Consultant Dari/Pashto Exploitation Specialist

Leidos hiring for Consultant Dari/Pashto Exploitation Specialist jobs in Potomac, MD, US

Description

The Leidos National Security Sector is currently soliciting experienced foreign media Senior Dari/Pashto specialist for a language services contract supporting an Intelligence Community customer in the National Capital Region (NCR). Language Exploitation Specialists will collect, analyst, 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.

• 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

• US citizen

• BA degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less 2 years of prior relevant experience . Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree

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

• Candidates must demonstrate strong communication skills, analytical ability, and solid interpersonal skills.

• 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.

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.

Pay Range $68,900 - $143,100

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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