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Capabilities Development Specialist
National Security Agency/Central Security Service · Posted 64 days ago
On-site Fort Meade, MD $105K – $197K Apply by Jul 20, 2026 Intelligence INFJINTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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Are you a computer science or computer/electrical engineering professional? Do you have strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills? Do you want to be part of a team that develops ground breaking solutions?
What You'll Do
- →Are you driven by a passion to work at the cutting edge of technology?
- →Do you dream to make the impossible possible?
- →The National Security Agency is seeking highly motivated Computer Science and Computer/Electrical Engineering professionals to drive its mission to develop new capabilities, design new approaches, help solve complex problems, and research new solutions to propel our mission.
- →As a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS), your job will be to develop custom high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities targeting the hardest-to-reach adversarial networks in the world.
- →In defense of our Nation, we conduct innovative research and produce hardware and software tools unlike anything in the world.
- →By joining our team, you will apply and grow your expertise to create new ways to get critical information to our national decision makers.
- →Whether it is in software, hardware, or cutting-edge research, if you are up for a challenge, have unbridled curiosity, and a drive to develop tomorrow's technologies and tools today, apply to join our team.
- →Use your unique experiences and expertise to protect national security interests as part of the world's most advanced team of computer science and engineering professionals!
- →Please do NOT populate the resume tool with 'see resume.' **Please upload a copy of your transcripts from all schools attended, prior to applying for this position.
- →Unofficial transcripts are fine at this stage.
- →Providing a copy of your transcripts is essential since the minimum qualifications for this position may require a degree that demonstrates a concentration of Computer Science (CS) courses in foundational CS areas.**
Requirements
- ✓The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position.
- ✓Degree must be in Computer Science (CS), Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- ✓Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: engineering hardware or software over their lifecycle (i.e., requirements analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, integration, deployment/installation, and maintenance), programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, or systems engineering.
- ✓Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis course) will be considered towards the relevant experience requirement (i.e., 24-week JCAC course will count as 6 months of experience).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4e460b2d-7d4a-4a92-ac16-c66cbaf6ab3c
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