High Performance Computing Specialist in Engagement, Research, and Innovation - Military Veterans

Agency-wide Requirements

All applicants must be:

• U.S. citizens (dual U.S. citizens also eligible)


• At least 18 years of age


• Willing to move to the Washington, DC area


• Able to complete security and medical evaluations


• Registered for the Selective Service

About the Job

As a High Performance Computing (HPC) Specialist for CIA, you will conduct research on a range of HPC from large-scale systems to small-scale specialized systems. You will work with various teams to design the right system for their needs, which can include processing massive datasets to produce key intelligence to processing data coming off a handful of sensors on a robotic device.

Our HPC Specialists support AI solutions that improve the performance of our collection systems and enable faster, deeper, and better explained insights from collection. The solutions will ultimately boost the performance of our mission experts by enabling human-machine teaming and algorithmically putting the right insights before the right experts.

You will be working with teams of world-class experts, and in many cases you will be steering the work of large collaborative teams. Using advanced hardware, software, and computational platforms with an emphasis on highly scalable and efficient solutions, you will bring exploitation capabilities to production and provide insights on the nation's most difficult national security challenges. When problem-solving, you will be collaborating with domain experts, data and collection experts, systems designers and integrators, and analysts. You will develop your expertise through continuing education sponsored by the Agency, along with integrated on the job training with deep domain experts.

Who You'll Work With

At the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), we recognize our Nation's strength comes from the diversity of its people. People from a broad range of backgrounds and viewpoints work at CIA, and our diverse teams are the reason we can keep our country safe.

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What You'll Get

Our benefits support every aspect of a working professional's life, including health and wellness, time off, family, finances, and continuing education. Our programs include highly sought-after government health benefits, flexible schedules, sick leave, and childcare. In some cases, we also offer sign-on incentives and cover moving expenses if you relocate.

As a CIA employee, you'll also get the satisfaction of knowing your work is part of something bigger than yourself. Our work is driven by one mission : to keep our Nation safe. Every day is an opportunity to enhance U.S. national security.

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a quantitative science, engineering, or other science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) related field.


• At least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale


• Experience in a STEM field, such as:
  
  
  • Electrical engineering
  
  
  • Mathematics/applied mathematics
  
  
  • Physics/applied physics
  
  
  • Mechanical engineering
  
  
  • Computer engineering/computer science
  
  
  • Software engineering
  
  
  • Aerospace/aeronautical engineering
  
  
  • Statistics/actual mathematics
  
  
  • Robotics
  
  
  • Artificial intelligence/machine learning
  
  
  • Computational engineering
  
  
  
  


• Good fundamental understanding of a range of AI techniques and ability to match techniques to problems.


• Creativity


• Initiative


• Integrity


• Leadership abilities


• Problem solving skills


• Ability to work in a diverse team environment


• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for joining CIA , including U.S. citizenship and a background investigation

Desired Qualifications

• Advanced degree in an engineering or computational science equivalent field or sub-field


• Without previous work experience, a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale is strongly desired.


• Experience working with data rich problems through research or programs


• Experience with computer programming or user experience/user interface


• Ability to work across, and help guide, diverse teams, including leveraging best-of-breed commercial and industrial capabilities.


• Ability to successfully complete projects with large or incomplete data, to tackle hard problems and provide solutions