Empowering an adaptive, expert workforce

NSA offers challenging career opportunities in a variety of career fields to produce national security outcomes.

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Benefits

NSA employees receive benefits that offer a better quality of life, both on and off the job.

Application Process

Answers to all your questions about the pre-employment process at NSA.

Explore Careers

NSA recruits for a variety of jobs from analysts, to lawyers, to linguists, to communications. Not sure which job is right for you? Explore NSA’s Job Exploration Tool

No Such Podcast

NSA is known as home to the world’s greatest codemakers and codebreakers — “No Such Podcast” will bring people to the table from across the agency to discuss our role as a combat support agency, our foreign signals intelligence and cybersecurity missions, and so much more.

Employee Spotlight

Our diverse workforce is essential to accomplishing our cybersecurity and signal intelligence missions. Meet some of our brilliant and talented team members who make it all happen!

Development Programs

NSA offers entry-level programs to help employees enhance their skills, improve their understanding of a specific discipline, and even cross-train into a new career field. The programs are full-time paid positions.

Student Programs

NSA offers student programs to learn more about NSA and to deepen your knowledge in your chosen career field. From internships and scholarships to work study and co-op programs, search for your perfect opportunity.

Cybersecurity Careers

NSA employs a wide variety of cyber professionals to help protect and defend U.S. government IT systems and to help exploit the intelligence of adversaries.

Computer Science Careers

NSA employs computer scientists to solve complex problems, test innovative approaches, and research new solutions to storing, manipulating, and presenting information.  

Intelligence Analysis Careers

NSA employs intelligence analysts to collect, analyze, and report intelligence that reveals the intentions of foreign governments.