Cooperative Education Program - Maryland

Intelligence Careers; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Security Agency's Cooperative Education Program offers students exciting, impactful work opportunities with pay and benefits, to grow their knowledge of the Intelligence Community while contributing to NSA's cyber and intelligence missions. Candidates must be U.S.

citizens and eligible for a TS/SCI clearance after a background investigation, full-scope polygraph, and a psychological evaluation; interviews are conducted in-person or by phone from November 2026 through March 2027 in

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen required.
• Must be eligible for TS/SCI clearance after background investigation, full-scope polygraph and a psychological evaluation.
• Available for operational and technical interviews in the U.S. between November 2026 and March 2027.

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.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• 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