Attorney Advisor

U.S. Citizens

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This is a Public Notice. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.

If interested, please email your resume and a legal writing sample (not to exceed 10 pages) to: CISAOCCStaffing@cisa.dhs.gov & reference "A Government Entity OCC Attorney Advisor (Cybersecurity) - [Last Name]."

Duties:
Applicants who live within the local commuting area (i.e., a 50-mile or less radius from Glebe Road, Arlington VA (not driving distance)) are ineligible for local remote work and are expected to perform work onsite and may be eligible for telework in accordance with agency policy.

A Government Entity Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC) provides legal advice on a wide range of issues to all agency divisions and offices at headquarters and across the regional field offices. OCC works closely with the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of the General Counsel Headquarters and other DHS component counsel and directly interacts with other federal agencies, state/local governments, international governments and private sector entities, in support of CISA's missions.

The primary purpose of the position is to serve as an Attorney Advisor in the A Government Entity OCC's Cyber Law Division. The incumbent will conduct legal research and writing, review client work products, and represent the A Government Entity Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC) as part of client meetings, in support of a large variety of cybersecurity projects. Programmatic areas requiring support are likely to include: analyzing complex constitutional and statutory matters that bear directly on the execution of cybersecurity programs (e.g. Fourth Amendment, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Wiretap Act); negotiating agreements for information sharing and collaboration, as well as cybersecurity incident response; advising on authorities and other issues relating to the execution of A Government Entity's mission to secure federal executive branch information systems and provide cybersecurity assistance to critical infrastructure owners and operators and other federal and non-federal entities.

Typical work assignments include:

• The incumbent will provide direct legal support on cybersecurity law, including to A Government Entity's Cybersecurity Division (CSD).
• Provide advice, analyses, interpretations, guidance and other support to A Government Entity and DHS officials on complex and sensitive legal and policy matters arising under A Government Entity cybersecurity programs.
• Perform legal analysis and research, to include preparing memoranda, opinions, public notices and other legal documents, necessary to achieve CISA's cybersecurity goals.
• Draft or review correspondence, reports, memoranda, testimony, Federal Register notices, directives, legislation, guidance and other documents in support of CISA's cybersecurity goals for consistency with all applicable legal authorities and requirements.
• Represent CISA and DHS in meetings and conferences with international representatives and representatives of other Executive branch agencies (including the Executive Office of the President, intelligence, law enforcement and Sector Risk Management Agencies), State and/or local government, industry, and the public as a subject matter expert on legal matters related to cybersecurity and infrastructure protection.
• Engage in and advise on important legal and policy-making determinations that significantly affect CISA.
• Serve as a legal expert within the agency, department, and government on matters related to cybersecurity, information sharing, national security, federal operations, and other related legal authorities.
• Work with program officials and technical experts to design, implement and improve operational cybersecurity capabilities in accordance with evolving legal and policy requirements.
• Advise agency and department offices on applicable statutes, regulations, Executive Orders, and other guidance related to cybersecurity and coordinating with other CISA and DHS attorneys with respect to other areas of law, including the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and other regulatory law issues, Privacy Act, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Paperwork Reduction Act, privacy issues, civil rights and civil liberties, human capital and employee relations law, fiscal and procurement law, litigation, and congressional oversight and audits.

The successful candidate will have skills such as the following:

• Strong research and writing skills
• The desire to understand technology and its growing impact on the law and society
• Outstanding collaborator
• Entrepreneurial
• Ability to look over the horizon
• Strong experience in briefing senior leaders of an organization
• Familiarity with interagency initiatives and the interagency process

Requirements:
Conditions of Employment:

• You must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selective Service - Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service see http://www.sss.gov/
• All Federal employees are required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer for salary payments.
• DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
• This position has been identified as a drug testing designated position (TDP) for purposes of the CISA's Drug-Free Workplace Program. All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to a drug test to screen for illicit/illegal drug use prior to receiving a final offer of employment. A final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result. After appointment, you may be subject to periodic random drug testing.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
• Two-year probationary period may be required.
• This position may be designated as essential personnel. Essential personnel must be able to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding. Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR Part 752, as applicable).
• You are required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08). Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position, as well as annually.

Qualifications:
To qualify for the GS-0905 Attorney series, you must meet the following basic requirement:
Be an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. Territory, or District of Columbia, and a graduate of a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, you must also meet minimum qualifications for this position. To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required education and experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying as defined below, in the absence of a qualifying exception to the standard.

You qualify for the GS-11 grade level, if you have:

Education: A first professional law degree - Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (J.D.).
AND
Superior Law Student Work: Superior law student work or activities as demonstrated by ONE of the following:

• Academic standing in the upper third of your law school's graduating class.
• Work or achievement of significance on one of your law school's official law reviews or journals.
• Special high-level honors for academic excellence in law school (e.g., membership in the Order of the Coif, winning a moot court competition, or membership on the moot court team that represents your law school in competition with other law schools).
• Full-time or continuous participation in a legal aid program as opposed to one-time, intermittent, or casual participation.
• Significant summer law office clerk experience.
• Other evidence of clearly superior accomplishment or achievement.

You qualify for the GS-12 grade level, if you have:
Education:
A. A first professional law degree - Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Juris Doctor (J.D.).
OR
B. A second professional law degree - Master of Laws (LL.M.).
AND
Experience: At least one (1) year of specialized professional legal experience or judicial clerkship at the GS-11 grade level (or equivalent).