24 jobs found in fort meade

Responsibilities: NSA Office of General Counsel (OGC) is seeking highly motivated, accomplished attorneys who are interested in joining its elite team of lawyers. The highest priority areas of law currently needed in NSA OGC are: - artificial intelligence - administrative law - human resources - government ethics - equal employment opportunity - litigation Other practice areas that are needed throughout the office are: - cybersecurity and national security law - government contracts - privacy and civil liberties - compliance programs - Congressional affairs At NSA OGC, you will analyze cutting-edge technical and intelligence issues and will frequently provide legal advice that relates to high-profile current events affecting our national security. Attorneys working in NSA OGC apply their expertise, skills, and education to solve a variety of challenges not found in the private sector or at any other government agency. You will have the opportunity to make...

Responsibilities: At NSA, mathematics and statistics are core disciplines present in every aspect of our mission: to protect our Nation. The mission requires a strong offense and a steadfast defense. The offense collects, processes, and disseminates intelligence information derived from foreign signals for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. The defense prevents adversaries from gaining access to sensitive classified national security information. Mathematicians and Mathematical Statisticians contribute across our mission by bringing both subject matter expertise and creative, critical thinking. A wide range of technical expertise finds a natural fit at NSA including, but not limited to, fields of algebra, combinatorics, Fourier analysis, operations research, graph analytics, regression, machine learning, exploratory data analysis, stochastic processes, statistical modeling, forecasting, and cryptography. NSA solves its hardest problems and develops innovative...

Responsibilities: Project Director responsibilities may include: - Developing and overseeing project plans as well as day-to-day activities. - Leading blended teams of contractors and civilians. - Understanding of or experience in managing Agile software development projects. - Performing requirements management, resource management and quality assurance oversight. - Developing and tracking schedules. - Monitoring performance goals and mitigating risks. - Leading/mentoring junior staff. - Creating and sustaining a strong customer focus with key stakeholders. - Collaborating with and building relationships with others to accomplish goals. - Presenting project status and informational briefs to senior leadership. Skills: The ideal candidate is someone who has previous project management experience with additional skills and experience in one or more of the following preferred: - Experience managing or overseeing hardware and/or software projects. - Certifications in DAWIA...

Responsibilities: Security and Counterintelligence organization is responsible for the protection of the National Security Agency's information, people, and facilities worldwide. In support of this mission, Security Technologists oversee the development, installation and maintenance of physical security systems. These systems and installations must meet stringent national security directives, UL standards and various national and local codes. These systems are an integral element of an overall security theory, posture and infrastructure designed to efficiently deter, delay, detect and identify threats to NSA's employees, resources and facilities. The Security Technologist work role supports the Physical Security division. Desirable candidates for this particular position shall have knowledge/skills in at least one of the following areas: 1) The System Administrator function is responsible for planning and coordinating the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and...

Responsibilities: NSA Research Scientists are actively expanding the boundaries of what can be accomplished with artificial intelligence, machine learning, human-machine teaming, software reverse engineering, data science, novel architectures, cyber security, high performance computing, and computational linguistics. Our experts generalize mission problems, advance the scientific state-of-the-art to solve problems, and work with other NSA organizations to get solutions in front of mission users and decision-makers. Our researchers also have the opportunity to collaborate regularly with the scientific community, academia, industry, and other government laboratories; publish papers on unclassified aspects of our work in scientific journals and at conferences; transfer NSA technology to the marketplace through open source software releases and public-private partnerships; serve as faculty members at local universities; and participate in university and K-12 STEM outreach activities...

Responsibilities: AI Research at NSA is a specialized discipline that intersects machine learning, experimental science, and software prototyping. AI Researchers answer open questions about AI system behavior, develop the methods and adaptations that make those systems effective under Agency data and constraints, and build the prototypes that demonstrate new capabilities. Individual researchers lean toward evaluation, method development, or applied prototyping based on background and assignment; most projects draw on all three. Responsibilities include: - Design and run experiments that characterize AI system capability, behavior, and failure modes; build benchmarks and evaluation methodology where none exist. - Develop training, fine-tuning, retrieval, and inference techniques suited to Agency data, scale, and security constraints. - Prototype novel AI applications and agentic systems that put emerging capabilities in analysts' hands, and iterate them based on user feedback. -...

Responsibilities: National Security Agency's Police Officers provide armed and uniformed security, force protection, and law enforcement functions in support of NSA's mission, assets, personnel, and facilities headquartered in and around Fort Meade, Maryland and Sugar Grove, WV. The NSA Police Force is an integral part of the NSA Security and Counterintelligence organization, which provides NSA worldwide counterintelligence, personnel, and facilities security support. Primary Responsibilities: - Counterterrorism & Force Protection - Pedestrian and vehicular access control - Response and mitigation of security, medical, and fire emergencies - Critical incident management - Enforcement of laws and regulations relative to the protection of NSA assets - Vehicle, facility, and material security inspections - Firearms training and range management - Patrol of NSA property Skills: - Enforce federal and state laws and applicable regulations - Respond to and investigate...

