National Security Agency

Signals Analyst

Signals Analysis is a cutting-edge technical discipline that seeks to identify the purpose, content, and user of signals. The National Security Agency's targets often communicate using advanced techniques that require the most sophisticated means to analyze, understand, and exploit. NSA offers the latest in computing technology, laboratory signal measurement, test equipment and is a world leader in the use of high power workstations and supercomputers. NSA also develops many of its own hardware and software tools for Signals Analysis tasks.

With today's rapidly evolving global communications, NSA's Signals Analysts are seeking to recover, understand, and derive intelligence from all manner of foreign signals. As an example of this challenge, consider that hundreds or thousands of channels of mixed information types may be multiplexed together and transmitted digitally over a satellite or terrestrial link to form a single signal. Demodulating and unraveling the internal structure of such complex signals to recover their information content and related data, is one job of the Signals Analyst, offering unique satisfaction to the technically trained professional.

Ideal candidates should possess a background in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and related technical disciplines. Additional skills preferred include Computer Programming or Digital Signals Processing. Extensive in-house classroom and on-the-job training is offered as part of continuing career development. Some Signals Analysts choose to also develop skills and receive professional certification in other technical disciplines, such as Signal Collection or Computer Science.

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Challenging Careers that Make a Difference
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a world leader in the protection and exploitation of intelligence. We gather and analyze foreign signals intelligence to produce vital information for U.S. policy makers and warfighters. And we protect American intelligence from the ever-listening ears of our adversaries, giving our Nation a decisive edge.

At NSA, you can work with the best and the brightest, using your intelligence to solve some of the Nation’s most difficult challenges. Your solutions can play a major role in shaping the course of world history.

NSA offers the following exciting career opportunities:

• Computer/Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Foreign Language
• Intelligence Analysis
• Cryptanalysis
• Signals Analysis
• Business Management
• Finance & Accounting
• Student Programs

Student Programs
Today's job marketplace is competitive. To get a step ahead you need to gain practical experience before you graduate. Come work with the top professionals in your field at NSA. Our internships, co-op program, scholarships, and work study programs for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students will help you to develop and shape your career well before your studies are through.

Work/Life Balance
At NSA, we recognize that your life is much more than your job. That is why we offer employee benefits that help make work a pleasure and life a little easier. You’ll enjoy an incredible benefits package, flexible work hours, a competitive salary, generous paid time off, and much more.

For more information and to apply online, visit www.NSA.gov/Careers.

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