Cybersecurity Engineer - Blue Team Expert

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Cybersecurity Engineer - Blue Team Type: Contract Compensation: $85–$140/hour Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Design and build benchmark tasks grounded in real SOC and detection engineering work.
• Construct realistic evaluation environments, including multi-host networks, Active Directory , and cloud control planes.
• Define what "correct" looks like for blue-team AI reasoning and build infrastructure to measure it reproducibly at scale.
• Translate blue-team workflow experience into rigorous evaluation design.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Hands-on blue-team experience in detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, or malware analysis.
• Strong scripting and cloud/enterprise environment skills.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs. mercor .com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@ mercor .com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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