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Responsibilities: Security and Counterintelligence is responsible for the protection of NSA/CSS information, people and facilities worldwide. In support of this mission, Support Specialists are integrated into the personnel, physical, and counterintelligence security disciplines to ensure highly sensitive information utilized in all security processes are protected and handled in accordance with all applicable laws and policies. Interfacing with NSA and other agencies, these specialists are the backbone of and the customer service representatives for the Security and Counterintelligence team. Support Specialists work in a myriad of offices. The responsibilities of a Support Specialist include, but are not limited to: - Track/manage highly sensitive security processes - Maintain highly sensitive security information, disclosed only to authorized recipients, in appropriate formats, and within constraints of relevant laws (e.g., the Privacy Act and FOIA). - Prepare accurate and...

Responsibilities: - COMSEC Accounting: Maintain accountability and security for all COMSEC keys and equipment; perform semiannual inventories; and serve as the Point of Contact for all COMSEC-related matters. - Classification Management: Apply requirements for handling, couriering, transporting, and safeguarding protected and classified information. - Security & Compliance: Apply NSA/CSS policies and directives while utilizing procedures for securing facilities and protecting the security of personnel and information. - Information Management: Condense and synthesize information quickly while working various actions in parallel; maintain accurate cataloging of information. - Coordination: Responsible for the day-to-day coordination with key personnel across the community and the newly established Crypto Depot. Assist in the coordinating of depot operations and responding to and tracking customer requests regarding COMSEL-related matters. - Directly support efforts to...

Responsibilities: As an Accountant at the NSA, you will be instrumental in administering and remediating a wide array of critical accounting work streams, using the PeopleSoft financial system. Responsibilities of an Accountant include, but are not limited to: - Assisting in the preparation of and ensuring the accuracy of components of the Agency's annual financial statements, including all required supplementary information and disclosures, in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-136. - Providing subject matter expertise on Federal Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and have knowledge of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) pronouncements. - Supporting the Agency with requirements from internal and external auditors for financial statement audits. Leading the development and implementation of comprehensive corrective action plans to resolve audit findings and enhance internal controls. - Overseeing the design,...

Responsibilities: The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at NSA/CSS conducts independent oversight that promotes wise use of public resources; adherence to laws, rules, and regulations; and respect for Constitutional rights. The OIG conducts independent oversight of NSA's personnel, programs, and operations to detect and deter fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct. Through our value-added, transparent, and independent audits, inspections, and investigations, we strive to positively impact the Agency. The OIG promotes the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of Agency operations and protects civil liberties and individual privacy. We conduct independent audits and related reviews of NSA/CSS programs and operations in accordance with government auditing standards, designed to assess compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards and to improve the NSA/CSS's efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, we oversee the annual financial statement audit. The NSA/CSS OIG...

Responsibilities: NSA is hiring Communications Security (COMSEC) Auditor Corporate Policy Officers. Responsibilities include: - Researching and developing policies that guide behavior and support mission objectives - Interpreting, reviewing, and coordinating National policies that affect COMSEC activities with the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of War (DoW) - Recommending, as the subject matter expert, official NSA positions on COMSEC policies to senior leadership - Advocating, promoting, and coordinating NSA/CSS policy positions dealing with COMSEC with counterparts as required in the IC, DoW, other Executive Branch agencies, and others - Maintaining a comprehensive understanding of national and NSA/CSS Central Office of Record level policies - Coordinating logistics and administrative items - Providing policy expertise to more than 1700 NSA Central Office of Record COMSEC accounts - Performing COMSEC audits of accounts in US and overseas for compliancy with...

Responsibilities: Contracting Specialists at NSA acquire the technology, services, and supplies that enable NSA's mission. They also work as part of a team that handles a wide range of acquisition tasks to effectively manage the total acquisition requirements of an organization, department, or program in support of NSA's mission. Contracting Specialists at NSA award, administer, oversee, and monitor contracts. Responsibilities may include the following: - Conducting market research - Preparing and issuing Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and Requests for Quote (RFQs) - Evaluating proposals from potential contractors/vendors - Negotiating contract terms with selected contractors/vendors - Evaluating procurements to ensure compliance with funding, legal, and program requirements. - Preparing and awarding contracts with supporting documentation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and NSA policy. - Administering contracts to include issuing modifications and...

