Operational Language Analyst

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence 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, l evel 3 to join our Defense and Homeland Security Division. In this role, t he Operational Language Analyst performs tasks required to process voice and/or graphic language materials in support of SIGINT Operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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 polygraph
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Performance at Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) skill level 2 in audio translation and/or text translation from the required language into idiomatic, standard American English or 2 in listening and/or reading on the DLPT.
• Equivalent of ten (10) years full-time experience in Cryptologic Operations performing language processing in the required language(s).
  • For at least three (3) of the six (6)) years’ experience, translating and/or transcribing, and gisting shall be the primary duty

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.