FC: NSA is looking for a few good geeks...

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Who want to work at government wages... --Declan]

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Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 00:09:36 -0500
From: " Scully () cipherwar com" <Scully () cipherwar com>
To: <Declan () well com>
Subject: The NSA Wants Geeks

Declan,

The spooks are hiring!

First I read this: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/3725-1.html

NSA to hire 600 IT workers
By Dawn S. Onley
GCN.com Staff

FEB. 26—The supersecret National Security Agency on Saturday opened the 
doors of its headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., for its first job fair.

The agency is looking to hire 600 workers with experience or education in 
computer science, mathematics, engineering, signal analysis, data 
collection, cryptanalysis and intelligence analysis.

"The recruitment event is part of a larger strategy to recruit the diverse, 
highly skilled work force needed to meet the challenges of the 21st 
century,'' officials said in a prepared statement. They said old hiring 
methods must be changed to meet today's needs.

Not only is NSA short on skilled technical workers, but it is also looking 
to hire nine high-level officials, including a chief information officer. 
The agency's Web page at www.nsa.gov/programs/employ/index.html invites 
users to apply online to become the executive who keeps NSA in line with 
the Information Technology Management Reform Act.

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http://www.nsa.gov/programs/employ/index.html

You're about to enter a whole new world...to explore an opportunity with 
one of the most important and advanced agencies of its kind. Get ready to 
be surprised and inspired.

At the NSA, you will join an organization that is charged with carrying out 
a number of the country's most important and sensitive intelligence 
activities. Our ongoing mission involves monitoring and gathering foreign 
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) from around the world - much of it protected 
by codes, ciphers and complex electronic countermeasures at the same time, 
we try to prevent our adversaries from gaining access to our own vital U.S. 
communications through the information systems security (INFOSEC) mission. 
But that's only the beginning. We also analyze and distill this 
information, ultimately transforming it into key global intelligence that 
is used by U.S. government decision makers at the highest levels. We are 
constantly asking the big questions, with the full realization that their 
answers can profoundly affect the future. We have a question for you. Are 
you ready to explore an NSA future?

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It continues with links to various jobs they are seeking.  Including:
Computer Science
Computer /Electrical Engineering
Cryptanalysis
Foreign Languages
Intelligence Analysis
Mathematics
Signals Analysis

Check it out: http://www.nsa.gov/programs/employ/index.html

Scully


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