Senior Technical Leader Associate General Counsel for Technology Law National Security Agency MD

The National Security Agency's (NSA) Office of General Counsel (OGC) is seeking an exceptionally qualified and highly motivated candidate to serve in a leadership role as the Associate General Counsel (AGC) for Technology Law (TechLaw). The AGC/TechLaw will lead a team of attorneys who serve as legal experts in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, and the next generation of technology at the NSA. The AGC/TechLaw will be among those responsible at the NSA for developing innovative legal solutions enabling NSA to conduct cutting edge AI activities, cybersecurity operations and engage in the pursuit of emerging technologies while ensuring that US person privacy and civil liberties are protected. The AGC/TechLaw position offers an exciting opportunity to be on the front lines of critical national security priorities that address novel and complex legal issues relating to technology. The TechLaw practice group will oversee legal support to NSA leaders on artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity operations, and emerging technology issues. The AGC/TechLaw must engage with senior leaders in the Agency and counterparts in the Department of War (DoW), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Intelligence Community (IC). The AGC/TechLaw also may engage with private sector partners.

The NSA AGC/TechLaw must be creative, flexible, innovative, and motivated to operate in a constantly evolving legal space requiring novel legal solutions to unique and complex legal questions. The individual selected for this position must have supervisory experience, project management skills, and the ability to communicate legal advice to non-legal practitioners effectively at a speed that enables mission to outpace evolving threats. This position requires an agile, innovative, and team-oriented thinker who demonstrates excellent leadership skills, initiative, and experience in technology transfer, CIO authorities, operational law, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.

The AGC/TechLaw will provide direct support to the NSA General Counsel and the NSA Director to meet core NSA missions in support of Presidential priorities. This position is in the NSA OGC, which is located at NSA Washington (NSAW) at Ft. Meade, Maryland. NSA is a component of the Department of War (DOW). The AGC/TechLaw is under the direct authority, direction, and control of the NSA GC and NSA Principal Deputy General Counsel (PDGC), as well as the DoW GC, the DoW PDGC, and the DoW Deputy General Counsel (Intelligence) (DGC/I). The NSA is a combat support agency and element of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

(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.The applicant must be a graduate of an accredited law school. In addition, the applicant must be able to demonstrate prior to appointment that he/she is permitted to engage in the active practice of law in the bar of the highest court of a State, U.S. Commonwealth, U.S. Territory, or the District of Columbia. Active status must be maintained in at least one state or other jurisdiction during the course of employment.

The applicant must have broad legal experience and professional knowledge of statutes and regulations governing the Intelligence Community. The applicant must also have demonstrated the ability to perform complex legal analysis and give effective oral and written presentations; the ability to forge working relationships with senior-level clients; the ability to effectively manage attorneys; and substantive knowledge and experience with DoD policies and procedures.

Ideal candidates will have demonstrated experience as a technical legal expert in one or more of the following areas: technology transfer, CIO authorities, and operational law (e.g., application of DoD Manual 5240.01 and the SIGINT Annex to authorized intelligence activities).

Evaluation Criteria:

Applicants must meet all the Technical Qualifications (TQs) listed below. Applicants must submit a resume, no longer than two pages, reflecting demonstrated evidence of the ECQs and TQs. If your resume exceeds two pages or does not reflect demonstrated evidence of the TQs, you may not receive further consideration for the position. Fully qualified applicants will be reviewed by a Panel.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All new entrants into the Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) under a career appointment will be assessed for technical competency against the following mandatory TQs.

1. Technical/Professional Achievements: Specific Technical/Professional Achievement focuses on personal technical achievement, which demonstrates innovative research and/or breakthrough successes. While achievement may take the form of participation in group efforts, the candidate under review should be distinguished from the accomplishments of the team as a whole and evaluated in terms of the impact of individual skills and knowledge on the team effort.

Candidate should have a strong record of personal technical and professional achievements. Factors to be considered include:

• Recognition of expertise, to include impact of achievements across the community.
• Demonstrated use of creativity, innovation, flexibility, and analytical skills to effect transformation.
• Track record of finding opportunities for improvement and addressing them through practical, sustainable, realistic, high- impact responses.
• Demonstrated technical accomplishments in artificial intelligence and adjacent fields.

2. Technical/Professional Development of Others: Focuses on supporting and encouraging the development of knowledge, skills and behaviors to enable the next generation of experts to reach their full potential. Covered in this category are not only concrete skills and knowledge, but also such intangibles as how to approach problems, how to balance risk against the chance of success, factors in building problem-solving teams, how to communicate effectively, and the like. Developing skills in others can be accomplished in a multitude of ways beyond mentoring, including but not limited to: building curricula, teaching, or transferring knowledge through papers and talks.

Candidate should have a strong record of developing the skills and abilities of others. Factors to be taken into consideration include:

• Encouraging participation in technical development programs.
• Mentoring and providing technical and career guidance for others.
• Fostering improved relations, unconventional approaches and teaming with other NSA elements, Intelligence Community collaborators and foreign partners.
• Actively sharing technical knowledge through teaching and/or participating in technical forums
• Participation on boards, committees and panels of significance to the technical community.

3. Technical Professional Leadership/Decision Making: Demonstrates development as a technical leader to include expertise in logical reasoning, problem solving and emotional intelligence. In this area also fall intangible components of leadership such as integrity, perseverance and dependability.

Candidate should have a strong record of making/influencing decisions. This individual must be aggressive in pursuing creative alternatives, listen openly to conflicting points of views, analyze options, and develop sound courses of action. Factors to be taken into consideration include:

• Demonstrated experience as a strong and credible technical expert and the
• ability to develop consensus
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovative research.
• Demonstrated ability to partner and influence industry and academia.
• Demonstrated ability to develop novel research projects or programs with significant effect on mission.
• The ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

4. Continued Technical/Professional Development: Focuses on the continuous enhancement of technical/professional skills and knowledge, to include technical leadership skills. Formal training, 'stretch' assignments, research and writing projects, interaction with other experts, and other activities appropriate to the particular discipline should be evaluated as part of the appraisal process.

Candidate should have a strong record of continuous enhancement of technical and professional skills and knowledge. Formal training, interaction with community experts, and technical expertise will be evaluated as part of the appraisal process. Factors to be taken into consideration include:

• Depth of knowledge in an applicable technical discipline.
• Experience in translating high-level visions into practically achievable strategies.
• Increasing the ability to relate narrow technical specialties to the broader needs of the community.

5. Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Demonstrates a broad point of view on the intelligence mission and an understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to the larger Intelligence Community strategic priorities. Aspirant's perspective is shaped by experience and education, and characterized by a strategic, top-level focus on broad requirements, joint experiences, fusion of information, collaboration, and vertical and horizontal integration of information.

Candidate should have a broad point of view of the Intelligence mission and an understanding of responsibilities in relation to the larger Intelligence Community strategic priorities. Factors to be taken into consideration include:

• Ability to build, leverage and lead collaborative networks across organizational boundaries.
• Foster improved relationships, unconventional approaches and teaming with other NSA elements, Intelligence Community collaborators and foreign partners.Pay: Salary offers are based on candidates' education level and years of experience relevant to the position and also take into account information provided by the hiring manager/organization regarding the work level for the position.

Salary Range: Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) Tier 1 - Up to $209,600

Benefits: NSA offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Work Schedule: This is a full-time position.

Appointment Term: Permanent

Reporting Date: As Soon As Possible