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# Cooperative Education Program - Maryland

- **Company:** Southeastern Co-Operative Educational Programs
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $42,063 - $48,251
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.usajobs.gov/job/883457800#joa-how-to-apply

## About the Role

Top Secret

Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk

Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type

 * National security

Financial disclosure required
Yes
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests., NSA's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program at Fort Meade, MD offers students exciting, impactful and professional work opportunities (with pay and benefits!) to grow their knowledge of the Intelligence Community and federal government while advancing NSA's two primary missions: 1) Collecting, analyzing, and producing foreign signals intelligence; and 2) Providing cybersecurity solutions and guidance to protect critical national infrastructure. This Co-op opportunity is open to students who are majoring in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cyber Security (technical track), Data Science, Mathematics or Artificial Intelligence., Must be a U.S. Citizen

 - Must be eligible to be granted a TS/SCI security clearance after successfully completing a background investigation, a Full-scope Polygraph and a Psychological Evaluation
 - Must be available and in the U.S. for operational and technical interviews and other applicable processing, both in-person and via telephone/internet, between the months of November 2026 and March 2027, Must be pursuing one the following majors: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cyber Security (technical track), Data Science, Mathematics or Artificial Intelligence
 - Must be a second semester college freshman or a college sophomore
 - Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for all college work complete

Additional information

Salaries are determined by the percentage of credits completed toward a degree. Each 20% block of credits completed with at least a 3.0 GPA will allow you to be promoted to the next grade. Grades range from GGD-03/05 to GGD-07/01 (which can be found at OPM.gov) annually. Due to the rotational nature of the Co-op program, students are paid proportionate to the number of weeks worked in a year and are authorized Leave without Pay during scheduled school rotations. The salaries aforementioned include a locality based comparability payment.

## Description

NSA's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program offers students exciting, impactful professional work opportunities (with pay and benefits!) to grow their knowledge of the Intelligence Community and federal government while advancing NSA's two primary missions: 1) Collecting, analyzing, and producing foreign signals intelligence; and 2) Providing cybersecurity solutions and guidance to protect critical national infrastructure.