Responsibilities: The National Security Agency (NSA) currently has opportunities for highly motivated Industrial Control System (ICS) Specialists/Engineers to provide expertise in the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of new and renovated electrical and mechanical infrastructure. This position has two areas of focus, one within Design and Engineering (D&E) and the other with Operations and Maintenance (O&M). As an ICS Specialist/Engineer within D&E, you will work closely with multidisciplinary teams encompassing project managers, stakeholders, and contractors throughout the entirety of the project life-cycle, including close coordination with O&M. You will also be responsible for the development and review of designs, specifications, technical reports, and cost estimates for power monitoring and control of electrical and mechanical infrastructure, energy management monitoring, and ICS cybersecurity. As an ICS Specialist/Engineer within O&M,...

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, vulnerability discovery, 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...

Responsibilities: SI (formerly AI) Engineers will: - Lead or contribute to cross-functional teams to develop and operationalize SI solutions that help solve our most challenging problems. - Apply modern engineering techniques to design, develop, deploy and maintain end-to-end AI workflows spanning model training, inference and performance monitoring. - Adapt and integrate diverse SI model architectures, including computer vision systems, natural language processors, audio processors, large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal frameworks to address complex mission-critical challenges. - Monitor and maintain SI products through systematic identification of performance degradation and computational inefficiency and address these challenges through regular fine-tuning to ensure continued alignment with evolving mission needs and organizational goals. - Maintain knowledge of current SI research and adapt emerging techniques to intelligence applications. - Test and evaluate SI...

Responsibilities: Data science at NSA uses elements of mathematics, statistics, computer science and application-specific knowledge to gather, make, and communicate principled conclusions from data. It encompasses AI engineering, data engineering, ML Ops engineering, and human perception and cognition engineering, in addition to traditional applications of data science. Responsibilities may include: - Exploring data analysis and model-fitting to reveal data features of interest - Using machine-learned predictive modeling - Constructing usable data sets from multiple sources to meet customer needs - Identifying and analyzing anomalous data (including metadata) - Developing conceptual design and models to address mission requirements - Developing qualitative and quantitative methods for characterizing datasets in various states - Performing analytic modeling, scripting and/or programming - Working collaboratively and iteratively throughout the data-science lifecycle - Designing...

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: - Provide support to achieve core NSA mission objectives by actively managing the functioning of enterprise systems and networks. - Analyze technical problems and develop, implement, and evaluate corrective actions. - Perform full lifecycle support including hardware, software, firmware, and configuration upgrades, installations, or modifications to equipment. - Translate user requests into technical diagnoses and develop technical solutions that meet user needs. - Test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, configure, and improve various types of enterprise IT systems (e.g., desktops, servers, database, network devices, cloud infrastructure). Skills: The ideal candidate is someone with a desire for experiential learning and strong problem-solving, analytic, and interpersonal skills who is: - Willing to take the initiative - Professional and accountable - Able to work effectively across several different functional areas in a collaborative environment - Able to...

Responsibilities: The SADP is a three-year development program that trains new hires to become certified professional Signals Analysts. The program is designed to include intensive, structured, formal training courses and a wide range of work assignments focused on various aspects of signals analysis. Over the period of three years, selected candidates will gain experience through a rotational structure that includes exposure to different areas of specialization within signals analysis. The selected candidate will apply their knowledge in STEM to exploit advanced signals data and deliver analytic results that yield the highest impact intelligence and security outcomes for the NSA and the Nation. The path to becoming a certified professional Signals Analyst is divided into four parts: - Rotation: Tour each area of specialization offered at NSAW for a period of 6-12 months. Up to five rotational tours will be completed over the three-year period. Opportunities to travel outside...

Responsibilities: Security and Counterintelligence (S&CI) is responsible for the protection of NSA/CSS's information, people and facilities worldwide. The Office of Counterintelligence within S&CI protects against external and internal threats and creates a culture of security. Investigators within Security and Counterintelligence are required to successfully complete the NSA Special Agent's Course. After successfully completing training, the responsibilities of an Investigator include: - Applying techniques of interviewing, elicitation, and analysis in a systematic manner - Completing detailed, concise, and accurate reports that encapsulate the information developed during the course of an investigation - Conducting counterintelligence investigations to resolve problems, discuss foreign connections, clarify suspicious activities, and ensure compliance with security regulations - Creating a product based on analysis of counterintelligence data - Maintaining liaison with...

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: 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: 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: 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...