Cooperative Education Program - Language (Maryland) - 883905300

Caecommunity; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid co-op program

Job summary

NSA's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program offers students paid and benefits-rich opportunities to grow in the Intelligence Community while contributing to national security missions. The program targets Chinese or Farsi language-focused majors and requires U.S.

citizenship and eligibility for a TS/SCI clearance after background checks. Applicants should be current freshmen in their second semester or sophomores, with a preferred GPA of 3.0 or higher, and be available for interviews between

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Pursuing a Chinese or Farsi language-focused major.
• Second semester freshman or sophomore year.
• Preferred GPA of 3.0 or higher for all college work completed.
• Eligible to be granted a TS/SCI clearance after background investigation, polygraph and evaluation.
• Available for interviews in November 2026 to March 2027, in-person or via phone/online.

Job description

NSA's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program offers students exciting, impactful professional work opportunities (with pay and benefits!) to grow their knowledge of the Intelligence Community and federal government while advancing NSA's two primary missions: 1) Collecting, analyzing, and producing foreign signals intelligence; and 2) Providing cybersecurity solutions and guidance to protect critical national infrastructure.

Only applicants that meet the following qualifications will be considered:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be pursuing a Chinese or Farsi language-focused major
• Must be a second semester college freshman or a college sophomore
• Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for all college work completed
• Must be eligible to be granted a TS/SCI security clearance after successfully completing a background investigation, a Full-scope Polygraph and a Psychological Evaluation
• Must be available and in the U.S. for operational and technical interviews and other applicable processing, both in-person and via telephone/internet, between the months of November 2026 and March 2027