Russian Cultural/Language SME

Leidos•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Cultural Advisor with Russian language fluency to join their team at Lackland AFB, TX. The role requires a native-born or heritage-speaking Russian linguist and cultural expert, ideally with experience living in Russia and/or Russian-speaking countries in Eastern Europe. The candidate must possess an in-depth understanding of the cultural differences, nuances, customs, symbolism, mannerisms, and traditions of various ethnic Russian groups across Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions. This mission-critical role involves analyzing and communicating complex issues, drafting documentation, explaining technical procedures, writing effectively, and preparing briefings for military, government, and intelligence community stakeholders. The position also involves collaborating on open-source research for behavioral analysis, social network analysis, and foreign media analysis to produce reports on trends, behaviors, and geopolitical events. The candidate will identify information operations opportunities, produce predictive recommendations, and evaluate classified and unclassified information to characterize target audience behavior and trends.

Requirements

Minimum Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) score level of 3/3/3 in all three modalities: reading, listening, and speaking.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree and 10 years of experience. Comparable experience acceptable (no less than 4 years) in lieu of degree.
Department of Defense Top Secret (TS) clearance (current) with SCI eligibility.
Native or heritage Russian speaker.
Native ability to read, write, and understand standard Russian grammar and writing style.
Demonstrated ability to verbally communicate clearly and natively in the Russian standard dialect.
Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret idiomatic expressions in Russian standard dialect.
In-depth understanding of Russian culture and society.
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Notes).

Nice To Haves

Experience living in Russia and/or the Russian-speaking countries of eastern Europe.

Responsibilities

Analyze, assess, translate, and communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally.
Draft requirements documents, correspondence, and standard operating procedures in accordance with local policies.
Provide explanations of complex technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Prepare and present briefings to military, government, and intelligence community stakeholders as directed.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in conducting open source research to produce behavioral analysis of target audiences, social network analysis, and foreign media analysis in order to generate reports on trends, behaviors, and geopolitical events.
Identify information operations opportunities and produce predictive recommendations.
Evaluate both classified and unclassified critical and sensitive information to understand and characterize target audience behavior and trends.