Cloud Security Analyst

Cloud Security Analyst

$38-60/hr Remote Freelance STEM

About The Role

Cloud environments fail in ways that textbooks don't capture — and that's exactly the knowledge we need. At Alignerr, we partner with the world's leading AI research teams 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've seen how cloud environments actually break.

If you've worked in production cloud environments, debugged real misconfigurations, or responded to live incidents across AWS, GCP, or Azure — your experience is directly valuable here. You'll be shaping how the next generation of AI reasons about cloud security.

What You'll Do

• Analyze cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, failure patterns, and misconfiguration chains
• Review IAM policies, networking configurations, storage permissions, and container security setups
• Classify security gaps and misconfigurations based on real-world impact, blast radius, and risk exposure
• Validate and improve AI-generated security reasoning to ensure it accurately reflects how cloud incidents unfold in practice
• Provide structured, expert feedback that helps AI models reason more accurately about cloud threats

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 across one or more major cloud providers
• Familiarity with real-world misconfigurations, incident patterns, and their downstream consequences
• Able to reason clearly about risk exposure, attack surface, and business impact
• Self-motivated and comfortable working independently on async, task-based assignments

Nice To Have

• Experience with cloud security tooling (e.g., AWS Security Hub, GCP Security Command Center, Defender for Cloud)
• Background in penetration testing, red teaming, or cloud incident response
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2, or NIST
• Prior work contributing to security research, threat modeling, or technical documentation

Why Join Us

• Work directly on frontier AI systems with top-tier research labs
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your own schedule, on your own terms
• Freelance perks: autonomy, variety, and global collaboration
• Make a meaningful impact by ensuring AI understands cloud security the way real practitioners do
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension