Operational Language Analyst - Chinese, Level 2 (2021-0050)

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language, operations and technology services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring an Operational Language Analyst - Chinese, level 2 to join our Defense and Homeland Security Division working in Annapolis Junction, MD. In this role, the Operational Language Analyst performs tasks required to process voice and/or graphic language materials in support of SIGINT Operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Translating and/or transcribing complex and sophisticated written and/or spoken material
• Gisting complex and sophisticated written and/or spoken material
• Recovering essential elements of information
• Rendering translations and/or transcripts based on straightforward, factual written and/or spoken material
• Gisting straightforward written and/or spoken material

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph
• Associate of Arts (AA)/Associate of Science (AS) degree or equivalent
• Performance at Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) skill level 3 in audio translation and/or text translation from the required language into idiomatic, standard American English or 3 in listening and/or reading on the DLPT.
• Equivalent of four (4) years full-time experience in Cryptologic Operations performing language processing in the required language(s).
  • In lieu of the Associate's Degree an additional two (2) years of directly related, applied, practical work experience may be substituted.
  • For no more than one (1) year of the required four (4) years, Reporting shall be the primary duty.
  • Two (2) of the four (4) years experience shall be within four (4) years of resume submission for work on the Contract.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.