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Requisition Overview:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in one of the following:
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Business Management
  • Finance
• Knowledge or experience in the following functional disciplines:
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
  • Financial and Federal Accounting Standards
  • Cost Accounting Standards
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Financial Analysis
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• At least 24 semester credit hours of accounting coursework
• Documented good credit history
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for CIA, including U.S. citizenship and background investigation

• Advanced degrees or professional certifications such as:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certified Internal Auditor
  • Certified Government Financial Manager
• Demonstrated Excellent:
  • Excellent Interpersonal skills
  • Verbal and written communication skills
  • Customer service
  • Analytic and problem-solving abilities
  • Team and independent work ethic

As an Accountant for CIA, you will play an integral part in achieving and sustaining auditable financial statements and ensuring financial transactions across a wide range of activities are accurately calculated, recorded, and tracked. You will have the opportunity to work directly with customers, becoming the link between complex transactions and financially accurate documentation.

You will be an important partner in all financial occupations, as well as across the Agency and Intelligence Community, as you gain governmental accounting expertise and provide financial analysis of programs and business enterprises.

You will have the opportunity to compete for global positions after successfully completing your initial developmental program.

Requisition Overview:

• A bachelor's degree in one of the following fields or related studies (or comparable work experience):
• Aerospace engineering
• Application development
• Chemical engineering
• Chemistry
• Computer engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical engineering
• Imagery science
• Mathematics
• Mechanical engineering
• Optical engineering
• Optical science
• Physical sciences
• Physics
• Remote sensing/GIS
• Systems engineering
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Advanced degree is strongly desired
• Interest in applying technology to solve challenging problems
• Foreign language capability
• Strong verbal presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise text
• Willingness to travel domestically
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Artificial Intelligence
• Battery and power technology
• Data engineering
• Data science
• Digital signal processing design and programming
• Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
• High performance computing
• Imagery science
• Machine learning
• Mission assurance
• Power systems
• Programming
• Project/program management
• Radiation hardening
• RF communications
• RF waveform design
• Satellite bus and payload – power, structures, electronics, command/control, etc.
• Space systems operations
• Satellite communications
• Signal processing and analysis
• Systems architecting
• Systems engineering

As a Project Management Engineer within CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology (DST) serving at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), you will apply your engineering or scientific expertise to design, acquire, and deliver new and innovative satellite systems in support of CIA’s mission to collect foreign intelligence.

DST Project Management Engineers combine their project management, systems engineering, and/or contract management skills with their engineering or scientific expertise to design, develop, and integrate technology solutions to meet the nation’s most challenging overhead collection requirements. Project Management Engineers‘ focus areas include acquiring and delivering satellite systems, developing unique ground data processing solutions, operation of satellites, and working with customers and stakeholders throughout the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Project Management Engineers lead teams to find new and innovative solutions to help CIA accomplish a mission that most think was impossible!

Requisition Overview:

• Advanced degree (some offices will accept highly qualified candidates with bachelors degrees)
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is preferred
• Experience in one or more of these fields:
  • Statistics
  • Mathematics
  • Econometrics
  • GIS/remote sensing
  • Operations research
  • Computer or mathematical programming
  • Demography
  • Survey research, design and analysis
  • Gaming
  • Modeling
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Interest in international affairs
• Awareness of U.S. national security interests
• Foreign language proficiency
• Strong verbal presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to write clear, concise text
• Research experience in international affairs
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Interest in a career that requires regular writing assignments

As an Analytic Methodologist at CIA, you'll develop and apply methods to add rigor and precision to intelligence analysis and collection. Methodologists support Agency analysis through statistical, econometric and mathematical assessments; geospatial modeling; or operations research; and communicate findings via a broad range of written intelligence products and briefings.

Opportunities exist for foreign and domestic travel, language training, and analytic tradecraft and management training. You will have an opportunity to develop deep substantive expertise and participate in broadening assignments with other offices in the Agency and across the U.S. Government.

