Attorney Advisor (General)
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
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The duty locion in the Office of Counsel - Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Energy Fort Belvoir, VA
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Summary
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The duty locion in the Office of Counsel - Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Energy Fort Belvoir, VA
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Overview
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Accepting applicions
Posted today
Apply by 06/16/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026
Locion
Fort Belvoir, VA
No mching locions found.
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Remote job
No
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$121,785 - $158,322 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Learn more about pay scale and grade
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupions and job series
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Secret
Financial disclosure required
Yes
Some jobs require
financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
DLAGC-26-12970722-RB
Control number
870601900
This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
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Duties
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Provide legal services reled to DLA Energy's acquisition mission to the Commander, logistics managers, and acquisition officials all levels of the organizion.
Legal and policy advice covers all areas of contract formion, for both supply/services contracts, including but not limited to competition, contract authority, socioeconomic issues, commercial item contracting, pricing, protests, and fiscal law.
Issues also include contract administrion mters, such as changes, options, performance, delivery and quality, terminions, alternive dispute resolution, and contract litigion.
Provides support to other practice areas as needed.
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Must be a U.S. Citizen
This is an Excepted Service position.
Tour of Duty: Flexible (
Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Bargaining Unit Stus: No
Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required
Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identificion documents to access certain federal facilities. See for more informion.
Qualificions
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
1) The first professional law degree (LLB. or J.D.);
2) Proof th you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Annual bar certificion cards issued from your ste of licensure are not considered acceptable. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure ded within 6 months of the closing de of this announcement or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website th is ded within 6 months of the closing de of this announcement or sworn stement to th effect. If there is not a de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed. The successful applicant selected for employment must provide a "certifice of good standing" issued by their respective bar showing they are in good stus and in active stus prior to appointment.
3) In addition to 1 and 2 (listed above), each grade level has the following qualificion requirements:
To Qualify the GS-13 Level:
You must possess professional legal experience in excess of 2 years commensure with the duties and responsibilities of the position.
In accordance with DoDI 1442.2 (Personnel Actions Involving Civilian Attorneys), promotion for this position is based on the individual's time, performance, and mastery of skills the required grade level and only with approval of the designed official (DLA General Counsel) in accordance with the applicable regulion.
The legal experience described in your applicion package or resume evalued and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience evalued and screened to determine how closely or to wh extent your experience, educion, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Your applicion package or resume must demonstre you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position the approprie grade level.
PRINCIPAL SELECTION FACTORS:
The following factors used to evalue the suitability of candides for this position:
a. Federal contract law experience (such as breadth, depth, and relevance) and/or significant civil litigion experience (Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Government Accountability Office Bid Protests, Court of Federal Claims, other Federal or ste forums). At least two years of relevant experience the next lower Federal grade is mandory. Equivalent military, ste, or prive law experience may be substituted for Federal service.
b. Analytical/legal ability (including issue identificion, legal research, analysis of options, risk analysis, creive problem-solving).
c. Excellent oral and written communicion skills.
d. Excellent interpersonal skills and client relionships, and the ability to interact well with senior officials on controversial and sensitive issues.
e. Excellent legal and business judgment.
Security Clearance : This position is designed Non-Critical Sensitive. If selected, you must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. If you are unable to obtain this level of security clearance (as a result of undisclosed or disclosed background issues), within a reasonable period of time (as defined by the agency), the employment offer may be withdrawn. In addition, incumbent is subject to periodic re-investigion to maintain security eligibility in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R.
Educion
You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable time of applicion.
FOREIGN EDUCATION : If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university.
Additional informion
Excepted Service Position: This job is being filled by an alternive hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.
Veterans Informion : There is no formal ring system for applying veteran's preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention (e.g., DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their submissions.
Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF-15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website www.opm.gov).
As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement.
Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found :
Drug-Free Workplace Policy
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.
Applicants tentively selected for employment in testing designed positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentive job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the de of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designed positions are subject to random drug testing. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Selection(s) based on the judgment of the selecting official as to which applicant is best qualified to perform the duties of the position.
Once this announcement closes, candides evalued based on the applicion package submitted. An oral interview may be conducted with some, none, or all candides, depending upon the relive qualificions of the applicants.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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The documents you are required to submit vary based on wh authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your applicion eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, your applicion considered incomplete and will not be further
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
2. TRANSCRIPTS: Transcripts must contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the degree awarded, de conferred, and all required courses as required by the position. Unofficial transcripts may be provided the time of applicion, however official transcripts requested if selected.
