Career fields

Discover an operational career at CIA, where your creativity, critical thinking, discipline, teamwork, and unwavering dedication are vital in collecting foreign intelligence for U.S. government policymakers. Immerse yourself in a mission and purpose with global impact, while you help provide our nation with a tactical and strategic advantage. Foreign language skills in any position are a plus.

Job duties vary based on occupation. Job titles include:

• Case officer
• Collection management officer
• Paramilitary officer
• Language officer
• Staff operations officer
• Targeting officer

At CIA, technology drives our mission. Few organizations can offer the kind of experiences you’ll find here across such a wide range of disciplines. Through collaboration and expertise, we develop the tools and techniques the agency needs to complete our intelligence mission.

Job duties vary based on occupation. Job titles include:

• Data lifecycle specialist
• Data engineer
• Data scientist
• IT engineer
• Technical researcher
• Technical targeting analyst

Your curiosity and collaboration can lead to groundbreaking analysis, delivered to policymakers. We are looking for people with teamwork, creativity, digital acumen, critical thinking and expertise in a variety of areas to create products that inform the highest levels of the U.S. government.

Job duties vary based on occupation. Job titles include:

• Analytic methodologist
• Cartographer
• Cyber threat analyst
• Economic analyst
• Graphics designer
• Interactive designer
• Leadership analyst
• Military analyst
• Political analyst

We are looking for people to leverage real-world skills to support our mission partners and maintain the key functions of our agency. Organized, driven, sharp thinkers who are team-players can help us advance our crucial work at CIA and across the Intelligence Community.

Job duties vary based on occupation. Job titles include:

• Accountant
• Attorney
• Clinical psychologist
• Contracting officer
• Facilities project manager
• Finance resource officer
• Foreign language instructor
• Human resources officer
• IG auditor and inspector
• Logistics officer
• Security officer
• Police officer
• Polygraph examiner
• Support integration officer