Farsi Linguist

3 weeks ago


Bethesda, Maryland, United States IC-CAP, LLC Full time

We are seeking a highly skilled Farsi Linguist to join our team at IC-CAP, LLC. As a member of our Arabic Language Triage team, you will conduct exploitation/analysis using intelligence and information from multiple data sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provides all-source exploitation support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence requirements.
  • Performs the examination of digital data and documents for content using the NMEC Exploitation System.
  • Identifies files and documents of intelligence value in accordance with customer requirements and standing SOPs and provides files for analysis by Language Exploitation Operations analysts.
  • Produces a serialized report of their findings disseminated to customers and analysts and liaison officers at NMEC.
  • Coodinates with quality control triage analyst(s) responsible for verifying the accuracy, quality, and uniformity of triage reports.

Qualifications:

  • The ideal candidate will possess the requisite language skills, analytical skills, and computer systems/digital media aptitude.
  • For optimal mission results, the team should consist of a mix of both native speakers of the foreign language and DLI (or other language school) trained personnel.
  • The ideal combination of Triage Examiners/Analysts will be a balanced mix of personnel to include approximately 40-60% native level English speakers with intelligence, military, or equivalent work experience and be fully functional Language Analysts, scoring 3/3 in reading and listening in a foreign language on the ILR scale.
  • The remainder (60-40% approximately) of triage Language Analysts shall be native-speakers of a foreign language with a proficiency of 3+ on the ILR scale for reading and listening.

Education and Experience:

  • Junior-Level B.A./B.S. or four (4) years of direct experience in the specific labor category.
  • Mid-Level Three (3) years of experience relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last two (2) years and either a bachelors degree or an additional four (4) years of direct experience, for a total of seven (7) years of experience in the specific labor category may be substituted for a bachelors degree.

Security Clearance:

  • Active TS SCI and the willingness to take a polygraph if needed.

Language: Farsi

Location: IC-CAP, LLC