3. If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50).
4. A copy of your most recent performance appraisal (if current Federal employee).
5. If you are applying under Veterans' Preference, you should submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. These documents may include but are not limited to: DD214 (which indices character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activion/Deactivion orders.
If you are currently on active duty, you must submit an official stement of service from your command or other official documention th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions. **The "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed.
6. If applicable, supporting documention for military spouse preference.
APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING WITH APPLICATION (OPTIONAL):
7. Cover Letter. Applicants may submit an additional cover letter if desired. Cover letters may include a brief narrive stement outlining the applicant's experience relevant to the principal selection factors listed under Qualificions in the Requirements section above.
IF SELECTED, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
8. Proof you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure within 6 months of the de of applicion or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website ded within 6 months. If there is no de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed .
9. A sworn stement signed by you as to whether or not you have ever been found by any tribunal to have committed any crime or other act reflecting upon your suitability to practice law.
Applicions will NOT be accepted or considered if sent by mail or facsimile. Only on-line applicions
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
GENERAL COUNSEL CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rolanda Austin
...
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. 1194).
Applicions must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing de of the announcement.
Only complete applicion packages APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion. NOTE: Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
Agency contact informion
Christine Cromwell
Phone
...
...
Address
DLA General Counsel
8725 John J Kingman Road
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive another notificion.
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) .
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
The documents you are required to submit vary based on wh authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your applicion eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, your applicion considered incomplete and will not be further
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
2. TRANSCRIPTS: Transcripts must contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the degree awarded, de conferred, and all required courses as required by the position. Unofficial transcripts may be provided the time of applicion, however official transcripts requested if selected.
3. If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50).
4. A copy of your most recent performance appraisal (if current Federal employee).
5. If you are applying under Veterans' Preference, you should submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. These documents may include but are not limited to: DD214 (which indices character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activion/Deactivion orders.
If you are currently on active duty, you must submit an official stement of service from your command or other official documention th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions. **The "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed.
6. If applicable, supporting documention for military spouse preference.
APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING WITH APPLICATION (OPTIONAL):
7. Cover Letter. Applicants may submit an additional cover letter if desired. Cover letters may include a brief narrive stement outlining the applicant's experience relevant to the principal selection factors listed under Qualificions in the Requirements section above.
IF SELECTED, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
8. Proof you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure within 6 months of the de of applicion or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website ded within 6 months. If there is no de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed .
9. A sworn stement signed by you as to whether or not you have ever been found by any tribunal to have committed any crime or other act reflecting upon your suitability to practice law.
Applicions will NOT be accepted or considered if sent by mail or facsimile. Only on-line applicions
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
GENERAL COUNSEL CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rolanda Austin
...
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. 1194).
Applicions must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing de of the announcement.
Only complete applicion packages APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion. NOTE: Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
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Agency contact informion
Christine Cromwell
Phone
...
...
Address
DLA General Counsel
8725 John J Kingman Road
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive another notificion.
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) .
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today Apply by 06/16/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026 Locion Fort Belvoir, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DLAGC-26-12970722-RB Control number 870601900
Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
Summary
See below for important informion regarding this job.
The duty locion in the Office of Counsel - Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Energy Fort Belvoir, VA
Learn more about this agency
Summary
See below for important informion regarding this job.
The duty locion in the Office of Counsel - Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Energy Fort Belvoir, VA
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Posted today
Apply by 06/16/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026
Locion
Fort Belvoir, VA
No mching locions found.
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Remote job
No
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$121,785 - $158,322 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 13
Learn more about pay scale and grade
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupions and job series
0905 Attorney
Supervisory stus
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Excepted Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Secret
Financial disclosure required
Yes
Some jobs require
financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
DLAGC-26-12970722-RB
Control number
870601900
This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
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Duties
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Provide legal services reled to DLA Energy's acquisition mission to the Commander, logistics managers, and acquisition officials all levels of the organizion.
Legal and policy advice covers all areas of contract formion, for both supply/services contracts, including but not limited to competition, contract authority, socioeconomic issues, commercial item contracting, pricing, protests, and fiscal law.
Issues also include contract administrion mters, such as changes, options, performance, delivery and quality, terminions, alternive dispute resolution, and contract litigion.
