Government Contracts and Compliance Counsel at Booz Allen Hamilton

Government Contracts and Compliance Counsel

The Opportunity:

Are you passionate about combining your federal procurement law expertise with big picture business thinking to empower innovation, drive critical missions, and deliver enduring growth and value? At Booz Allen, you’ll join a team of experienced professionals motivated to excel and realize values-driven change for our clients, colleagues, and communities. We bring bold thinking to complex challenges across analytics and artificial intelligence, cyber, digital solutions, engineering, and consulting, and with industries ranging from defense and national security to health, energy, and international development.

As a member of our Government Contracts Practice Area, you’ll help propel our forward-thinking and purpose-driven team as we advance our clients’ missions. You’ll serve as a government contracts attorney providing support and leveraging experience with federal procurement transactions and compliance as part of a broader legal department and the team of government contracts attorneys supporting the federal business across civil, defense, and intelligence sectors. You’ll support one of our sectors by working on a wide range of complex transactional issues at the prime and subcontract levels and providing risk reviews and insights to senior attorneys within the sector. You’ll anticipate business needs and develop practical solutions with agility and action. You’ll establish trusted partnerships across the firm and collaborate with fellow members of the Legal, Ethics, and Compliance team to protect and advance the company while navigating the complex, multifaceted, and often novel legal and compliance risks we face today. Guided by Booz Allen’s purpose and values, together we’ll anticipate and proactively prepare for the issues we’ll encounter tomorrow. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

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You Have:

• 4+ years of experience practicing law in a law firm, corporate, or government environment

• Experience with government contracts law, including FAR, DFARS, federal procurement statutes and regulations, and bid protest jurisprudence

• Experience leading or assisting with prime contract and subcontract negotiations, pre-award support such as RFP reviews, and post-award counseling, including debriefings and protest assessments

• Experience partnering closely with business leaders to develop comprehensive solutions to problems

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to evaluate risks and root causes and aiding in designing and implementing practical mitigation strategies or action plans

• Ability to listen actively and ensure that the right questions are being asked and answered

• Ability to translate legalese or regulations into succinct, clear, and workable business solutions

• Ability to execute against clear goals, priorities, and success metrics or KPIs and manage against program plans

• LL. B or J.D. degree

• Active bar admission in any state or the District of Columbia

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with commercial contract negotiation, including federal or non-federal

• Experience with government contracting, including in a professional services firm

• Experience advising on the governance of Joint Ventures and pursuit of work through JVs

• Experience counseling on compliance matters in areas such as gifts and business courtesies, anti-kickback, post-government employment restrictions, organizational and personal conflicts of interest, and competition and antitrust

• Experience with government contracts regulatory framework, including rules and considerations for post-government employment, competition or antitrust, organizational and personal conflicts of interest, or gifts and anti-kickback

• Experience designing, implementing, executing, and enhancing compliance programs or sub-programs for post-government employment, competition or antitrust, organizational and personal conflicts of interest, or gifts and anti-kickback

• Experience advising on information security statutes, regulations, and compliance frameworks, including FISMA, DFARS, or NIST

• Ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

The projected compensation range for this position is $125,600.00 to $285,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.