Requisition Overview:

• Electrical Engineering
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Demonstrated proficiency in:
• Broad technical understanding of the electrical and/or computer engineering fields
• Ability to learn new skills in pace with technological advances
• Adapting to fast paced, dynamic requirement environments
• Interpersonal, organizational, and planning skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Creative analytic and problem-solving
• Strong team and independent work ethic
• Systems engineering experience
• Knowledge or experience in the following functional disciplines:
• Systems engineering
• Prototype design and fabrication
• Radio-frequency propagation
• Antenna design
• Electromagnetic simulation
• Computational electromagnetics
• Soldering
• Familiarity with the following engineering tools and software:
• Logic and spectrum analyzers
• Oscilloscopes
• FEKO
• Ansys HFSS
• CST Studio Suite
• Ray Trace
• Matlab
• Near and Far Field Antenna Chambers
• Advanced degree, professional certification, or comparable work experience in:
• Electrical engineering
• RF communications and waveform design

As an Antennas and Propagation Engineer within CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology (DST), you will apply your engineering or scientific expertise as an integral member of a technical team of innovative, expert problem solvers who deliver new solutions in support of CIA’s mission to collect foreign intelligence.

DST Antennas and Propagation Engineers combine specialized radio frequency (RF) propagation modeling, antenna design, fabrication, and measurement expertise to tackle tough intelligence challenges through unique and tailored engineering solutions.

Requisition Overview:

• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Programming languages, and related web technologies, such as: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C, C#, C++, Go, Rust, Ruby, SQL, CSS, HTML, XML, JSON.
  • DevOps concepts and tools, such as: GitHub, JIRA, Maven, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, Docker, Nexus, Nagios.
  • Database platforms, such as: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, NoSQL, MongoDB, Redis, HDFS
  • Familiarity with multiple hosting platforms, such as: Windows, Linux, VMware, Citrix, and cloud computing platforms.
  • Experience working with stakeholders on creating solutions with varied, sometime conflicting, requirements.
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for CIA, including U.S. citizenship and background investigation

• Big data concepts and technologies, such as: Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Solr, Cloudera, MapReduce, R, Spark, Kafka, NiFi, and the ELK (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana) or the OpenSearch stack.
• Application architecture and systems engineering principles, including: n-tier/services-oriented architecture, application design patterns, Agile development (e.g. Scrum, Kanban), application security, developing system requirements, system design artifacts and models, design documentation and development for commercial cloud (e.g. Amazon Web Service, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, etc).
• Software as a Service (SaaS) Platforms development and customization (eg. Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft Office 365)
• UI/UX design, wireframing and prototyping experience. Experience with tools such as Pen Pot, Figma, Balsamiq etc.
• Experience with AI/ML development including using tools such as Scikit-lean, Pandas and Spacy.

As an Applications Developer for CIA, you will analyze, develop and deploy innovative information/software systems and capabilities to enhance the CIA's capabilities to collect, produce, and disseminate intelligence. Utilizing your education and experience as a Computer Scientist, Software Engineer, or Web Designer and Publisher, you will directly support analysis, intelligence collection, and other business. Applications Developers participate in team environments via structured development lifecycles: analyze and define local and/or enterprise information system requirements, perform system/application design, develop capability prototypes, develop and implement operational information systems, and conduct unit and integration testing of application modules. You also have the opportunity for hands-on research and exploration of leading-edge commercial technologies through application/integration of technology in delivering IT solutions.

Requisition Overview:

• Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields or related studies:
  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Related degree with focus in facilities management
  • Or, relevant years of work experience
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is preferred, but exceptions may be made for extenuating circumstances
• One (1) year of experience applying substantive expertise in a facilities project with an emphasis in facilities project planning, resource scheduling, cost monitoring, task assignment, and timeline management
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytic skills
• Project management experience
• Thorough knowledge of building codes, Americans with Disabilities (ADA) requirements, and working knowledge of information technology, mechanical, electrical, or communication systems
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Professional Engineer's (PE) License
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

As an Architect/Facilities Project Manager for CIA, you will provide tailored facilities products and services for internal Agency customers. Architects at CIA are responsible for taking a project from conception, through the preparation of documents for construction and furniture selection, to occupancy. You will be responsible for creating safe, secure, and functional work environments to support the Agency's global intelligence mission.

