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Cybersecurity Expert - SOC Specialist

$125 - $175 per hour
Full-time

Mercor

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.

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