NSA Summer 2027 Internship Program - Summer Language Program - Entry - MDCOHITXUT

The NSA Summer Internship Programs at our Maryland, Colorado, Hawaii, Texas, and Utah locations offers students exciting, impactful professional work opportunities (with pay and limited 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. These summer internship opportunities are open to students who are pursuing education in a variety of degree programs.

Summer Language Program:

Please apply through this vacancy if you are interested in the following Summer Language Internship Program at our MD, CO, TX, HI, and UT locations:

(U//FOUO) NSA's Summer Language Program is a 12-week paid internship for undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students with foreign language proficiency. Summer interns are fully integrated into a language production office under the guidance of an experienced language analyst mentor. The internship may, if mutually agreeable, lead to full-time employment upon degree completion. Languages selected for the Summer Language program mirror NSA's strategic language hiring goals and may change from summer to summer. The program can be a one-summer or a multiple-summer program, depending on when a student begins the program; additional summers are not mandatory.

• PLEASE NOTE: The full listing of each internship description and details can be found by visiting: Intelligencecareers.gov/nsa/students-and-internships. If unable to open this link, please copy and paste into your browser.To be accepted into the NSA Summer Internship - Summer Language Program, candidates:
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be enrolled in a degree-seeking program (undergraduate, graduate, doctorate) at time of application
• Specific education requirements vary by program
• Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
• 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 October 2026 and April 2027

For NSAs Summer Language Program, no specific major is required, but the following language proficiencies are recommended:

• Arabic
• Spanish
• Mandarin Chinese
• Persian Farsi
• African Languages
• PLEASE NOTE: If selected you may be required to complete a proctored Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) and Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). Testing will need to be completed by 15 November 2026.
• PLEASE NOTE: Other majors may be considered, however the majors listed above are highly recommended.
• PLEASE NOTE: You may be required to complete an Unproctored Internet Testing (UIT) requirement measuring cognitive ability, motivation, and English proficiency.Students are paid a competitive salary commensurate with their education level.
• All internships are 10 - 12 weeks during the summer.
• Receive annual leave, sick leave and paid federal holidays.
• Students who attend school in excess of 75 miles from the site location, are eligible for housing accommodations and travel entitlements of a round trip airfare ticket to and from school or mileage reimbursement up to the cost of a government-issued airline ticket.
• Students participating in the HI location; Travel entitlements may be available.
• Daily transportation to and from work is NOT provided. Students participating in the program are highly encouraged to bring a vehicle. Carpooling with other students MAY be available, but is NOT guaranteed.
• Participation in agency-wide extracurricular programs.