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Our Agency’s hiring needs change to keep pace with the dynamic national security landscape.
Science, Technology, and Weapons Analysts conduct intelligence analysis on foreign weapons capabilities and proliferation, cyber warfare, and emerging technologies.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $90,672 - $ 172,075
- Bachelor's or master's degree
- Foreign language bonus eligible
- Opportunities for foreign and domestic travel are possible
DDI Data Scientists solve critical data challenges by building optimal data pipelines, analyzing and transforming data, and delivering data to systems to advance CIA’s intelligence mission.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $79,805 - $181,216*
- *Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level
- Bachelor's degree
- Foreign language bonus eligible
Enterprise System IT Specialists provide Agency mission partners with consultation, analysis, and problem resolution for technology products, applications, data and system access, and software issues.
- Full time
- Associate's degree
- Starting salary: $72,965 - $128,956
Staff Operations Officers provide integration between CIA Headquarters and Directorate of Operations field offices, program management, and operational case management to drive clandestine operations
- Full time
- Starting salary: $70,685 - $107,590*
- *Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level
- Bachelor's degree
- Foreign language bonus eligible
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