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Cyber Threat Investigator | Upto $140/hr

Student-Friendly Entry-Level
Company

Mercor

Location

toronto, Canada

Posted

June 01, 2026

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About This Opportunity

Cybersecurity Engineer - Blue Team

Type: Contract • Compensation: $85–$140/hour • Location: Remote

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 .

Must-Have Qualifications

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