Cybersecurity Expert, Security Operations Center Specialist

Job overview

The Cybersecurity Expert, Security Operations Center Specialist opportunity is remote; compensation is $125–$175 per hour for paid interview time. Mercor connects technical talent with leading AI research labs. The expert contributes practical enterprise cyber-defense knowledge through a small series of interviews and review activities. Their feedback helps assess AI assistance in security work and improve task benchmarks and taxonomies for triage, investigation, and related security tasks.

What you'll do

• Participate in two to three one-hour video conversations over four weeks
• discuss enterprise cyber-defense tools and processes
• evaluate how AI assistance affects security work and suggest benchmark improvements
• review a draft task taxonomy
• share insights on measuring triage, investigation, and other security tasks.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cybersecurity expert

security operations center

remote

mercor

paid expert interviews

incident response

detection

application security

edr

siem

$125–$175 per hour

two to three interviews

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

This is a contract interview opportunity, paid hourly as a spot bonus. Current or recent enterprise security experience and familiarity with EDR and SIEM tools such as CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, or Splunk are required.

About the employer

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