Assistant General Counsel Cyber, Privacy & Technology

Leidos is seeking a dynamic experienced and business-oriented attorney to serve as Assistant General Counsel Cyber Privacy & Technology. Reporting to the SVP/Deputy General Counsel Cyber Privacy & Emerging Technologies (and Chief Privacy Officer) this position provides strategic and operational legal support across the hottest legal issues in cybersecurity data privacy artificial intelligence and data governance.

This role offers hands-on involvement across the full lifecycle of cyber privacy and technology mattersfrom issue spotting and risk assessment to solution design incident response and program implementation. The successful candidate will advise corporate operations and customer-facing business teams supporting highly regulated mission-critical environments where cybersecurity data protection and ethical AI practices are foundational to trust and contract performance.

The attorney will partner closely with stakeholders across Human Resources CIO Services/Information Security Contracts & Global Supply Chain and business sector leadership. The position requires strong legal judgment business acumen and the ability to translate complex regulatory and contractual requirements into practical guidance for technical and operational teams.

This is a hybrid position with 2-3 days onsite work. Candidates must live within commuting distance to our headquarters in Reston Virginia.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide practical risk-based legal advice on cybersecurity data privacy artificial intelligence and emerging technologies across corporate and customer-facing operations.
• Advise stakeholders on compliance with U.S. and international privacy cybersecurity AI and data protection laws regulations standards and contractual obligations including government contracting requirements and flow-down provisions.
• Review draft and negotiate cybersecurity privacy AI and data protection provisions in customer vendor subcontractor and technology agreements including data processing agreements Business Associate Agreements and data security addenda.
• Interpret and operationalize complex regulatory and contractual requirements translating them into clear actionable guidance for business and technical teams.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to manage and mitigate cybersecurity incidents and data breaches including advising on notification reporting and related contractual and regulatory obligations and managing outside counsel as appropriate.
• Support the development implementation and continuous improvement of the companys privacy program ensuring alignment with information security AI and other governance and compliance functions.

Education

• Juris Doctor from a U.S. accredited law school
• Membership in the Virginia State Bar or the ability to become registered in-house counsel in Virginia.

Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of legal experience advising on cybersecurity data privacy technology and/or information security matters preferably in a law firm in-house or government environment.
• Working knowledge of U.S. privacy and data protection laws and frameworks (e.g. HIPAA state privacy laws) and familiarity with international regimes such as GDPR and UK GDPR.
• Experience advising on incident response and data breaches including notification and reporting considerations.
• Experience reviewing drafting and negotiating privacy cybersecurity and technology-related contractual provisions.
• Familiarity with government contracting environments and related regulatory or flow-down requirements preferred.

Personal Attributes

• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Agility and willingness to work on a broad range of matters
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently without extensive supervision
• Ability to translate legal requirements into practical guidance for non-lawyers

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