RETIRED NSA

NSA employees receive outstanding benefits that offer a better quality of life, both on the job and off. Paid Time Off Life is too short to spend it all at work. We help you make the most of it by providing you with generous leave programs. NSA observes 10 federal holidays: New Year’s Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Presidents Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veterans Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day New or additional federal holidays can be established only by federal statute or by executive order of the president of the United States. Annual Leave Annual leave is an authorized absence with pay from a regularly scheduled workday. Annual leave may be used for vacations, personal, or emergency purposes. For full-time employees, annual leave is accrued at the following rates: Less than 3 years: 4 hours per pay period (13 days per year) 3-14 years: 6 hours per pay period (20 days per year) 15 years or more: 8 hours per pay peri...

At NSA, career development begins on day one and continues throughout your career. We offer the following entry-level programs to help employees enhance their skills, improve their understanding of a specific discipline and even cross-train into a new career field. Most programs are three years long with rotational tours. CNODP is for highly skilled technical professionals with a background in low level development, computer security, or network security who are interested in developing skills in network, hardware, and software protection and exploitation. Consisting of three independent programs, CNODP's goal is to produce technical Computer Network Operations (CNO) leaders in the areas of CNO defense, exploitation and attack. Program graduates are in high demand throughout the agency. Diverse academic backgrounds are key to NSA's continued cryptanalytic success. As part of the CADP, all incoming cryptanalysts attend formal classes, receive technical training from experie...

Where Intelligence Goes to Work Intelligence. It's the ability to think abstractly. Challenge the unknown. Solve the impossible. And at NSA, it's about protecting the nation. A career at NSA offers the opportunity to work with the best, shape the course of the world and secure your own future. Isn't it time to put your intelligence to work? By its very nature, gathering and protecting intelligence requires a high degree of confidentiality. So, while we can’t share specifics about the job until after you’re hired, we can tell you that your intellect will be challenged and your career will be rewarding. You’ll work alongside the best and brightest minds to solve some of the nation’s most difficult challenges. And those solutions often play a major role in shaping the course of world history. Where else can you go to work and say that at the end of every day? NSA employs some of the most intelligent people in the intelligence business. We have to. We need brillia...

Computer science, engineering, mathematics and so much more Challenging, rewarding, life-changing, history-making – there’s no single way to describe a career at NSA. From STEM professionals to foreign language experts, intelligence analysts to business managers, NSA offers extraordinary opportunities to professionals in a wide variety of fields. Browse the career fields below to find your field of expertise, general qualifications and examples of specific positions. Intelligence Analysis You enjoy transforming raw information into critical reports used to understand intelligence issues within the United States and abroad. Your quick mind can analyze complex situations under pressure. You have an aptitude for identifying intelligence gaps, evaluating information from multiple sources, monitoring trends and interpreting events related to particular countries or issues. Serve among best-in-class professionals on the front lines of the nation's defense. Collect, analyze a...