Provides support to other practice areas as needed.
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
Must be a U.S. Citizen
This is an Excepted Service position.
Tour of Duty: Flexible (
Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determinion, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudiced background checks grounds for removal.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Bargaining Unit Stus: No
Financial Disclosure Requirement: Required
Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identificion documents to access certain federal facilities. See for more informion.
Qualificions
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
1) The first professional law degree (LLB. or J.D.);
2) Proof th you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Annual bar certificion cards issued from your ste of licensure are not considered acceptable. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure ded within 6 months of the closing de of this announcement or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website th is ded within 6 months of the closing de of this announcement or sworn stement to th effect. If there is not a de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed. The successful applicant selected for employment must provide a "certifice of good standing" issued by their respective bar showing they are in good stus and in active stus prior to appointment.
3) In addition to 1 and 2 (listed above), each grade level has the following qualificion requirements:
To Qualify the GS-13 Level:
You must possess professional legal experience in excess of 2 years commensure with the duties and responsibilities of the position.
In accordance with DoDI 1442.2 (Personnel Actions Involving Civilian Attorneys), promotion for this position is based on the individual's time, performance, and mastery of skills the required grade level and only with approval of the designed official (DLA General Counsel) in accordance with the applicable regulion.
The legal experience described in your applicion package or resume evalued and screened for competencies required to perform the duties of the position as described in the Major Duties section of this announcement. The QUALITY of experience evalued and screened to determine how closely or to wh extent your experience, educion, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Your applicion package or resume must demonstre you have the competencies and quality of experience necessary to successfully perform the work of the position the approprie grade level.
PRINCIPAL SELECTION FACTORS:
The following factors used to evalue the suitability of candides for this position:
a. Federal contract law experience (such as breadth, depth, and relevance) and/or significant civil litigion experience (Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Government Accountability Office Bid Protests, Court of Federal Claims, other Federal or ste forums). At least two years of relevant experience the next lower Federal grade is mandory. Equivalent military, ste, or prive law experience may be substituted for Federal service.
b. Analytical/legal ability (including issue identificion, legal research, analysis of options, risk analysis, creive problem-solving).
c. Excellent oral and written communicion skills.
d. Excellent interpersonal skills and client relionships, and the ability to interact well with senior officials on controversial and sensitive issues.
e. Excellent legal and business judgment.
Security Clearance : This position is designed Non-Critical Sensitive. If selected, you must obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance. If you are unable to obtain this level of security clearance (as a result of undisclosed or disclosed background issues), within a reasonable period of time (as defined by the agency), the employment offer may be withdrawn. In addition, incumbent is subject to periodic re-investigion to maintain security eligibility in accordance with DoD 5200.2-R.
Educion
You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims. Unless otherwise sted: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable time of applicion.
FOREIGN EDUCATION : If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show th the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university.
Additional informion
Excepted Service Position: This job is being filled by an alternive hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.
Veterans Informion : There is no formal ring system for applying veteran's preference to torney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Defense considers veterans' preference eligibility a positive factor for torney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include th informion in their cover letter or resume and tach supporting documention (e.g., DD Form 214, Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) to their submissions.
Although the point-preference system is not used, applicants eligible to claim a 10-point preference must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and supporting documention required for the specific type of preference claimed. (SF-15, which lists the types of 10-point preference and the required supporting documents, is available from the Office of Personnel Management Website www.opm.gov).
As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official de of retirement.
Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found :
Drug-Free Workplace Policy
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing.
Applicants tentively selected for employment in testing designed positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentive job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the de of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designed positions are subject to random drug testing. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.
The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opies, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
ADVISORY: Use of cannabidiol (CBD) products may result in a positive drug test for marijuana. DLA employees are subject to Federal law and under Federal law, Marijuana is illegal .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Selection(s) based on the judgment of the selecting official as to which applicant is best qualified to perform the duties of the position.
Once this announcement closes, candides evalued based on the applicion package submitted. An oral interview may be conducted with some, none, or all candides, depending upon the relive qualificions of the applicants.
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Required Documents
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The documents you are required to submit vary based on wh authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your applicion eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, your applicion considered incomplete and will not be further
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
2. TRANSCRIPTS: Transcripts must contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the degree awarded, de conferred, and all required courses as required by the position. Unofficial transcripts may be provided the time of applicion, however official transcripts requested if selected.
