At most organizations, security accreditation shows up at the end of a program — a paperwork sprint to get an ATO signed before a deadline, run by someone who wasn't in the room when the architecture was decided.That's not the job here.Veilant is rethinking how cyber security and assurance get delivered across mission and enterprise systems, and we're looking for the person who will lead that shift. You'll be the primary security advisor and the trusted bridge between our Information Security Program and our government mission partners — the person engineering teams consult before they commit to a design, and the person our customers call when a hard question about risk or compliance lands on their desk.If you've spent years watching RMF get treated as a compliance tax and you know it can be run as a discipline that actually makes systems better, this is the role where you get to prove it.What you'll ownRMF accreditation, end to end. You are the lead for every in-scope system — authoring and maintaining System Security Plans, policies, and procedures; building ATO packages; writing the justifications; assembling evidence; walking auditors through reviews; answering the government's questions directly; and keeping continuous monitoring running long after the authorization is signed.Compliance integrity. You'll review systems on a regular cadence for drift from documented configurations and procedures, report what you find without softening it, and drive remediation to closure.Regulatory authority. You'll be the person in the building who knows what NIST CSF, SP 800-171, SP 800-53, CMMC, and the DoD Zero Trust Mandate actually require — and, more usefully, what they mean for the system in front of you.Security as a design input. You'll identify security requirements early and get them built into architecture rather than bolted on. You'll advise mission teams on how their work maps to authorization processes — software, wireless, cloud approvals — so nobody discovers a blocker three weeks before delivery.What success looks like in your first six monthsA complete inventory of in-scope systems and their current authorization posture, with a prioritized roadmap for what needs attention and in what orderAt least one system carried through ATO or reauthorization under your ownershipSSPs and supporting documentation current and defensible for every system you ownA continuous monitoring rhythm operating on a predictable cadence, with reporting your government partners actually rely onEstablished as the advisor mission and engineering teams bring in early — not after the design is lockedHow we'll measure your impactAuthorizations delivered on schedule, with no lapses in ATO coverageAudit and assessment findings closed within agreed timelines, with POA&M burn-down trending downGovernment partners raise security questions to you directly, and get answers they can act onSecurity requirements appear in architecture reviews before they appear in findings
