Cybersecurity Analyst

Public Affairs Institute; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Public Affairs Institute in Buffalo, NY is seeking a mid-level Cybersecurity Analyst for a part-time role. The position offers $65,000 - $96,000 on offer with genuine room to advance and schedule flexibility.

You will collaborate with product and design teams, manage infrastructure as code, and coordinate releases with stakeholders across Buffalo and remote teams. Strong Snort experience and clear communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Snort and related tools or frameworks.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions.
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve.
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Buffalo, NY and remote teams
• Turn Public Affairs Institute's Data Loss Prevention on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Hand off Kali Linux runbooks so the next on-call at Public Affairs Institute sleeps better
• Trim Public Affairs Institute's cloud bill by right-sizing the Active Directory Security infrastructure in Buffalo, NY
• Translate small-but-mighty business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Document the Resilience system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks

Skills

Snort familiarity

Written communication

Verbal communication

Follow-through

Tools

Kali Linux

Job description

You've debugged enough Communication to develop opinions, and Public Affairs Institute has a Cybersecurity Analyst role in Buffalo where opinions are currency. We're hiring a mid-level Cybersecurity Analyst to join Public Affairs Institute on a part-time basis, with $65,000 - $96,000 on offer and genuine room to advance.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across Buffalo, NY and remote teams
• Turn Public Affairs Institute's Data Loss Prevention on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
• Hand off Kali Linux runbooks so the next on-call at Public Affairs Institute sleeps better
• Trim Public Affairs Institute's cloud bill by right-sizing the Active Directory Security infrastructure in Buffalo, NY
• Translate small-but-mighty business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Document the Resilience system so the next mid-level engineer onboards in days, not weeks

What You'll Bring

• Familiarity with Snort and related tools or frameworks
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny

We're Public Affairs Institute — a client-centric Buffalo, NY outfit that treats Kali Linux less like a feature and more like a craft. Feedback flows in every direction at Public Affairs Institute, from the newest hire to the people signing the $65,000 - $96,000 checks.

Public Affairs Institute offers $65,000 - $96,000 plus the autonomy to set your own schedule and the support to keep growing.