3. If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50).
4. A copy of your most recent performance appraisal (if current Federal employee).
5. If you are applying under Veterans' Preference, you should submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. These documents may include but are not limited to: DD214 (which indices character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activion/Deactivion orders.
If you are currently on active duty, you must submit an official stement of service from your command or other official documention th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions. **The "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed.
6. If applicable, supporting documention for military spouse preference.
APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING WITH APPLICATION (OPTIONAL):
7. Cover Letter. Applicants may submit an additional cover letter if desired. Cover letters may include a brief narrive stement outlining the applicant's experience relevant to the principal selection factors listed under Qualificions in the Requirements section above.
IF SELECTED, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
8. Proof you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure within 6 months of the de of applicion or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website ded within 6 months. If there is no de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed .
9. A sworn stement signed by you as to whether or not you have ever been found by any tribunal to have committed any crime or other act reflecting upon your suitability to practice law.
Applicions will NOT be accepted or considered if sent by mail or facsimile. Only on-line applicions
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
GENERAL COUNSEL CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rolanda Austin
...
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. 1194).
Applicions must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing de of the announcement.
Only complete applicion packages APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion. NOTE: Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
Agency contact informion
Christine Cromwell
Phone
...
...
Address
DLA General Counsel
8725 John J Kingman Road
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive another notificion.
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) .
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
The documents you are required to submit vary based on wh authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, a current permanent Federal employee, a reinstement, etc). Your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your applicion eligibility. If you fail to provide these documents, your applicion considered incomplete and will not be further
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Resume: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans.
2. TRANSCRIPTS: Transcripts must contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the degree awarded, de conferred, and all required courses as required by the position. Unofficial transcripts may be provided the time of applicion, however official transcripts requested if selected.
3. If you are a current or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50).
4. A copy of your most recent performance appraisal (if current Federal employee).
5. If you are applying under Veterans' Preference, you should submit documents verifying your eligibility with your applicion package. These documents may include but are not limited to: DD214 (which indices character of service), SF-15, VA Letter and/or Activion/Deactivion orders.
If you are currently on active duty, you must submit an official stement of service from your command or other official documention th proves your military service was performed under honorable conditions. **The "certificion" is any written document from the armed forces th certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed.
6. If applicable, supporting documention for military spouse preference.
APPLICANTS MAY SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING WITH APPLICATION (OPTIONAL):
7. Cover Letter. Applicants may submit an additional cover letter if desired. Cover letters may include a brief narrive stement outlining the applicant's experience relevant to the principal selection factors listed under Qualificions in the Requirements section above.
IF SELECTED, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
8. Proof you are licensed and a member in good standing with the bar of the highest court of a Ste, U.S. commonwealth, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia. Proof is a "certifice of good standing" issued by your ste of licensure within 6 months of the de of applicion or a screenshot of your bar stus taken from your ste of licensure website ded within 6 months. If there is no de on the screen shot, you must provide a stement signed by you on the de th the screen shot was creed .
9. A sworn stement signed by you as to whether or not you have ever been found by any tribunal to have committed any crime or other act reflecting upon your suitability to practice law.
Applicions will NOT be accepted or considered if sent by mail or facsimile. Only on-line applicions
Applicable documents to support the eligibility(s) for which you are applying. Please review the following link for a listing of the additional documents you will need to provide: Supporting Documents .
GENERAL COUNSEL CONTACT INFORMATION:
Rolanda Austin
...
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
As required by 5 C.F.R. 302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. 1194).
Applicions must be submitted ON-LINE via USAJobs by 11:59 pm EST on the closing de of the announcement.
Only complete applicion packages APPLICATIONS THAT FAIL TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section.
The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion.
To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account.
You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion. NOTE: Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement.
You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement.
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
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Agency contact informion
Christine Cromwell
Phone
...
...
Address
DLA General Counsel
8725 John J Kingman Road
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
US
Next steps
Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive another notificion.
The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and as part of the selection process, applicants may be required to complete additional supplemental documents. Once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision. If interviews are conducted, DLA uses a technique called Behavior Based Interviewing (BBI) .
To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today Apply by 06/16/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 16, 2026 Locion Fort Belvoir, VA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yesas determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $158,322 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number DLAGC-26-12970722-RB Control number 870601900
Job ID: 522750750
Originally Posted on: 5/28/2026
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