Chinese and Cantonese Linguists Job at SOSi, Reston, VA

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  • SOSi
  • Reston, VA

Job Description



Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

Job Description



Overview

 

**This position is contingent upon award of contract**  

 

SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking Chinese and Cantonese Linguists to support a US Government Client. Linguists will serve as subject matter experts and leverage Chinese and Cantonese and their cultural expertise to translate materials and documents into English language products.

 

Essential Job Duties

 

  • Gist, summarize, and translate Chinese and Cantonese printed, electronic, or audio/visual material into clear, understandable, and idiomatically correct English.
  • Leverage knowledge of culture, media, and language to answer Client questions.
  • Adhere to Client style and translation standards to prepare all products.
  • Efficiently leverage Client-specific tools and workflows.
  • Ability to meet deadlines, including same day.

Qualifications



Minimum Requirements

 

  • High School Diploma and three years of relevant experience.
  • Proficiency at least 4/4+ (ILR) level in Chinese and Cantonese. Proficiency will be determined by standardized language exams which must be completed as part of the application process.
  • Expertise related to country and surrounding regions where Chinese and Cantonese is spoken natively.
  • Experience with open source research and support, product creation and dissemination, collection management and workflow support.
  • Experience in open source social media collection, analysis, and exploitation.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, Excel, and Word.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to engage collaboratively and effectively in a virtual environment within a diverse team.
  • Strong time and task management skills.

 

Preferred

Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor’s Degree.
  • Experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC).

 

Additional Information



Work Environment

  • Remote. 

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Remote work, Worldwide,

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