Security Operations Expert – AI Trainer

Job overview

The Security Operations Expert – AI Trainer role is remote; compensation is $80–$90 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The role applies hands-on cybersecurity expertise to create scenarios, tasks, and evaluation rubrics for AI outputs. Its work helps distinguish sound security judgment from generic responses across security operations, incident response, vulnerability management, architecture, and compliance.

What you'll do

• Construct cybersecurity scenarios covering security operations, incident response, forensics, vulnerability management, and security architecture
• build tasks across threat detection, penetration testing, and governance, risk, and compliance
• develop scenarios using enterprise security tools and frameworks
• produce reference reports, assessments, architecture designs, and compliance documentation
• author evaluation rubrics.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cybersecurity

security operations

ai trainer

incident response

digital forensics

threat detection

vulnerability management

security architecture

remote

mercor

$80–$90/hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The work spans tools including Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike, Tenable, and Qualys, and frameworks including NIST CSF, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIS2.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.