Responsibilities: NSA is hiring for Facility Services Officers (FSOs) with knowledge of Mechanical and Electrical Systems to serve on our 24x7 Watch Team in Texas. FSOs are responsible for oversight of the operation, maintenance, repair, modification, design, construction, and inspection of Agency facilities. Specific responsibilities vary based upon areas of expertise. Facility Services Officers: Assigned to the 24/7 Facilities Watch Team, monitor the Chilled Water and Electrical distribution systems at the NSA complex. Responsible for monitoring the condition of all other facilities systems during scheduled and unscheduled outages, construction projects, and activities that place the facility in an abnormal condition. Key component services provided to assure reliable operations: - Coordinate all utility outages with other maintenance customers and mission support elements. - Ensure that timely notification of facility emergencies are made to all personnel that are...

Responsibilities: Computer Network Defense Analysts work in multiple organizations at NSA and are primarily responsible for finding vulnerabilities, delivering analyses, crafting mitigations, developing cybersecurity products, and educating our customers to prevent and eradicate the cyber threats to the Defense Industrial Base, critical infrastructures and U.S. National Security Systems - to include NSA's own information systems and networks assets. They apply technical expertise to provide computer network defense capabilities, continuous monitoring, technical analysis, situational awareness, and incident response for the highest classified capabilities, systems, and data in our Nation. Skills: As a Cybersecurity Computer Network Defense Analyst, you will hone your technical proficiencies in multiple areas, as noted below: - Network analysis - Network protocol analysis - Network Signature development (Including Snort and Suricata signatures) - Operating system...

Responsibilities: NSA is a world leader in both the protection and exploitation of intelligence. NSA's mission is to collect and process foreign intelligence to answer critical questions from policy makers, our military, and our national leaders. While very few of the action movies you watch about NSA describe our protect mission, defending US critical infrastructure from attack is extremely important as well. At the end of the day, our job is to keep the Nation safe and informed about potential threats from foreign adversaries. Cryptanalysis, or codebreaking, is at the heart of NSA. Cryptanalysts monitor, collect, and process encrypted communications from foreign nations who may post a threat to the United States. We perform the cryptanalytic mission on encrypted foreign collection containing bespoke encryption algorithms and strong commercial cryptography. Additionally, cryptanalysts provide solutions to authenticate and enable computer network exploitation of the United...

Responsibilities: NSA's Linguists, known as Multidisciplined Language Analysts (MDLAs), are expected to take an inclusive approach to problem solving and mission accomplishment by frequently engaging with partners, enablers, and customers across the Intelligence Community. Based on skill level and experience, NSA MDLAs are considered for either the Language Analysis Development Program (LADP) or direct hire into positions supporting an analytic mission office. LADP: The LADP, which lasts up to three years, is designed to provide an intensive, accelerated opportunity to acquire the unique technical skills and experience needed to successfully apply knowledge and analytic ability to the SIGINT mission and help MDLAs achieve core analytic competencies in accordance with the Cryptologic Training System Training Standard and the MDLA competencies framework. The program includes 4-5 operational tours in a variety of offices, interspersed with formal classroom and computer-based...

Responsibilities: The National Security Agency employs a highly skilled workforce that plays a critical role in protecting our nation's security every day. The NSA is seeking individuals with relevant Intelligence Community (IC) experience to support our mission. Applicants will be considered primarily against the selected skill areas and will be required to meet the applicable minimum qualifications. To afford yourself the best opportunity for consideration, please build your profile (which builds your NSA resume) to showcase your relevancy and experience towards NSA missions. It's important that you upload any military training/coursework transcripts, DD214, relevant certifications, as well as unofficial copies of educational transcripts from schools attended. Providing these documents is especially critical as the minimum qualifications for some positions may require a particular degree, course concentration, or relevant military training. Skills: ***Prior to submitting...

Responsibilities: Security and Counterintelligence is responsible for the protection of NSA/CSS information, people and facilities worldwide. In support of this mission, Technical Security Analysts provide security analysis, risk recommendations, and mitigations to decision makers and customers. They develop and monitor the implementation and effectiveness of countermeasures for mitigating security risks. Technical Security Analysts prepare and maintain assessments and security databases detailing the findings, recommendations, status, and results of assessment actions. Technical Security Analyst responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Applying principles, methods, and tools for assessing and mitigating threats/vulnerabilities - Understanding commercial information technology marketplace, products, and services - Assessing applicability of available tools to various situations - Understanding the principal methods and techniques of gathering intelligence...

