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title: 'Senior Cybersecurity WAN Manager at Nooks'
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# Senior Cybersecurity WAN Manager at Nooks

- **Company:** Nooks
- **Location:** Arlington, VA
- **Compensation:** $170k–$200k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nooks/jobs/4387031009

## 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

The Senior Cybersecurity WAN Manager owns the scaling and delivery of Nooks' wide-area networks (WANs) and serves as the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) for them — starting with NEST, our first multi-tenant WAN. Reporting to the Director of Cybersecurity, you own the Risk Management Framework (RMF) lifecycle and the project management behind every WAN deployment, ensuring authorization packages and ATOs are completed in accordance with NIST SP 800-53, the DCSA Assessment and Authorization Process Manual (DAAPM), and DCSA requirements. This is an individual-contributor role today, but it is built to grow: as WANs scale across the network, you will stand up and lead a team of WAN ISSOs and ISSM’s.

Because these are multi-tenant classified WANs, this is an on-site role at the sites where WANs are deployed. The program is being built as it scales — new WANs come online on aggressive timelines, and you are accountable for driving each one from categorization to ATO without becoming the bottleneck. You own that ambiguity, running the authorization and the project plan in parallel and keeping delivery on schedule while every package meets requirements.

## Key Responsibilities

RMF & Authorization (ISSM)

- Serve as ISSM for Nooks' WANs, owning the full RMF lifecycle from categorization through continuous monitoring for each WAN.
- Develop and maintain authorization packages — SSPs, POA&Ms, and supporting artifacts — to secure and sustain ATOs.
- Ensure every package and control implementation aligns with NIST SP 800-53, the DAAPM, and DCSA requirements.

WAN Delivery & Project Management

- Project-manage WAN deployments end to end, driving each from kickoff to authorized, operational delivery.
- Build and maintain deployment schedules, milestones, and dependencies so ATOs land on time and in scope.
- Standardize repeatable authorization and deployment playbooks that scale to each new WAN and site.

Multi-Tenant Operations & Monitoring

- Operate and sustain multi-tenant WANs, maintaining authorization boundaries across tenants.
- Run continuous monitoring to keep authorizations valid and detect drift as the WAN grows.
- Coordinate on-site implementation with the IT and operations teams building and running each site.

## Team & Stakeholder Leadership

- Serve as the primary security authority and point of contact for DCSA on WAN authorizations.
- Stand up and lead a team of WAN ISSOs as the network scales.
- Advise site and program stakeholders on WAN security posture, risk, and authorization status.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

Within the first year, NEST is authorized and operating as a multi-tenant WAN, with its ATO package complete and defensible under NIST SP 800-53, the DAAPM, and DCSA requirements. WAN deployments run to a repeatable project plan, and new WANs move from categorization to ATO on schedule without becoming the bottleneck for site delivery. Authorization boundaries hold across tenants, and continuous monitoring keeps every WAN's authorization valid as the network grows. DCSA and site stakeholders regard this role as the authoritative owner of WAN security and authorization status. As the footprint expands, the role is scaling from a single owner into a WAN ISSO team executing to a consistent standard.

Cross-Functional Expectations

This role partners closely with Enterprise IT, which builds the WAN architecture, and with IT/Cyber Operations, which deploys and sustains it at each site, to carry every WAN from design to authorized delivery. It coordinates with IT/Cyber Product on gate reviews and site build timelines so authorization stays off the critical path. Externally, it is the primary interface to DCSA for WAN authorizations, and it executes on the RMF and security strategy set by the Director of Cybersecurity.

The Skillset

Required

- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship; SAP eligibility a plus.
- Demonstrated experience as an ISSM (or a senior ISSO ready to step up) for classified networks under DCSA/NISP.
- Deep, hands-on RMF expertise — owning authorization packages (SSPs, POA&Ms) through ATO under NIST SP 800-53 and the DAAPM.
- Direct experience with DCSA authorization processes and interfacing with DCSA as the cognizant security agency.
- Strong project-management skills — planning, scheduling, and driving complex technical deployments to deadline.
- Experience with WAN or network authorization, ideally multi-tenant or enterprise-scale classified networks (e.g., SIPR).
- Active DoD 8570/8140 IAM Level II or III certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CASP+).

## Preferred

- PMP or equivalent project-management certification.
- Experience authorizing or operating SIPR/JWICS or other DoD transport networks.
- Experience standing up and leading an ISSO team.
- Familiarity with eMASS and DCSA/NISP eMASS authorization workflows.

Eligibility & Clearance

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and must be U.S. citizens. This role requires an active Top Secret clearance (SCI eligibility preferred) as a condition of employment. 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. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/nooks)

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