on our draft task taxonomy for accuracy and relevance.
  • Share insights on measuring the effectiveness of triage, investigation, and other security tasks.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Current or recent experience in enterprise security roles such as SOC analysts, incident responders, or security engineers.
  • Experience with EDR and SIEM stacks like CrowdStrike Falcon , Microsoft Defender , Splunk , or similar.

Preferred

  • Security leaders with hands-on experience in cyber defense work.

Compensation & Legal

  • Paid hourly for interview time as a spot bonus.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

Vacancy posted 8 days ago
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