Summer Signals Intelligence Internship

National Security Agency; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing for interns

Travel entitlements

Paid federal holidays

Mentorship

Job summary

National Security Agency in Fort Meade, MD offers a 12-week paid summer internship program open to undergraduates through PhD students. Interns work on mission-critical SIGINT and cybersecurity projects, mentored by experienced professionals.

The program emphasizes problem solving, analytics, and collaboration across multiple technical areas. Internship opportunities are designed to expose students to NSA spaces and potential full-time paths, with housing and travel considerations for eligible

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a degree-seeking program at time of application.
• GPA 3.0+ preferred.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Eligible for TS/SCI after background check and polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to SIGINT collection/project tasks.
• Apply cybersecurity knowledge to real-world problems.
• Collaborate with mentors on analysis tasks.
• Present findings to the team.

Skills

Programming (C/C++, Java)

Python scripting

Linux OS

Cybersecurity tools

Problem solving

Writing & communication

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Education

U.S. citizenship (eligibility)

Degree-seeking (Undergrad/Grad/PhD)

Tools

SQL/MySQL

Big Data

Wireshark

Kali Linux

VMware

HTML/CSS/PHP

Job description

National Security Agency in Fort Meade, MD offers a 12-week paid summer internship program open to undergraduates through PhD students. Interns work on mission-critical SIGINT and cybersecurity projects, mentored by experienced professionals.

The program emphasizes problem solving, analytics, and collaboration across multiple technical areas. Internship opportunities are designed to expose students to NSA spaces and potential full-time paths, with housing and travel considerations for eligible