Cybersecurity Analyst

Media Excellence Group; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible hours

Savannah living

Job summary

Media Excellence Group in Savannah, GA is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst on a contract basis. You will monitor system health, set up alerts, and backfill PCI DSS coverage while aligning with project goals and timelines.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on DAST experience, strong communication to translate jargon into plain English, and comfort navigating contract arrangements. The role offers flexible hours and opportunities to grow within the team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DAST experience with practical security testing.
• Strong written and verbal communication to simplify complex topics.
• Comfort with contract work and values-led workplace rhythms.
• Ability to own numbers and adjust based on results.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity when briefs arrive half-written.
• Detail-oriented approach with a focus on accuracy.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments
• Backfill PCI DSS test coverage on the riskiest code areas
• Prototype risk ideas quickly and select ones for the stack
• Reverse-engineer and document legacy processes
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver contract projects
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Question the trust-the-team PCI pattern and propose improvements
• Hand off Time Management runbooks to improve on-call sleep

Skills

Plain English communication

Contract/work rhythm

Strategic thinking

Numerical ownership

Ambiguity navigation

Attention to detail

DAST experience

Tools

DAST tools

Job description

We measure our technology engineers by what they make easy for everyone else, and that\'s the Cybersecurity Analyst bar in Savannah. This contract job in GA answers 1 years of effort with $54,000 - $83,000 and answers ambition with a clear way up.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor system health and set up alerting for agile production environments
• Backfill PCI DSS test coverage on the riskiest corners of Media Excellence Group\'s codebase
• Prototype rough Risk Assessment ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Media Excellence Group\'s stack
• Reverse-engineer the scrappy-but-steady Professionalism format Media Excellence Group inherited and never documented
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver contract projects
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Question the trust-the-team PCI DSS pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Hand off Time Management runbooks so the next on-call at Media Excellence Group sleeps better

What You\'ll Bring

• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Comfort with contract arrangements and the rhythms of a values-led workplace
• A point of view on Media Excellence Group\'s space, sharpened by your own reading
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to accuracy
• Hands-on DAST experience that survives a whiteboard interview

Founded by engineers who believe small teams ship great software, Media Excellence Group now serves customers across the country from its Savannah, GA office. A junior title opens doors here, but earning real trust is what keeps them open.

Come grow with us: $54,000 - $83,000 to start, a mentor to guide, benefits to lean on, and hours flexible enough for Savannah living.

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