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Legal Counsel – Information Technology

Location: Remote – United States

As you would expect from a global business that pushes the boundaries of innovation, the scope and scale of expertise we require from our Legal Counsel is staggering. Their expertise spans litigation, commercial and corporate transactions, IP, employment, immigration, compliance and regulatory matters. Their broad remit involves managing legal business matters, advising on legal issues affecting our business, coordinating outside counsel and reviewing legal data. The challenges are always evolving – and always fascinating.

Join us as a Legal Counsel on our Security & Privacy Legal team in the United States to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve

As the Information Technology Legal Counsel, you will play a key role in supporting Dell’s global Digital (IT) organization. Reporting to Dell’s Chief Privacy Officer, VP Legal, Ethics & Compliance, you will act as legal advisor and manage a variety of information technology-related legal matters. You will also collaborate with key stakeholders (e.g. Dell Digital, Enterprise Data Governance Strategy, Global Operations, the Security & Resiliency Organization (SRO), Legal and Privacy teams) to help identify, develop and mature processes, operations and technologies in support of Dell’s Enterprise Data Governance initiatives and Dell Digital’s IT policies/protocols.

You will:

• Review and evaluate the impact of legislative, regulatory, and industry proposals applicable to Dell’s IT initiatives

• Partner with Privacy Legal, SRO Cybersecurity team and SRO legal to oversee vulnerability remediation for Dell corporate networks

• Support negotiating cloud computing, technology licensing, outsourcing contracts, and IT development, and other agreements, including partnering with Global Procurement legal teams and SRO Third Party Risk Management to draft, negotiate, maintain and provide training on third-party risk management security schedule and playbook

• Partner with Privacy, SRO and SRO Legal team to respond to privacy and security incidents relating to Dell Digital Commerce Services

• Coordinate and collaborate with product lawyers and other teams to evaluate IT requirements for new product launches

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• JD degree with admission to at least one state bar

• 5-7+ years law firm and/or in-house experience supporting an IT organization and/or IT/software procurement

• Familiarity with IT, data center operations, networks, Internet infrastructure or IT security

• Hands-on expertise and knowledge of global industry standards and security frameworks, information security and privacy laws and regulations (e.g. ISO, NIST CSF, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA, et al)

• Able to navigate large, multifaceted, and international organizations, including working across time zones

Desired Requirements

• Experience in IT contracting, with an emphasis on drafting and negotiating, cloud services (e.g. SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, information technology and software licensing agreements, collocation agreements, software development agreements)

• Experience negotiating vendor information security schedules and providing legal guidance for contract negotiations

• Understanding of IT and/or IT security technical concepts and methodologies and has ability to communicate and discuss technical concepts

• Legal project management experience is helpful

Here’s our story; now tell us yours

Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build a brighter digital tomorrow. Our company is made up of more than 150,000 people, located in over 180 locations around the world. We’re proud to be a diverse and inclusive team and have an endless passion for our mission to drive human progress.

What’s most important to us is that you are respected, feel like you can be yourself and have the opportunity to do the best work of your life -- while still having a life. We offer excellent benefits, bonus programs, flexible work arrangements, a variety of career development opportunities, employee resource groups, and much more.

We started with computers, but we didn’t stop there. We are helping customers move into the future with multi-cloud, AI and machine learning through the most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era. Join us and become a part of what’s next in technology, starting today.

You can also learn more about us by reading our latest Diversity and Inclusion Report and our plan to make the world a better place by 2030 here (https://jobs.dell.com/diversity-and-inclusion) .

Dell is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Dell are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Dell will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Dell encourages applicants of all ages. Read the full Employment Opportunity Policy here (https://jobs.dell.com/equal-employment-opportunity-policy) .

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