Exploitation Specialist

Description

Job Description:
The Mission Support Operation is currently soliciting experienced foreign media specialist for a language services contract supporting an Intelligence Community customer in the National Capital Region (NCR). Language Exploitation Specialists will collect, evaluate, process, and enrich foreign language information to address requirements and to identify and extract insights from it. Language Exploitation Specialists must be capable of reading, listening to, and comprehending foreign languages and applying subject matter expertise to perform various functions in the respective languages to include, but not limited to, monitoring and selection; research; source discovery and assessment; baseline maintenance; structured data creation and maintenance for the identification of quantitative and qualitative trends, patterns, and relationships in data; synthesis and summarization; and writing reports in accordance with designated style and quality standards and data management plans.

All work will be performed from the candidate’s home office. The majority of the work will take place Monday through Friday; however, nights and weekends may be required.

Exploitation personnel are required to have strong foreign and/or English language skills but are not required to formally translate material into English.

Languages of Interest: Turkish, Kurdish

The primary responsibilities of the Language Exploitation Specialists are:

Monitor assigned Internet-based media sources and make selections based on customer criteria

Monitor, collect, and condition (e.g. structure, categorize/code/tag, highlight, comment on) foreign media information to include social media, radio, television, newspapers, blogs, websites, and various Internet sites

Respond to requirements from customers by collecting data, analyzing results, and publishing detailed written reports in English

Prioritize information for reporting based on customer requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
US citizen

BA degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 – 6 years of prior relevant experience.

Professional-Level proficiency in a foreign language (ILR 3 or higher)

Have experience evaluating sources, conducting research, synthesizing and summarizing findings, and writing reports in English in accordance with designated standards, or commensurate training or education in a relevant field of study

Experience with research on publicly available information, including social media exploitation

Focused knowledge of particular media environments

Understanding of information collected from the latest digital media platforms

Must possess ADVANCED computer skills; including MS Office and Internet Research skills, to be able to produce written translations and products and Internet skills that will allow advanced research on the Web

Ability to work independently and as a contributor to a virtual team

Self-starter with curious mindset and desire to solve problems and learn new skills

Strong organizational skills, time-management skills, attention to detail, and strong initiative

Effective communicator in both written and verbal formats to a variety of audiences

Successful completion of English and foreign language testing

Knowledge of Human Language Technology (HLT) such as computer assisted translation (CAT) tools (e.g,. Trados, Worldserver, OmegaT, Pairaphrase, or other commercial tools), post-edited machine translation, and adaptive machine translation tools.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Subject matter expertise or education in politics, culture, religion, international relations, economics, energy, counter-proliferation, cyber threats, counter-narcotics, military, science and technology, counterterrorism, or media of a particular country or region.

External Referral Bonus:
Eligible

Potential for Telework:
Yes, 100%

Clearance Level Required:
None

Travel:
No

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Shift:
Day

Requisition Category:
Professional

Job Family:
Language

Pay Range: