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TWO-PAGE FEDERAL RESUME MANDATE IS HERE!
All federal resumes must be no more than two (2) pages.
SEEKING THE NATION’S BEST AND BRIGHTEST TO WORK ALONGSIDE AMERICA’S FINEST
As a paid, full-time intern, you’ll work in a collaborative workplace that values professional growth and experience. You’ll be eligible for tuition assistance, student loan repayment, paid post-graduate studies, an attractive sign-on bonus for certain positions, as well as competitive compensation and other generous perks like federal health insurance, federal retirement benefits, and paid federal holidays. Upon completion of your internship, you may qualify for a permanent, full-time position supporting the warfighter by ensuring the Department of the Air Force is lethal and mission-ready.
WORKING SIDE BY SIDE TO KEEP OUR NATION SECURE
AFCS provides much of the muscle behind the might of the Department of the Air Force (DAF). We launch rockets, oversee and maintain the nation’s constellation of Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), guard the country from cyberattacks, and do whatever it takes to maintain the supremacy of the Air Force and Space Force in air, space, and cyberspace. Whether it’s conducting cutting-edge research in the world’s most sophisticated labs, maintaining the equipment and infrastructure that allows the Air Force and Space Force to be ready at a moment’s notice, ensuring the health and wellbeing of warfighters and their families, or training them to achieve the next level of proficiency — behind every mission, every milestone, every Airman, and every Guardian, there’s someone like you.
THAT MOMENT YOUR ASPIRATIONS, EDUCATION, AND AMBITION CONVERGE
There's one thing you'll make from day one as an Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) Intern: an impact. You’ll work side by side with our men and women in uniform and civilians just like you, gaining invaluable hands-on experience in the field of your choosing, while playing a critical role supporting our warfighters by ensuring our military remains mission-ready and the tip of the spear stays as sharp as it can be. Your experience here will equip you with the insight, know-how, and ability you’ll need to succeed and excel in the future.
IF THE FUTURE HAD AN ONRAMP, THIS WOULD BE IT:
Premier College Internship Program (PCIP)
A structured summer internship offering college students hands-on experience and direct exposure to career opportunities within AFCS.
PALACE ACQUIRE | COPPER CAP (PAQ | COP)
Comprehensive training programs designed to develop future leaders through structured mentorship, professional development, and targeted career assignments within AFCS.
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART)
A scholarship-for-service program providing STEM students full tuition, internships, and guaranteed employment upon graduation with Department of Defense.
Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
A recruitment initiative connecting federal employers with talented college students and recent graduates with disabilities for career-building internships and employment.
Presidential Management Fellows (PMF)
A prestigious leadership-development pathway offering advanced-degree graduates rotational assignments, professional growth opportunities, and accelerated careers in federal service.
A dramatic aerial display shows six Air Force jets from the Thunderbirds descending in close formation, white smoke streaming behind them as they pierce the sky above the clouds in perfect unison.
Close-up of a hand gently cradling a black nano-drone, showcasing advanced surveillance technology small enough to fit in the palm yet powerful enough to support complex field operations.
Clad in full protective gear, including a blue hazmat suit and black gloves, a technician carefully analyzes substances in a mobile lab setup, surrounded by vials, beakers, and analytical instruments.
Bathed in glowing blue and violet light, a technician wears a face shield and apron while precisely handling a liquid substance, likely a chemical or biological sample, under UV illumination, revealing otherwise invisible properties.
Inside a high-tech testing chamber, a powerful jet engine is mounted for evaluation. Fiery thrust pours from the nozzle while cables, tubes, and sensors monitor every aspect of performance in real time.
A sleek, black, blended-wing aircraft model labeled “X-48B” is positioned on a turntable beneath a massive wind tunnel system. Twin fans loom above while technicians below prepare for aerodynamic evaluation.
TWO-PAGE FEDERAL RESUME MANDATE IS HERE!
All federal resumes must be no more than two (2) pages.
Fueled by innovation, ingenuity, and a start-up mentality, Unified Platform/LevelUP Code Works is the principal cyber factory for the Air Force, developing rapidly deployable software capabilities in support of the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense’s most critical cyber missions. It’s responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps) software development toolkit across the Department of Defense and the armed services.
Black Label supports Offensive Cyber Warfare and Information Warfare for the Department of the Air Force and the Department of Defense by providing advanced DevSecOps capabilities and technologies that streamline software development and deploy it in non-traditional, innovative ways to meet warfighters’ every need the instant they need it.
Platform One is the official Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) enterprise of the Department of Defense (DoD), congregating the top capabilities of the Software Factories at the core of its software ecosystem to create Cloud Native Computer Foundation (CNCF)-compliant Kubernetes distributions, infrastructure as code playbooks, hardened containers, and other Customer DevSecOps Platforms with baked-in security.
EITaaS partners with industry leaders to incorporate best-in-class commercial technology to standardize Department of the Air Force (DAF) IT services, improving the agility, reliability, and resiliency of IT data operations, while maximizing user productivity and optimizing mission readiness enterprise-wide.
Business and Enterprise System Product Innovation (BESPIN) develops cutting-edge digital solutions for Airmen and Guardians that delivers exceptional custom mobile experiences reliably anywhere, anytime, improving safety, quality of life, and mission success.
Kessel Run’s primary mission is to create scalable digital architecture to optimize all-domain command and control capabilities that define the next-generation air dominance systems, accelerate dynamic targeting, and establish a more resilient operating presence through Agile Combat Employment.
Cloud One provides valuable tools to significantly reduce software development costs while deploying powerful Risk Management Framework processes that allow applications to inherit a common infrastructure and entry-point for negotiating the cloud.