Architect/Facilities Project Managers at the entry-level work under close guidance and supervision to manage and coordinate the activities of well-defined facilities project. At this level, you will participate in the following actions related to civil, electrical, mechanical control, and monitoring systems: project planning; developing Statements of Work and estimates; project implementation; monitoring cost, schedules, and performance; managing customer expectations; identifying potential risks; and performing quality assurance. You will also be expected to perform general administrative duties, maintain current project management job knowledge, and obtain appropriate certifications.

Architects/Facilities Project Managers are responsible for one or more facilities project management activities throughout the life of a project. Based on assignment, you may lead team members and contractors, travel domestically or overseas, and partake in sensitive and high visibility activities to achieve project objectives and customer requirements. You may also participate in the management of building support services and property management issues for small to medium-sized Agency facilities or participate in procurement activities in coordination with the assigned contracting officer.

CIA hires Architects/Facilities Project Managers at various career progression levels from entry to senior level.

This position requires a commitment to serve where mission needs are located. You must maintain an ongoing readiness to travel and relocate to meet short and long-term organizational requirements. A commitment to traveling overseas, including hardship locations, is required.

Requisition Overview:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in a quantitative science, engineering, or other STEM field.
• Experience in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) related field, such as:
• Computational Social Science
• Computer Science
• Data Analytics
• Economics
• Engineering
• Geospatial Analysis
• Mathematics
• Operations Research
• Quantitative Finance
• Statistics
• Experience with applying AI techniques to real world data through thesis research, internships, or work experience.
• Good fundamental understanding of a range of AI techniques and ability to match techniques to problems.
• Creativity
• Initiative
• Integrity
• Leadership abilities
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Advanced degree in a data science or computational science equivalent field or sub-field
• Without previous work experience, a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is strongly desired
• Experience working with data rich problems through research or programs
• Experience with computer programming or user experience/user interface
• Ability to work across, and help guide, teams including leveraging best commercial and industrial capability
• Ability to successfully complete projects with large or incomplete data, to tackle problems of and provide solutions

As an Artificial Intelligence Specialist for CIA, you will employ a wide range of AI techniques, to include deep learning and machine learning, multi-agent systems, expert systems, and mixed-initiative human-machine teaming to enable outstanding intelligent collection and the exploitation of data from our collection systems. Our AI solutions will improve the performance of our collection systems, enable faster, deeper, and better explained insights from collection. The solutions will ultimately boost the performance of our mission experts by enabling human – machine teaming and putting the right insights before the right experts algorithmically. CIA’s collection systems offer specialized insights spanning a wide range of phenomena and types of data; the AI work occurs across the Agency with edge processing, core processing, and autonomous capabilities. You will be working with teams of world-class experts, both internal and external to CIA – in many cases you will be steering the work of large collaborative teams. Your work will be realized using advanced hardware, software, and computational platforms with an emphasis of highly scalable and efficient solutions to bring exploitation capabilities to production and bear insights on the nation’s most difficult national security challenges. Problem solving is highly collaborative, you will be working with problem domain experts, data and collection experts, systems designers and integrators, and with analysts who interpret the insights you will be deriving. You will develop your expertise with both Agency-sponsored continuing education, academic and conference participation, and highly integrated on the job training with deep domain experts.

Requisition Overview:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Certification from an accredited technical college
• Three (3) years or more of relevant automotive work experience gained either in the military or private sector
• Extensive knowledge of operating systems used in motor vehicles and experience using tools and technical manuals
• Ability to diagnose complex mechanical malfunctions, maintain logs and write routine correspondence
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Commercial Driver’s License, Class A (CDL-A)
• Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Medium/Heavy Truck – Master’s or equivalent (vocational training program)
• Knowledge and experience in maintenance and repair of zero-emissions vehicles

As an Automotive Mechanic for CIA, you will serve as a leader in a unique environment with an accomplished team providing a full range of corrective repairs and preventative maintenance on a variety of different vehicle types across the country and around the world.

