Cyber Security Engineer Job at Mercor, New York, NY

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  • Mercor
  • New York, NY

Job Description

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:
  • 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.

Job Tags

Remote job, Contract work, Summer work

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