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Our Agency’s hiring needs change to keep pace with the dynamic national security landscape.
The Stokes Undergraduate Scholarship Program is an internship and financial needs-based scholarship to help undergraduates acquire CIA mission-critical skills while completing their degree program.
- Internship
- Starting salary: $36,145 - $48,155
- At least 18 years of age by 15 September of this year
Project Manager Engineers apply their engineering or scientific expertise to deliver new and innovative solutions in support of CIA’s mission to collect foreign intelligence.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $61,947 -$164,102*
- *Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level
- Foreign Language Bonus Eligible
- Opportunities for travel are possible
Inspector General Auditors conduct performance, financial statement, financial-related, and information systems audits of CIA programs and activities.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $70,576- $172,075
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree
Analytic Methodologists develop methods to add rigor to intelligence analysis and collection through statistical, econometric and mathematical assessments; geospatial modeling; or operations research.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $62,733 - $183,500
- Advanced degree; some offices will accept candidates with a bachelor's
- Foreign language bonus eligible
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