Multi-Discipline Language Analyst

Position Title: Multi-Discipline Language Analyst (Russian)
Position Type: Full-time
Position Location: Chantilly
Clearance: TS/SCI w/ CI Poly (DOJ) or TS/SCI ++

Waypoint's client is Seeking a Multi-Disciplined Language Analyst (Russian Focused) to conduct similar cyber intelligence and threat analysis duties, but apply their language capabilities to inform and deepen overall understanding. Additionally, Foreign Language Program Managers (FLPM) and Supervisory Foreign Language Program Coordinators (SFLPC) must coordinate linguist support to intelligence activities with the Language Services Section (LSS) in order to ensure priorities are adequately resourced in accordance with directives. Translations must be coordinated through LSS to ensure quality assurance reviews. Therefore, contract multi - disciplined language analysts shall not, as a primary duty, perform translation services.

Responsibilities:

• Compile, integrate, and/or interpret all - source data for intelligence or vulnerability
• value with respect to specific targets.
• Identify collection gaps and potential collection strategies against targets.
• Make recommendations to guide collection in support of customer requirements.
• Advise managers and operators on language and cultural issues that impact organization objectives.
• Analyze and process information using language and/or cultural expertise.
• Assess, document, and apply a target's motivation and/or frame of reference to
• facilitate analysis, targeting and collection opportunities.
• Collaborate across internal and/or external organizational lines to enhance collection, analysis, and dissemination.
• Conduct all - source target research to include the use of open - source materials in the target language.
• Conduct analysis of target communications to identify essential information in support of organization objectives.
• Evaluate and interpret metadata to look for patterns, anomalies, or events, thereby
• optimizing targeting, analysis, and processing.
• Identify cyber threat tactics and methodologies.
• Identify target communications within the global network.
• Maintain awareness of target communication tools, techniques, and the
• characteristics of target communication networks (e.g., capacity, functionality, paths, and critical
• nodes) and their potential implications for targeting, collection, and analysis.
• Perform foreign language and dialect identification in initial source data.
• Perform or support technical network analysis and mapping.
• Provide requirements and feedback to optimize the development of language processing tools.
• Perform social network analysis and document as appropriate.
• Scan, identify and prioritize target graphic (including machine - to - machine
• communications) and/or voice language material.
• Tip critical or time - sensitive information to appropriate customers.
• Identify foreign language terminology within computer programs (e.g., comments, variable names).
• Identify cyber/technology - related terminology in the target language.

Requirements:

• Have a Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university, and
• (U) Either,
• Qualify under FBI's FLP at the linguist or monitor certification level,
• (U) Or,
• Meet the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity
• Workforce Framework KSAs