Attorney III – Transactional & Government Contracts

Step into a senior legal role where your deep expertise in state contracting, policy, and regulatory strategy directly impacts state-level operations. If you excel at structuring complex agreements, mitigating risk, and navigating administrative law, all within a balanced, hybrid work environment, this position offers an ideal platform to execute high-impact work with exceptional autonomy.

About the Team

You will be supporting an elite state-level division responsible for safeguarding critical public infrastructure, securing state technology assets, and shaping high-level cybersecurity and operational resilience policy across Texas. Serving as a crucial operational backbone, this group works at the intersection of technology, law, and government compliance to keep public systems secure, compliant, and continuously operational.

Responsibilities

• Structure, draft, negotiate, and revise high-stakes contracts and vendor agreements in strict alignment with state statutes and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts guidelines.
• Identify contractual and regulatory risks, providing actionable legal recommendations to agency leadership and internal stakeholders.
• Interpret, draft, and implement administrative rules in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), while reviewing proposed legislation and writing organizational policies.
• Prepare formal legal memoranda on contract and regulatory matters, support administrative hearings or appeals as needed, and serve as a liaison to external stakeholders and complainants.
• Independently manage highly complex legal portfolios with limited oversight, occasionally coordinating team workflows or acting in a lead capacity.

Requirements

• Demonstrated, hands-on background drafting, negotiating, and administering complex contracts (prioritized over litigation experience).
• Proven capability to draft administrative rules under the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) and manage public procurement/contracts following state guidelines and Texas Comptroller standards.
• Exceptional analytical, legal research, and writing skills, with a track record of exercising sound professional judgment while managing competing priorities independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior legal work within Texas state government.
• Familiarity with the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) / Open Records.
• Experience with administrative hearings.
• Previous lead or supervisory experience.

Pay

$72.00 / hour

Schedule

Full-Time / Standard Business Hours

Temporary / Contract engagement

Location

North Central Austin, Texas (Hybrid)

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage available from the first day of the month following 60 days of employment.
• Participation in a 403(b)-retirement plan.
• Priority placement for qualified applicants with chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities.
• Weekly payments through direct deposit.

All employment offers are contingent on the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws. Applicants must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship for a visa now or in the future.