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Senior Counsel - Information Technology

Location: Remote - US

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 Senior Counsel - Information Technology on the Dell Digital Legal team in Remote - US to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact.

What you’ll achieve
As Senior Counsel - Information Technology, you will be responsible for providing legal support to Dell’s Chief Digital Officer and global Information Technology organization (Dell Digital) on the development of IT policies, procedures, protocols, assessments.  This role will report to Dell’s VP Security & IT Legal, and you will act as legal advisor and manage a variety of information technology-related legal matters, as well as partner with key stakeholders including the Security & Resiliency Organization (SRO), Global Operations, Audit and Privacy.

You will:

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

• Collaborate with Dell Digital, Privacy and Product groups on Enterprise Data Governance Strategy teams to help identify, develop and mature processes, operations and technologies in support of Dell’s Enterprise Data Governance initiatives

• Partner with Global Procurement legal teams and Third Party Risk Management to draft, negotiate, maintain and provide training on third-party risk management security schedule and playbook

• Partner with SRO, Privacy and Legal 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 and admission to practice law in the United States

• Minimum of 5-7 years relevant law firm and/or in-house experience supporting an Information Technology and/or cybersecurity organization

• Familiarity with IT, data center operations, networks, Internet infrastructure, and cybersecurity technical concepts and methodologies and ability to communicate and discuss technical concepts

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

• 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

​Desirable Requirements

• Website accessibility knowledge is a plus

• Experience in legal project management and legal risk management

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.

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 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy here.