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Our Agency’s hiring needs change to keep pace with the dynamic national security landscape.
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: $67,122 - $102,166*
- *Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level
- Bachelor's degree
- Foreign language bonus eligible
Data Engineers work with data consumers to create and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems to meet CIA’s business needs.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $69,287 - $145,617
- Bachelor's or master's degree
- Opportunities for domestic travel are possible
Science, Technology, and Weapons Analysts analyze foreign weapons development and proliferation, cyber warfare, emerging technologies, and foreign intentions and capabilities.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $62,733 - $183,500
- Bachelor's or master's degree
- Foreign language bonus eligible
- Opportunities for foreign and domestic travel are possible
Psychiatrists help the CIA mission where it intersects with psychiatric and broader behavioral issues and provide medical care to Agency employees, dependents, and other Agency sponsored people.
- Full time
- Salary: $306,600
- Active, unrestricted license as a physician in one or more states
- Active DEA registration
- Board certification in Psychiatry
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