Global Commercial Attorney (Public Sector)

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations: 

Austin, TX

Washington D.C.

Role summary

Cloudflare is hiring a Global PubSec Transaction Attorney to support our public sector commercial transactions across the U.S. federal market, U.S. state and local government, and select APAC and EMEA opportunities. This attorney will partner closely with Sales, Public Sector, Finance, Deal Desk, Security, Privacy, Product, and other legal and operational stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and close complex transactions with government customers and public sector partners.

This is a hands-on role for a lawyer who can move quickly, think commercially, and bring judgment to high-volume, high-stakes deals. The right candidate combines deep public sector contracting experience with practical familiarity with cloud, software, or technology transactions; disciplined management of deadlines, dependencies, and decisions; and the ability to operate across time zones and legal regimes. 

What you will do

• Advise on and negotiate public sector commercial agreements, including federal, state, local, and quasi-government contracts.
• Support transaction strategy for public sector deals in the U.S., APAC, and EMEA, coordinating with regional legal and sales teams as needed.
• Draft, review, and negotiate MSAs, order forms, amendments, DPAs, security exhibits, procurement terms, and related transactional documents.
• Identify and resolve commercial, legal, privacy, data protection, security, and compliance issues in a practical, business-oriented way.
• Partner with internal teams to create and improve scalable contracting processes, playbooks, templates, and approvals.
• Help evaluate RFPs, RFIs, security questionnaires, and other procurement materials.
• Escalate issues appropriately and provide crisp risk-based recommendations to business partners.
• Build strong working relationships with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Help translate negotiated terms and procurement requirements into a complete post-award handoff: obligation, accountable owner, due date or cadence, required evidence, and escalation path for compliance management.

What you need to succeed

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of legal experience, with substantial time spent on public sector transactions.
• Strong experience negotiating U.S. federal and/or state and local government contracts.
• Working knowledge of APAC and/or EMEA public sector or regulated commercial contracting preferred.
• Experience with SaaS, cloud services, cybersecurity, software, or technology procurement strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with government procurement concepts, public sector compliance constraints, and common deal structures.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.
• Sound judgment, responsiveness, and the ability to operate independently in a highly collaborative environment.
• Eagerness to use AI in a manner that makes work more efficient but always accountable for outputs.
• Comfort balancing legal rigor with business pragmatism.

Nice to have

• Experience working at a technology company, cloud provider, or similarly fast-moving environment.
• Familiarity with global data protection frameworks and cross-border contracting issues.
• Exposure to export controls, sanctions, or public sector compliance frameworks.
• Experience creating legal enablement materials or scaling contract operations.

What success looks like

• Deals move efficiently without unnecessary friction.
• Business partners trust Legal as a practical and responsive advisor.
• Public sector contracting risks are identified early and managed consistently.
• Templates, guidance, and approvals become more scalable over time.
  • The role contributes to a smoother global public sector sales motion.

 

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Washington D.C. based hires: Estimated annual salary of $150,000 - $207,000.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!  The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave

What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs.  More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.

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