Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec)
Mercor Experts · Remote, USA · Research / analysis
Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec) is an open role at Mercor Experts, available remotely, with pay listed as $125–$175/hr.
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At a glance
- Pay
- $125–$175/hrStated by Mercor Experts
- Location
- United States (remote)
- Work type
- Research / analysis
- Listed
- Since Sep 25, last confirmed Oct 22
How the pay compares
Higher than 90% of the 171 distinct hourly rates advertised for Research / analysis roles right now. Hourly USD, top of each advertised range, one count per distinct rate. Same method as the Pay Index.
From Mercor Experts’ listing
“Mercor is designing a benchmark that measures how well AI agents do real enterprise cyber defense work. Before we build it, we want to hear from people who do that work every day. This is a short paid research engagement, not a task or data project.”
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About the work
Mercor is designing a benchmark that measures how well AI agents do real enterprise cyber defense work. Before we build it, we want to hear from people who do that work every day.
This is a short paid research engagement, not a task or data project. You will join two to three one-hour video conversations with the Mercor team over roughly four weeks, scheduled around your availability.
What we will talk about
- How your work actually happens: the tools you live in, what lands in your queue, where judgment matters and where it does not.
- How your team measures whether a triage, investigation, containment, hunt, detection rule or patch was done well.
- Where AI assistance helps you today, where it gets in the way, and what would make a benchmark of AI on this work credible to you.
- Our draft task taxonomy: what is missing, what is mislabeled, what you would weight differently.
Who we are looking for
Current or recent hands-on practitioners in enterprise security, for example:
- SOC analysts and SOC leads (tier 2 and above)
- Incident responders and digital forensics investigators
- Detection engineers and threat hunters
- Application security or product security engineers who find and fix vulnerabilities in production code
- Security engineers who have run or been on the receiving end of a red team engagement
Experience with an EDR and SIEM stack (CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender and Sentinel, Splunk, SentinelOne, Elastic or similar) is a plus. Security leaders are welcome if you are still close to the work.
Pay and time
- Paid hourly for interview time as a spot bonus. Sessions are one hour; no prep is expected.
- Two to three sessions in total. Nothing to build, label or submit.
- Remote, US-based.
Confidentiality
We will ask you to describe patterns, not specific incidents, and to leave out anything confidential about current or former employers or customers. Your input is used only to design the benchmark and is nev
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Frequently asked questions
How do I apply for the Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec) role at Mercor Experts?
Applications go through Mercor Experts's own portal - HumanSourcer links to the listing and never collects applications or handles hiring. Mercor Experts's access model is "Apply" (Profile / role application). This listing was first seen here on September 25, 2026 and was still live at the last check.
Is the Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec) role at Mercor Experts remote?
Yes - Mercor Experts lists this role as remote.
What does the Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec) role at Mercor Experts pay?
Mercor Experts lists this role's pay as $125–$175/hr, quoted from the listing rather than estimated.
What kind of work is Cybersecurity Practitioner: Paid Expert Interviews (SOC, Incident Response, Detection, AppSec)?
Research / analysis. Law, medicine, finance, engineering, operations and AI evaluation
Is Mercor Experts a legitimate AI-training platform?
Direct expert network - and that relationship is rated "Confirmed" here because it can be checked against www.mercor.com rather than taken on Mercor Experts's word. Confidence describes how well the ownership is evidenced. It is not a rating of how the platform treats the people who work for it, which no public source covers reliably.
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