This position is located in the Office of General Counsel (OGC) of the National Security Agency. NSA is a component of the Department of War (DoW) and NSA/OGC is part of the Defense Legal Service Agency. The General Counsel (GC) of the DoW serves as the chief legal officer of DOW. The DOW GC is also dual-hatted as the Director of DLSA, which provides a full range of legal services to the Office of the Secretary of War, the Defense Agencies, and DoW Field Activities.
(U) Specific Duties: a) In support of the NSA GC, NSA PDGC, and NSA Deputy GC, provide advice and guidance to senior officials within NSA, to include DIRNSA, regarding the matters described above.
b) Interpret all statutes, Presidential Directives, and Executive Branch regulations related to artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and cybersecurity and provide legal advice and counsel to the Director and Senior Leadership Team, as directed by the NSA GC or NSA PDGC, with respect to the authorities for NSA activities and conditions and restrictions thereon.
c) Advise on all matters related to NSA's cybersecurity mission to include responsibilities that arise under National Security Presidential Memorandum-12 and applicable laws and policy directives.
d) Provide dynamic support to the OGC Front Office and across OGC practice groups as part of the leadership team responsible for supervising and mentoring a staff of multiple attorneys and unit chiefs; ensuring they are appropriately challenged, rewarded, and given support and tools necessary to succeed.
e) Represent the Agency in interactions with the Department of Justice, Department of War, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, Congress, other government agencies, foreign partners, and the general public. f) Confer with and educate clients, customers, or stakeholders on legal and policy issues. g) Determine legal sufficiency of documents.
h) Make legal determinations in accordance with laws, regulations, professional standards, and NSA/CSS policies and procedures. i) Build partnerships with the public and private sectors and within the national security community to advance mission objectives. j) Perform such other duties as the NSA OGC GC, PDGC, or DGC may prescribe.
intelcareers@nsa.gov · 1-844-424-4737
This position is with National Security Agency/Central Security Service, Department of Defense.
The posted pay range is $209600 – $209600/yr.
This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-05.
This position is open under the 'Fed Excepted' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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