Specific job responsibilities include:

• Coordinate the establishment of work priorities and set repair schedules
• Purchase parts and services required to maintain vehicles
• Manage a preventative maintenance program for vehicles and equipment
• Prepare written estimates of repairs and costs
• Perform preventative maintenance and inspections
• Diagnose, assess, analyze, and troubleshoot vehicle and equipment malfunctions and repair problems on all types of vehicles/engines in a variety of situations
• Support emergency repair requests

All work is conducted through the proper selection and use of tools, equipment, devices, manuals, references, and efficient procedures and techniques, and may require use of all types of welding equipment.

A career as a CIA Automotive Mechanic may require a commitment to serve wherever the mission requires, including worldwide deployment to sometimes harsh and dangerous environments. Throughout your career you must maintain an ongoing readiness to travel and relocate to meet short and long-term organizational requirements.

Requisition Overview:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in a quantitative science, engineering, or other STEM field.
• Experience in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) related field, such as:
• Electrical Engineering
• Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
• Physics/Applied Physics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Engineering / Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
• Statistics / Actual Mathematics
• Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Computational Engineering
• Experience with applying AI techniques to real world data through thesis research, internships, or work experience.
• Good fundamental understanding of a range of AI techniques and ability to match techniques to problems.
• Creativity
• Initiative
• Integrity
• Leadership abilities
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Advanced degree in a engineering or computational science equivalent field or sub-field
• Without previous work experience, a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is strongly desired.
• Experience working with data rich problems through research or programs
• Experience with computer programming or user experience/user interface
• Experience working with printed computer boards (PCBs) and/or hardware design
• Ability to work across, and help guide teams including leveraging best commercial and industrial capability.
• Ability to successfully complete projects with large or incomplete data, to tackle problems of and provide solutions

As an Autonomous Systems and Robotics Specialist for CIA, you will conduct research on control systems employ a wide range of AI techniques, to include deep learning and machine learning, multi-agent systems, expert systems, and mixed-initiative human-machine teaming to enable outstanding intelligent collection and the exploitation of data from our collection systems. Our AI solutions will improve the performance of our collection systems, enable faster, deeper, and better explained insights from collection. The solutions will ultimately boost the performance of our mission experts by enabling human – machine teaming and putting the right insights before the right experts algorithmically. CIA’s collection systems offer specialized insights spanning a wide range of phenomena and types of data; the AI work occurs across the Agency with edge processing, core processing, and autonomous capabilities. You will be working with teams of world-class experts, both internal and external to CIA – in many cases you will be steering the work of large collaborative teams. Your work will be realized using advanced hardware, software, and computational platforms with an emphasis of highly scalable and efficient solutions to bring exploitation capabilities to production and bear insights on the nation’s most difficult national security challenges. Problem solving is highly collaborative, you will be working with problem domain experts, data and collection experts, systems designers and integrators, and with analysts who interpret the insights you will be deriving. You will develop your expertise with both Agency-sponsored continuing education, academic and conference participation, and highly integrated on the job training with deep domain experts.

Requisition Overview:

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following:
• Chemical engineering
• Chemistry
• Electrical engineering
• Materials science
• Mechanical engineering
• Nuclear engineering
• Physical sciences
• Physics
• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA, including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

• Demonstrated proficiency in:
• Ability to rapidly learn new skills in pace with technological advances
• Power systems, battery and power technology, and energy storage technologies
• Ability to adapt to fast paced, dynamic requirement environments
• Interpersonal, organizational, and planning skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Creative analytic and problem-solving abilities
• Strong team and independent work ethic
• Systems engineering experience
• Advanced degree, professional certification, or comparable experience in one or more of the following disciplines is strongly desired:
• Chemical engineering
• Chemistry
• Electrical engineering
• Materials science
• Mechanical engineering
• Nuclear engineering
• Physical sciences
• Physics
• Knowledge or experience in one or more of the following functional disciplines:
• Systems engineering
• Prototype design and fabrication
• Experience in:
• Project management
• Technology RD

As a Power Sources Engineer/Scientist within the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology (DST), you will apply your expertise to solve complex technical challenges and deliver solutions in support of CIA’s mission to collect foreign intelligence.

DST Power Sources Engineers and Scientists span a wide range of technical areas and work collaboratively to provide world-class solutions and to meet CIA mission needs. Job duties range from managing RD portfolios to designing exquisite power solutions.