Incident Response Lead, Cyber Security
$40–80/hr
Remote coding contract with Alignerr, $40–80/hr, open to people in United States. Posted Oct 23.
$40–80/hr
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- Pay
- About typicalTops out at $80/hr. The typical top rate across 237 priced coding listings is $90/hr.
- Getting in
- Hard to get in~1–2 hours of assessments. Valid government photo ID.
- Steady work
- Work is patchyFeast-or-famine project volume.
- Payout record
- Some delaysSchedule: weekly, by Friday for the prior Monday–Sunday. Paid via Stripe or PayPal (depends on country).
- Freshness
- RecentPosted 2w ago. Still listed on Alignerr on Nov 6, 2026.
- Where you live
- Named countries onlyOpen in United States.
The job description
About the Role
What if your hard-won experience in the SOC trenches could directly strengthen how organizations detect, respond to, and contain real threats? We're looking for a seasoned Incident Response Lead to independently evaluate SOC operations — reviewing detection workflows, stress-testing playbooks, and surfacing the gaps that keep security teams up at night.
This is a fully remote, flexible contract engagement. If you've lived through real incidents, built response processes from scratch, or spent time hunting for what others missed — this is work that will feel both familiar and meaningful.
What You'll Do
- Evaluate detection alert pipelines, triage workflows, and escalation pathways for quality and consistency
- Assess the completeness and effectiveness of incident response actions across real or simulated timelines
- Identify critical gaps in logging coverage, detection logic, and containment procedures
- Review and validate incident response playbooks for clarity, accuracy, and operational feasibility
- Summarize recurring incident patterns and pinpoint operational bottlenecks
- Support ongoing assessments of SOC maturity and overall response readiness
- Deliver structured, analytical documentation that drives actionable improvements
Who You Are
Must-Have:
- Hands-on experience in SOC operations, incident response leadership, or cybersecurity operations
- Strong working knowledge of detection engineering, response workflows, and incident lifecycle management
- Sharp analytical thinking with the ability to translate findings into clear, structured written assessments
- Comfortable working independently and delivering consistent, high-quality evaluations
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel, Chronicle)
- Experience with EDR tools and cloud-native detection systems
- Background in threat intelligence, purple teaming, or adversary simulation
- Relevant certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, or equivalent
Why Join Us
- Apply deep security expertise to work that has a real, measurable impact on organizational resilience
- Fully remote and flexible — complete assessments on a schedule that works for you
- Freelance autonomy with meaningful, structured task-based work
- Engage with a diverse range of SOC environments, toolsets, and operational challenges
- Potential for ongoing work and contract extension across new assessments and engagements
How do you apply to Alignerr?
Apply on Alignerr
The Apply button opens this post on Alignerr's own site. You apply with them, not with Rubric. Budget about 1–2 hours of assessments.
Get through screening
What Alignerr asks for after you apply:
- Take the TestGorilla skills assessment (usually one attempt per role)
- Verify your identity with Persona
- Join the Alignerr Slack community
- Set up payouts once you are assigned to a project
Start work and get paid
Pay schedule: weekly, by Friday for the prior Monday–Sunday. Paid via Stripe or PayPal (depends on country). You're paid for the work they hand out, not a fixed salary.
Alignerr also needs
- Valid government photo ID
- Degree or professional experience for expert roles
- Webcam for proctored assessments on some roles
Red flags
- Red flagLong gaps with no project after passing
- Red flagWorker reports of delayed or withheld payments on Glassdoor
What is Alignerr like to work for?
Labelbox's contractor network, which hires generalists and domain experts to label data and write and grade AI training tasks.
| Advertised pay | $15–150/hr |
|---|---|
| Getting in | Hard to get in |
| Application takes | ~1–2 hours of assessments |
| How you get paid | Weekly, by Friday for the prior Monday–Sunday, via Stripe or PayPal (depends on country) |
| Payout record | Some delays |
| Countries | Accepts most countries but blocks signups from about two dozen; posts India-specific roles such as Hindi, Telugu and Indian-English language and cultural review work. |
Generalist and bilingual work is around $15–20/hr, coding QA $30–40/hr, and senior software, advanced math, medical and law roles $70–150/hr; some projects pay per approved task.
