Security Onion Specialist | Remote - Contract

Role Title: Security Onion Specialist

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

We are engaging Security Onion Specialists to contribute to a dynamic customer project focused on advancing security operations and threat detection capabilities. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters. This engagement is ideal for professionals who excel at both technical implementation and clear, concise communication, ensuring knowledge transfer and actionable insights.

Required Skills

• Security Onion

Scope of Work

• Complete assigned workflows and tasks within Security Onion using your practical cybersecurity experience.
• Navigate Security Onion features related to network monitoring, alert investigation, log analysis, threat detection, and incident response.
• Analyze security alerts, network traffic, logs, and other relevant security data within Security Onion.
• Record your screen while completing assigned workflows and clearly demonstrate the steps taken.
• Create realistic prompts and detailed rubrics based on completed workflows.
• Document workflow steps and clearly explain the tools, features, and investigation techniques used.
• Review and evaluate task outputs for accuracy and alignment with project guidelines.
• Follow project instructions and quality standards while working independently in a remote environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience using Security Onion for security monitoring, threat detection, or incident investigation.
• Prior Human Data experience, such as data annotation, labeling, RLHF, AI response evaluation, model evaluation, or similar work.
• Current access to Security Onion and ability to use the application independently.
• Comfortable recording and sharing your screen while completing workflows.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to clearly explain technical workflows.

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