Position Summary Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Senior Systems Engineer supporting a high-priority acquisition mission within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division (AFLCMC/HNC).   The AFLCMC/HNC provides life cycle management for Information Assurance (IA) and other critical cybersecurity systems. Its mission is to ensure the warfighter’s access to information systems while denying adversary access to the same. The division also supports other critical Air Force, DoD, and national systems essential to mobilize, deploy, support, and sustain military operations.   This position is full-time, onsite at Fort Meade, MD. Responsibilities In this Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) role, you will provide expert-level systems engineering support to the Department of Defense (DoD) by assisting government leadership with decision-making,...

Responsibilities: NSA is home to one of the largest and most established in-house research organizations within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), employing scientists with world-class skills in fields such as mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity. We collaborate with leading industries, universities, and national laboratories to advance core competencies, leverage work in overlapping disciplines, and solve some of the most challenging national security problems thought to be intractable by adversaries and commercial industry. NSA's Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) attracts top technical talent who not only solve the nation's urgent intelligence problems, but also invent what hasn't been invented and concentrate on what will be needed five, ten, fifteen years down the road. Through its partnership with the University of Maryland (UMD), LPS offers a unique environment where university, industry, and federal government scientists...

Responsibilities: Do you want to work on the cryptography that protects our nation's most sensitive systems and see it fielded in the real world? We're looking for engineers who can turn cutting-edge cryptographic research into working, deployable capabilities. Within NSA's Research Directorate, the Cryptography for Cybersecurity organization researches and designs secure cryptographic algorithms and drives the integration of modern cryptographic capabilities into U.S. National Security Systems. Our multi-disciplinary team of mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers designs new public-key and symmetric cryptography for a wide range of mission customers, spanning space and satellite systems, special operations, tactical communications, and low size, weight, and power (SWaP) environments. A significant portion of our current work is focused on the design, evaluation, and transition of post-quantum cryptography, to secure National Security Systems against the threat of...

Responsibilities: Computer Systems Architects at NSA use commercial and government-developed hardware, software, networking, and security products to design, develop, and optimize the structure and performance of computer systems and computing platforms. Responsibilities may include: - Modernize IT architecture through analysis of research and introducing changes based on evolving project requirements by designing, developing, and optimizing the structure and performance of computer systems and computing platforms - Integrate industry trends, by evaluating and selecting emerging technologies to improve system performance, scalability, reliability, and efficiency through technologies and standards and new vendor features - Evaluate emerging technologies, standards and new vendor features, while supporting research and development efforts for new technologies, networking solutions, virtualization, cloud computing and artificial intelligence capabilities - Collaborate with experts...

Responsibilities: About the Psychology Practicum Program The Employee Assistance Services (EAS) is the psychological treatment division of the National Security Agency (NSA). It offers clinical services to all Agency employees and their spouses. EAS is an ideal setting for practicum students to gain relevant experience working with a wide variety of presenting concerns and a broad range of diagnoses. The 9-12 month practicum placement is designed for three doctoral students in psychology who are interested in developing their clinical skills and building their knowledge base. The practical application of this knowledge is in the treatment of a professionally and clinically diverse workforce within the federal government's Intelligence Community. The 9-12 month practicum placement requires approximately 16-20 hours per week, dependent on the practicum students' interests and the requirements of their respective graduate program (this includes administrative responsibilities and...

Responsibilities: NSA's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program at Fort Meade, MD offers students exciting, impactful and professional work opportunities (with pay and benefits!) to grow their knowledge of the Intelligence Community and federal government while advancing NSA's two primary missions: 1) Collecting, analyzing, and producing foreign signals intelligence; and 2) Providing cybersecurity solutions and guidance to protect critical national infrastructure. This Co-op opportunity is open to students who are pursuing a Chinese or Farsi language-focused major ONLY. Right from the start, you will be involved in real life projects and will have full use of NSA labs, equipment, and advanced technologies. These areas will offer you increasing challenges and satisfying learning experiences, since our mission demands that we work on the cutting edge of technology. The full listing of each Co-op description and details can be found by visiting:...

Responsibilities: NSA's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program at Fort Meade, MD offers students exciting, impactful and professional work opportunities (with pay and benefits!) to grow their knowledge of the Intelligence Community and federal government while advancing NSA's two primary missions: 1) Collecting, analyzing, and producing foreign signals intelligence; and 2) Providing cybersecurity solutions and guidance to protect critical national infrastructure. This Co-op opportunity is open to students who are majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cyber Security (technical track), Data Science, Mathematics or Artificial Intelligence. Right from the start, you will be involved in real life projects and will have full use of NSA labs, equipment, and advanced technologies. These areas will offer you increasing challenges and satisfying learning experiences, since our mission demands that we work on the cutting edge of technology. The full...