Mandarin Technology Analyst / Linguist

CACI • Charlottesville, VA

14d

About The Position

Are you a mission focused Chinese Language Analyst ? Join a team of dynamic Intelligence Community professionals supporting National Security Objectives where you’ll get to use your foreign language skills to research, translate, report, and analyze foreign technical material. You will support a team of engineers by helping to translate and analyze intermediate to advanced-level printed materials including technical manuals, patent documents, and foreign language periodicals on technology into grammatically correct American English. We are looking for technically minded Chinese Mandarin linguists to provide translation to support the research and exploitation of technical data sources to assess technical capabilities of foreign ground forces and populate and maintain databases on foreign conventional weapons and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess a current Top Secret/SCI security clearance .
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline such as, but not limited to, linguistics.
• Must possess native or near-native proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and a minimum of 3/3 on the DLPT or equivalent test.
• Must possess the ability to work independently with minimal oversight while maintaining focus on research objectives defined by the client.
• Minimum 3 years’ professional experience conducting translation, transcription, translation, and/or interpretation.
• Ability to pass an advanced English test.
• Ability to score Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Level 3 or higher on target language translation test in Reading.
• Minimum 3+ years as a Linguist on DoD related programs and projects.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Comfortable with detailed analysis as well as systems of systems analysis.
• In-depth knowledge of the geopolitical, regional, ethnic, and cultural components of target language geographical areas.

Responsibilities

• Translate and analyze technical information on foreign (Chinese Mandarin) electronic systems, subsystems, technologies, communications, algorithms, software, vulnerabilities, and countermeasure techniques. Specifically, a focus on embedded systems, wireless communication networks, software defined radios, or communications systems engineering.
• Text translation/transcription of language materials and quality control reviews of translations, transcriptions, or reports.
• Scanning, sorting, and/or categorizing foreign language materials.
• Recovering essential elements of information.
• Rendering translations and/or transcripts based on technical, complex, or sophisticated written material.
• Support the all-source analysis and production of comprehensive technical assessments that include independent research and technical writing.
• Support a team of engineers in determining reliability of technical all-source material including foreign equipment characteristics, foreign research and development (R&D) and production capabilities.
• Utilize OSINT tools when required.

Benefits

• Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
• We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
• At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees