Cloud Security Analyst

About the Role

Cloud breaches don’t happen in textbooks — they happen in production. At Alignerr, we partner with leading AI research labs to build the next generation of AI security systems, and we need practitioners who have seen how cloud environments actually fail.

• Organization:
  Alignerr
• Type:
  Hourly Contract
• Location:
  
  Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

• Analyze cloud security scenarios across AWS, GCP, and Azure to identify risks, misconfigurations, and failure patterns.
• Review IAM policies, network configurations, storage permissions, and container security setups for real‑world vulnerabilities.
• Classify security gaps and cloud‑related failures based on blast radius, risk exposure, and business impact.
• Validate and improve AI‑generated security reasoning to ensure it reflects how cloud incidents actually unfold.
• Contribute structured, expert‑level feedback that directly improves AI security evaluation systems.

• 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 providers.
• Familiar with real‑world misconfigurations, incident patterns, and how security failures propagate.
• Able to think clearly and communicate precisely about risk, attack surface, and business impact.
• Self‑directed and comfortable working asynchronously on task‑based assignments.

• Experience with cloud security frameworks (CIS Benchmarks, CSPM tools, MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud).
• Background in security engineering, cloud architecture, or Dev Sec Ops .
• Familiarity with AI or data annotation workflows.
• Certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, CCSP, or equivalent.

• Work directly on frontier AI systems with top‑tier research labs.
• Fully remote and flexible — work on your schedule, as many or as few hours as you want.
• Freelance autonomy with meaningful, intellectually engaging work.
• Your real‑world expertise shapes AI that will influence how the industry approaches cloud security.
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch.