Senior Chinese Language Analyst

Job Description

The ideal candidate will have native language proficiency , knowledge of target country's Navy, and in-depth cultural knowledge to enable them to translate both complex technical material as well as slang, colloquial, misspelled, incomplete and/or other nuanced language as is often found in social media. The senior linguist has similar responsibilities to the Linguist/Translator/Collector position but spends a portion of their time reviewing and providing quality assurance for junior linguists' translations.

Required Skills

• 8 Years' experience working in intelligence with the military or IC agency.
• DLPT score or equivalent test that uses the ILR scale in targeted 3L/4R language (Persian Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, or Russian) scored within the last three years.
• English language test using the ILR, 3L/3R scored within the last three years.

Desired Skills

• 20 Years' experience working in intelligence with the military or IC agency.
• DLPT score or equivalent test that uses the ILR scale in targeted 4 L/4R language (Persian Farsi, Mandarin Chinese, or Russian) scored within the last three years.
• English language test using the ILR, 4 L/ 4 R scored within the last three years.
• Minimum of a four-year bachelor's degree at an accredited university.
• 4 years of e xperience in a position that provides expertise in naval terminology.
• 6 years of e xperience in a position where their primary duty was performing open source or social media research and exploitation in targeted language.