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SIGINT Language Analyst with Security Clearance
MultiLingual Solutions, Inc. (MLS) is a comprehensive foreign language services firm that provides full- spectrum linguistic, analytical and operational support to U.S. Government and private sector customers. MLS provides services in over 100 languages and resources in more than 60 countries. MLS specializes in mobilizing the linguistic, technical and management personnel needed to meet critical communications and operational objectives. Based in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, MLS is accessible 24/7 to respond to short-fused, ongoing and surge requirements worldwide. We are actively seeking SIGINT Language Analysts to join our team. SIGINT Language Analysts must be able to demonstrate increasing levels of cryptologic language processing based on the Skill Level of the analyst. Skill Level 2, 3, and 4 analysts must meet the requirements of lower skill levels in addition to the skill level of which they have applied. Languages vary according to skill level and include: Modern Standard Arabic (text only), Arabic-Levantine (audio only), Arabic-Iraqi (audio only), Arabic-Egyptian (audio only), Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Turkish, and Urdu.. Requirements Skill Level 1 SIGINT Language Analysts must demonstrate the following skills: * Recovering essential elements of information
- Rendering translations and/or transcripts based on straightforward, factual written and/or spoken material
- Gisting straightforward, factual written and/or spoken material
- Must possess equivalent of two (2) years full-time experience performing cryptologic language processing.
- One (1) year experience typing on an English keyboard.
- High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED); Associates degree or higher education preferred.
- Must possess at least Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level 2 in Audio Translation Performance and/or Translation Performance into standard American English. Candidate must possess ILR skill level validation within two (2) years prior to consideration or candidate must test via Government approved test. Skill Level 2 SIGINT Language Analysts must demonstrate the following skills in addition to Skill Level 1: * Translating and/or transcribing complex and sophisticated written and/or spoken material.
- Gisting complex and sophisticated written and/or spoken material.
- Must possess equivalent of four (4) years of experience performing cryptologic language processing.
- Associate of Arts (AA)/Associate of Science (AS) degree, or equivalent from other countries; Bachelor's degree or higher education preferred.
- In lieu of the associate degree, an additional two (2) years of directly related, applied, practical work experience may be substituted.
- Must possess at least Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Skill Level 3 in Audio Translation Performance and/or Translation Performance into standard American English. Candidate must possess ILR skill level validation within two (2) years prior to consideration or candidate must test via Government approved test. Skill Level 3 SIGINT Language Analysts must demonstrate the following skills in addition to lower skill levels: * Scanning and sorting/categorizing foreign language materials.
- Performing quality control review of translations and/or transcripts of complex and sophisticated written and/or spoken material.
- Must possess equivalent of ten (10) years of experience performing cryptologic language processing.
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent from other countries; Master's degree or higher education preferred.
- In lieu of the bachelor's degree, an additional four (4) years of directly related, applied, practical work experience may be substituted (total of 14 years of experience). Skill Level 4 SIGINT Language Analysts must demonstrate the following skills in addition to lower skill levels: * Transcribing complex and sophisticated spoken material and translating complex and sophisticated written material.
- Gisting complex and sophisticated written and spoken material.
- Performing quality control review of translations and transcripts of complex and sophisticated written and spoken material Must possess equivalent of fifteen (15) years of experience performing cryptologic language processing.
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent from other countries; Master's degree or higher education preferred.