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# Incident Response Analyst - AI Trainer

- **Company:** Mercor, Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $260,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Security Information and Event Management, Virtual Agents, Cyber Warfare, Splunk
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usb3e9c9a1bd8820154fe7d4a8237f641b

## About the Role

Must-Have

 * Experience as a SOC analyst, incident responder, or digital forensics investigator.
 * Familiarity with EDR and SIEM stacks like CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Splunk, or Elastic.

Preferred

 * Security leaders with hands-on experience in enterprise security.

## Description

* Participate in two to three one-hour video conversations over four weeks.
 * Discuss the tools and processes used in enterprise cyber defense work.
 * Evaluate AI assistance in current workflows and suggest improvements.
 * Provide feedback on task taxonomy for AI benchmarking.
 * Share insights on measuring effectiveness in triage, investigation, and containment.