Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in governance, risk, compliance, or security assurance, including substantial responsibility for federal compliance programs.
• Experience leading compliance assessments, maintaining security documentation, coordinating evidence collection, and resolving assessment findings and control gaps in a SaaS, cloud, or technology environment.
• Strong working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, including evaluating control implementations, validating evidence, and maintaining ongoing compliance.
• Technical understanding of cloud architectures, system boundaries, inherited controls, and shared responsibilities sufficient to evaluate compliance decisions with Engineering and Security.
• Ability to translate federal requirements into practical guidance and clearly communicate compliance posture to assessors, agency stakeholders, and leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, drive cross-functional commitments, and escalate risks without formal authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct, hands-on experience managing FedRAMP Moderate and/or High programs, including SSP maintenance, continuous monitoring, and assessment coordination.
• Experience supporting DoD IL4 and/or IL5 compliance requirements.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud, including control inheritance and shared responsibility models.
• Experience supporting federal agency authorization processes and evaluating security requirements in federal contracts.
• Experience aligning controls and evidence across federal requirements, CJIS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or international public sector frameworks.
• Familiarity with CMMC and NIST SP 800-171.

People who thrive on our team tend to share the following traits: - Humble, open, and curious: You invite collaboration and are open to learning from others - Systems thinker: You connect the dots across frameworks, environments, and priorities - Proactive communicator: You articulate complex topics clearly and keep stakeholders aligned

Where You Will Work

This role is hybrid in our Boston, MA office. The expectation is for this individual to be onsite once a week.

Mark43 has approved states for remote work and also maintains offices in New York City, Boston, and Manchester, UK. Travel may be required occasionally for team collaboration or customer engagement.

Mark43 is approved to hire in Canada, the UK, and 36 U.S. states, including Alabama, Arizona, California (excluding San Francisco), Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Before applying to a remote role, please ensure that you are able to perform the position in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.

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