NSA / Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Expert remote job
The NSA / Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Expert job is a remote contract role for people with government or military SIGINT collection or analysis experience. You would build unclassified scenarios, review AI-written intelligence assessments for technical accuracy, and write the scoring rubrics used to judge model output against accepted intelligence methods.
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Role facts, as shown on the listing
- Pay
- $50–$100 per hour
- Hourly rate as written in the listing.
- Our arithmetic on the listed ranges: the midpoint here is $75 an hour, tied for the second highest of the 11 Defense & national security roles on this site; midpoints there run from $45 to $85.
- Hours
- Flexible; project or task based
- Location
- Remote
- Contract
- Contractor
- Openings
- 10 (as listed)
- Listed
- 4 Nov 2026
- Checked
- 6 Nov 2026
- Signals intelligence (SIGINT) analysis
- Intelligence scenario development
- Intelligence assessment evaluation
- COMINT (communications intelligence)
- ELINT (electronic intelligence)
- Cyber intelligence operations
- Quality evaluation/rubric development
- AI evaluation and model testing
What the work involves
- Create realistic, unclassified SIGINT scenarios and reference material for evaluating AI.
- Review AI-written intelligence assessments for technical accuracy, relevance and analytical quality.
- Write and refine rubrics that score model output against established intelligence methodology.
- Find errors and inconsistencies in SIGINT reasoning and work with the project team on improvements.
Before you apply: what the listing asks for
Listed as required
- Professional experience in government or military SIGINT operations, collection or analysis.
- Command of SIGINT methods, intelligence workflows and analytical practice.
- Ability to assess complex intelligence scenarios and explain findings clearly.
Listed as preferred
- Prior work at the NSA, elsewhere in the US intelligence community or at an allied agency.
- Depth in COMINT, ELINT, signals analysis or cyber intelligence.
- Experience writing intelligence assessments or technical documentation, and familiarity with intelligence training or analytic review.
- Exposure to AI evaluation, model testing or rubric design is described as a plus.
Who this is not for
Not a fit without hands-on SIGINT experience, which the listing requires. The scenarios you would write are unclassified.
Questions about this role
What does the SIGINT Expert job pay?
Typically $50 to $100 per hour, negotiable with experience. The listing does not state a project length.
Is NSA experience required?
No. The listing requires government or military SIGINT experience and names the NSA, the wider US intelligence community and allied agencies as preferred backgrounds.
Source: the role's job listing on micro1. Facts were checked on 6 Nov 2026; the description above is condensed and reworded by us. Confirm details on the original listing before you apply.