GovSignals
Security Authorization Lead
$140K–$190K
Washington, DC +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Location
- Washington, DC
New York, NY - Visa sponsorship
- Open only to U.S. citizens and other U.S. Persons.
About the job
Leads government security authorization for customer deployments, from planning and documentation through assessments, findings closure, and ongoing compliance.
What you'll do
- Plan each deployment’s authorization path, including security boundaries, control inheritance, and steps with customer security offices.
- Write and maintain authorization documentation, respond to reviewers, and track findings and POA&M items through closure.
- Maintain approvals through continuous monitoring, change requests, annual assessments, and current vulnerability and patch evidence.
What they ask for
- Personally taken a system through a DoW authorization and managed its ongoing obligations.
- Direct experience working with government security reviewers, assessors, or an authorizing official’s staff.
- Working knowledge of NIST 800-53, RMF, and the DoW Cloud Computing SRG, including control inheritance.
- Cloud fluency sufficient to read architecture diagrams, Kubernetes manifests, or CI configurations.
Nice to have
- CMMC Level 2 or SOC 2 experience; experience in a government program office, 3PAO, or assessment organization.
- Familiarity with AWS GovCloud and Kubernetes; active or previous clearance is a plus.
Pay
$140,000 – $190,000 USD base salary
Tools
NIST 800-53, RMF, DoW Cloud Computing SRG, Kubernetes, AWS GovCloud, Defense Unicorns, SecondFront GameWarden, Palantir FedStart
AI focus
The company expects extensive AI experience and provides Claude and ChatGPT credits; the role posting does not specify particular AI duties.
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