--- title: 'Senior Classified WAN Manager at Nooks' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-classified-wan-manager-nooks-colorado-springs-nfm4cnthdn64' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Senior Classified WAN Manager at Nooks - **Company:** Nooks - **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO - **Compensation:** $170k–$200k - **Posted:** 2026-08-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nooks/jobs/4386745009 ## Job description ## ABOUT NOOKS Nooks is pioneering Classified-Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS) — designing, building, and operating Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and other secured, classified environments for the defense and national security community. We work with the agencies, contractors, and mission-driven organizations that keep the nation safe, delivering the physical infrastructure that makes classified work possible. We’re growing fast, operating across multiple markets, and building a company that takes both the mission and the business seriously. ## About the Role As the Senior Classified WAN Manager, you will own all classified wide area network (WAN) activities across Nooks — setting the strategy, standards, and operating model for how our classified networks are delivered, maintained, and scaled. You will oversee the management and maintenance of the network end to end, establish and own the relationships with the carriers, integrators, and technology vendors that underpin it, and keep our systems in continuous compliance with NIST SP 800-53 and positive on their Authority to Operate (ATO) across the enterprise. You will serve as the senior technical and program authority for classified network operations, coordinating engineers, vendors, government stakeholders, and remote teams across many accredited sites. This is a builder’s role. You will start by leading projects and individual contributors directly, and you will be charged with growing the organization — hiring, developing leads, and ultimately managing managers as we stand up teams to support multiple WANs. At Nooks, we move at startup speed. You will own your domain outright and be expected to set direction where none exists, thriving in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift and a proactive, problem-solving attitude is required to win. ## Key Responsibilities WAN Strategy, Operations & Compliance - Own all classified WAN activities across Nooks — setting the technical direction, standards, and operating model for how classified networks are delivered, operated, and scaled. - Oversee the day-to-day management, maintenance, health, and performance of the classified WAN environment, keeping connectivity reliable and secure across every accredited site. - Sustain a positive Authority to Operate (ATO) posture across classified systems through continuous monitoring, timely remediation of findings, and readiness for reaccreditation. - Maintain continuous compliance with NIST SP 800-53 controls and the Risk Management Framework (RMF), partnering with security stakeholders on assessment, authorization, and POA&M management. - Monitor the classified environment for risk, mitigate issues before they escalate, and enforce configuration and control baselines aligned to government requirements. - Keep audit-ready documentation of network architecture, configurations, and compliance artifacts to support continuity, inspections, and scale. Vendor & Partner Management - Establish, own, and grow relationships with carriers, integrators, hardware/software vendors, and service providers that underpin the classified WAN. - Lead vendor selection, evaluation, and negotiation; manage contracts, SLAs, renewals, and performance to keep partners accountable to cost, schedule, and mission outcomes. - Serve as the escalation point for vendor-impacting issues, driving them to resolution while protecting the security and compliance posture of the environment. Program & Project Delivery - Keep classified network projects on schedule and within budget, managing scope, milestones, and dependencies from planning through delivery. - Lead and coordinate geographically distributed engineers and support staff, holding the team aligned and accountable across multiple sites. - Serve as a primary point of contact for government sponsors and accrediting authorities, translating their requirements into executable technical plans. - Report status, budget, and compliance to leadership and stakeholders on a regular cadence, surfacing risks early with clear paths to resolution. ## Team Building & Technical Leadership - Provide senior technical leadership across the classified network stack, guiding architecture, design, troubleshooting, and operational decisions. - Build and scale the classified WAN organization — starting hands-on, leading projects and individual contributors, then hiring, developing leads, and growing into managing managers as we support multiple WANs. - Lead, mentor, and develop technical staff, setting clear ownership and building a culture of extreme ownership and service delivery. - Communicate effectively across engineering, security, program, and vendor teams, building the partnerships needed to deliver mission outcomes. What Success Looks Like in This Role After 12 months, you will own all classified WAN activities across Nooks and will have sustained a positive ATO status with continuous NIST SP 800-53 compliance and no lapses in accreditation. You will have delivered classified network programs and projects on schedule and within budget, coordinating vendors, remote teams, and government stakeholders to keep the mission moving at the speed of relevance. You will have put the vendor and partner relationships underpinning the network on solid, well-managed footing, and strengthened the operational reliability and security posture of the classified network environment. Most importantly, you will have begun building the organization — hiring and developing the people, leads, and processes needed to support multiple WANs — positioning Nooks’ classified network organization as a compliant, dependable foundation for continued growth. The Skillset - Active Top Secret//SCI clearance is required. - Extensive experience managing classified networks for DCSA, DIA, NRO, or other large Scale government entities, including senior or lead responsibility for classified WAN or enterprise network environments. - A strong technical or cyber background, with prior experience as a System Administrator, Network