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Location
Austin, TX
Published
21 days ago
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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.
The Team You Will Be Joining
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.
Major Duties
- Contract Drafting & Negotiation: Structure, draft, negotiate, and revise high-stakes contracts and vendor agreements in strict alignment with state statutes and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts guidelines.
- Risk Mitigation & Advisory: Identify contractual and regulatory risks, providing actionable legal recommendations to agency leadership and internal stakeholders.
- Policy & Rulemaking: Interpret, draft, and implement administrative rules in accordance with the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), while reviewing proposed legislation and writing organizational policies.
- Compliance & Legal Support: 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.
- Independent Leadership: Independently manage highly complex legal portfolios with limited oversight, occasionally coordinating team workflows or acting in a lead capacity.
What are we looking for?
- Demonstrated, hands-on background drafting, negotiating, and administering complex contracts (prioritized over litigation experience).
- Texas Regulatory Mastery: Proven capability to draft administrative rules under the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) and manage public procurement/contracts following state guidelines and Texas Comptroller standards.
- Strong Legal Execution: Exceptional analytical, legal research, and writing skills, with a track record of exercising sound professional judgment while managing competing priorities independently.
- Preferred Experience: Prior legal work within Texas state government, familiarity with the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) / Open Records, experience with administrative hearings, or previous lead/supervisory experience.
Exciting Opportunity Details
- Rate: $72.00 / hour
- Length of Engagement: Temporary / Contract
- Days/Hours: Full-Time / Standard Business Hours
- Location: North Central Austin, Texas (Hybrid)
The Peak Performers Difference
- 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.
- In business since 1994 and thousands of job placements.
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 for employment with Peak Performers must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship for a visa now or in the future.
Peak Performers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
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