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Our Agency’s hiring needs change to keep pace with the dynamic national security landscape.
Administrative Professionals perform internal and external customer service duties ranging from routine to complex clerical, secretarial, enterprise, and administrative work.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $55,924 - $93,798*
- *Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level
- High School Diploma or GED
Data Lifecycle Specialists enable organizational data management to increase discoverability and facilitate dissemination, ensuring the review and release of information to the public.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $72,965 - $153,354
- Bachelor or Master's degree
Clinical Psychologists work with highly motivated individuals locally and overseas. You will build on your established clinical competence to learn additional clinical and operational skills.
- Full time
- Starting salary: $139,395 - $185,824
- Ph.D or Psy.D in Psychology from an APA accredited institution
- Opportunities for domestic and/or overseas travel are possible
Staff Operations Officers provide integration between CIA Headquarters and Directorate of Operations field offices, program management, and operational case management to drive clandestine operations
- Full time
- Starting salary: $70,685 - $107,590*
- *Higher starting salary possible depending on experience level
- Bachelor's degree
- Foreign language bonus eligible
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