Engineer, or ISSM and a track record of growing into senior technical leadership. - Demonstrated experience building and leading teams — hiring, developing staff, and ideally managing other leads or managers. - Proven vendor and contract management experience: selecting and negotiating with carriers, integrators, and technology vendors and holding them accountable to SLAs. - Strong working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and the Risk Management Framework (RMF). - Deep familiarity with networking principles and technologies as applied in classified environments. - Hands-on experience with several of the following: Windows workstations and servers, VMware, Cisco switches/routers/firewalls, Trellix, PDQ, and WSUS. - Proven leadership, with the ability to set strategy, make decisions, and hold teams and vendors accountable. - Experience managing programs and coordinating remote teams across multiple sites is required. - Ability to travel up to 35% to Nooks classified sites and customer locations. Eligibility & Clearance Candidates must be U.S. citizens and eligible to work in the United States. An active Top Secret//SCI clearance is required for this role. Salary Range for all departments Salary Range $170,000—$200,000 USD ## About Nooks ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Nooks is an AI sales platform that provides a parallel dialer, AI sequencing, and research agents to automate and accelerate outbound prospecting and sales development. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Dan (CEO/Co-Founder), Hannah (CPO/Co-Founder), Nikhil (CTO/Co-Founder), Rohan (CRO/Co-Founder) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Sales Technology & AI (Sales Engagement/GTM) - Target customers: B2B sales teams (SDR/BDR teams) at companies of all sizes, from startups to enterprises. - Mission or purpose statement: To democratize growth and turn every company into a 10x sales engine. The company is building an applied AI lab focused on creating "augmented workers" for go-to-market teams. ## Products & Services - **AI Parallel Dialer**: An AI-powered parallel dialing tool that automatically detects live answers, skips phone trees and bad numbers, allowing reps to focus on conversations and triple their connects per day. - **AI Sequences**: Multi-channel (calls, emails, social) sequences that automatically update based on account data, activity, and intent signals to make outreach increasingly targeted. - **Research Intelligence Agents**: AI agents that analyze data from CRM, call transcripts, social media, and the web to provide reps with deep insights on accounts and prospects. - **List Building**: A tool to build targeted prospect lists using firmographics, first-party data, and live buying signals. - **Coaching**: An AI that analyzes sales conversations to score performance, flag coaching moments, and automate feedback loops. - **Virtual Sales Floor**: A collaborative online workspace where sales teams can work together, listen to calls, and provide real-time feedback to improve onboarding and camaraderie. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $70M (Series B). Reports over 1,000 customers globally and 4X year-over-year growth. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nooks) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by prominent investors including Airtable Ventures and Tola Capital. The founding team has backgrounds at Scale AI, Stanford AI Lab, Cerebras, and Tesla Autopilot. [nooks.ai](https://www.nooks.ai/careers) - **Growth Signals**: Grew from 3 founders to a 200+ person team in five years. Named one of America's best startup workplaces. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nooks) ## Competitive Advantages - **Agent-First Platform**: Nooks is differentiated by its focus on custom-trained AI agents that work alongside human reps, learning from every interaction to become more autonomous over time. - **Human-in-the-Loop Learning**: The platform's agents use structured reasoning and continuous feedback loops, getting smarter with every prospect and rep interaction. - **Deep GTM Intelligence**: Nooks builds intelligence from the specific context of a company's CRM, calls, and web data, optimizing for their unique go-to-market motion rather than providing generic sales tools. - **Focus on Dialing & Coaching**: Combines a high-volume parallel dialer with a virtual "sales floor" for real-time collaboration, which helps with team culture, onboarding, and performance management. ## Strategic Focus - Nooks is focused on operationalizing AI agents for B2B sales, moving beyond simple automation to create agents that can reason, learn, and execute complex tasks like research, personalization, and multi-channel sequences. - The company's long-term goal is to "redefine the equation between human intuition and machine intelligence" in the sales process, making every rep as effective as the best rep on the team. - They are aggressively hiring engineers (including Senior Software Engineers, Core Infrastructure) and go-to-market roles (AI Deployment Strategist, Director of Enterprise Sales) to scale their platform and customer base. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nooks) ## Why Work Here - **Mission & Culture**: Nooks describes itself as an "applied AI lab" with a culture of extreme ownership, speed, and customer love. They emphasize shipping quickly and being ruthless with prioritization ("do more with less"). [nooks.ai](https://www.nooks.ai/careers) - **Work Policy**: Hybrid model based in San Francisco. The office is the main workspace, and they offer catered lunch and dinner, plus a work-from-home stipend for home office equipment. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nooks) - **Notable Perks**: Unlimited Paid Time Off, comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision), equity incentive plan, 12-weeks (birthing) and 8-weeks (non-birthing) fully paid parental leave, and commuter benefits. [nooks.ai](https://www.nooks.ai/careers) - **Engineering Culture**: The team includes engineers with backgrounds from Stanford AI Lab, Scale AI, Cerebras, and Tesla Autopilot, indicating a high-caliber, research-driven engineering environment focused on solving hard problems in AI. ## Sources 1. [nooks.ai](https://www.nooks.ai/) 2. [nooks.ai/careers](https://www.nooks.ai/careers) 3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/nooks) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nooksapp) 5. 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