Work Mode: Remote
Engagement Type: Independent Contractor
Schedule: Full-Time or Part-Time Contract

Language Requirement: Fluent English

Key Responsibilities:
Defensive (Blue Team) Contributions:
- Investigate and analyse real or simulated security incidents (e.g., phishing, lateral movement, ransomware, privilege escalation).
- Review logs and telemetry from SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewall, cloud, and identity systems.
- Evaluate alert quality, detection rules, triage decisions, and response workflows.
- Assess AI-generated investigations for technical correctness and operational realism.

Offensive (Red Team) Contributions:
- Analyse attack chains including initial access, persistence, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and data exfiltration.
- Simulate adversarial thinking to evaluate detection gaps and bypass techniques.
- Review exploit techniques, payload behaviors, and evasion strategies.
- Provide insights into attack surface analysis and real-world adversary tactics.
- Stress-test AI systems against realistic red-team scenarios.

AI Evaluation & Feedback:




- Provide structured reasoning explaining investigative and adversarial decisions.
- Identify weaknesses in AI threat analysis and suggest improvements.
- Help refine benchmarks for detection, triage, and attack simulation accuracy.

Requirements:
Experience:
- 5+ years in cybersecurity with experience in one or more of:
- SOC Analyst (Level II/III)
- Detection Engineer
- Threat Hunter
- Red Team Operator / Penetration Tester
- Security Consultant (Offensive Security)
- Hands-on experience conducting or responding to real-world security incidents.

Technical Skills - Blue Team:
- Strong experience with:
- SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, Elastic)
- EDR/XDR tools (CrowdStrike, Defender, Carbon Black)
- Log analysis and event correlation
- Network traffic analysis (Wireshark, Zeek, tcpdump)
- Cloud security and IAM investigation experience preferred.
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK; mapping and detect

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