Security Authorization Specialist

Own the authorization workstreams for Game Warden across FedRAMP and US agency ATO packages, including initial authorizations, annual assessments, and significant change requests.

Author and maintain System Security Plans (SSPs), control implementation narratives, Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms), and supporting authorization artifacts that accurately reflect our architecture, controls, and operating reality. Drive findings and control gaps to closure with measurable outcomes.

Drive continuous monitoring activities including monthly POA&M updates, vulnerability and patch reporting, significant change reviews, and annual control assessments.

Serve as a technical point of contact for 3PAOs, agency reviewers, and sponsor authorization officials during assessments, readiness reviews, and audits.

Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Security Operations, and Cybersecurity Assessment teams to map technical controls to FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 requirements, and to collect defensible evidence.

Translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, actionable guidance that engineering teams can implement, not just policy language.

Use and help improve our GRC and evidence automation tooling to streamline control mapping, evidence collection, and continuous monitoring, writing basic scripts or queries (e.g., Python, Bash, SQL, simple API calls) where they save the team time.

Contribute to the evolution of 2F’s authorization processes, tooling, and evidence workflows as we scale our portfolio across frameworks and environments.

Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth

Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results

Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback

Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions

Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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