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Role Description

This role involves contributing to an advanced AI research project focused on cybersecurity applications.

• Evaluate and improve AI systems designed for threat detection, incident response, and attack simulation
• Apply real-world defensive and offensive security knowledge to assess how AI models analyze and respond to complex cyber threats

Key Responsibilities

• Blue Team / Defensive Security
  • Investigate and analyze security incidents such as phishing, ransomware, lateral movement, and privilege escalation
  • Review telemetry and logs from SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewall, cloud, and identity platforms
  • Classify adversary activity using frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK
  • Evaluate detection rules, alert quality, triage workflows, and response strategies
  • Assess the technical accuracy of AI-generated threat investigations
• Red Team / Offensive Security
  • Analyze full attack chains including initial access, persistence, privilege escalation, and data exfiltration
  • Simulate attacker behavior to identify detection gaps and evasion techniques
  • Evaluate exploit techniques, payload behavior, and adversary tactics
  • Stress-test AI systems using realistic red-team scenarios
• AI Evaluation
  • Provide structured reasoning explaining investigative and adversarial decisions
  • Identify weaknesses in AI threat analysis
  • Contribute insights that help improve AI cybersecurity benchmarks

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional cybersecurity experience
• Experience in roles such as:
  • SOC Analyst (Level II/III)
  • Incident Responder
  • Threat Hunter
  • Detection Engineer
  • Red Team Operator / Penetration Tester
  • Offensive Security Consultant
• Hands-on experience responding to real-world security incidents

Technical Skills

• Blue Team
  • Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, or Elastic
  • Experience with EDR/XDR tools such as CrowdStrike, Defender, or Carbon Black
  • Log analysis and event correlation
  • Network traffic analysis using Wireshark, Zeek, or tcpdump
  • Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK frameworks
• Red Team
  • Penetration testing methodologies
  • Adversary emulation and attack simulation
  • Experience with frameworks such as Metasploit or Cobalt Strike
  • Privilege escalation and lateral movement techniques
  • Attack surface analysis and evasion methods

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as:
  • OSCP, OSEP, CRTO
  • GCIA, GCFA, GCIH
  • CISSP
• Experience mentoring security analysts or red team members
• Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash

Why This Opportunity

• Work on next-generation AI systems for cybersecurity
• Apply real-world offensive and defensive expertise
• Help improve how AI models understand cyber attacks
• Collaborate with leading AI researchers and security experts

Contract Details

• Independent contractor role
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Compensation: $85–$95 per hour
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise