Supervisory Attorney Advisor (Deputy Division Chief)

This position is that of a Supervisory Attorney Advisor, located in the Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division (CCR), Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB). RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID. THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.

The Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division (CCR) of the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) helps ensure that communications networks are reliable, resilient, and secure by spearheading the Commission's work on cybersecurity, national security, communications reliability, and emergency alerting. CCR provides policy, technical, and legal advice to Commission and Bureau leadership on these issues and drafts rules, orders, public notices, studies, and analyses on a variety of national security-related communications issues. CCR also plays a major role in the Bureau's outreach and information clearinghouse functions by, among other things, analyzing the performance of communications networks during cybersecurity incidents, network outages, disasters, and emergencies and overseeing the work of the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council. The Division keeps itself fully informed of technological and industry developments that may implicate cybersecurity, national security, and communications reliability and resiliency. As Deputy Chief of the Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, the incumbent is responsible for supervising and managing CCR resources and assignments and providing authoritative legal oversight and interpretations on matters related to cybersecurity, national security, privacy, and communications reliability issues.

The incumbent ensures that written legal documents prepared by the Division are consistent with applicable statutory and regulatory provisions, including the Communications Act, Administrative Procedure Act, Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, War Powers Act, and Federal Advisory Committee Act, as well as Bureau and Commission precedent, and ensures that legal and policy documents prepared by the Division are well-reasoned and legally sound. As Deputy Division Chief of CCR, the incumbent helps the Division Chief to oversee and direct a staff of professionals involved in complex cybersecurity and communications reliability policy and rulemaking activities, as well as technical analyses. These activities have a primary impact on the Nation's communications networks and systems, including those used by the public safety community. The incumbent reports to the Chief of the Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division (Division Chief).