Mandarin Linguist

Knowledge Management Inc. (KMI) has the leadership and experience to deliver innovative technology logistics and management solutions to meet real mission requirements. KMI is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) that specializes in Logistics Warehouse Services Distance Learning/Training Enterprise Solutions Financial Management Support Program Management Intelligence Analysis & Threat Assessment and Data Analytics/Operations Research. Since 1998 our solutions and services have helped our clients improve performance drive cost and operational effectives and map technology needs for tomorrows requirements.

Title: Mandarin Linguist

Location: Washington DC (onsite/hybrid)

Duration: Multiyear contract

Start date: ASAP

Clearance: Active DHS Public Trust or we can process for one

Travel: Onsite with ability to travel to support case work as required. Some travel requirements may be outside of the USA.

Summary:

Subject matter expert in the interpretation translation and transcription of various foreign language items of relevance to cybercrime investigations including but not limited to media articles online communications chats emails audio files and video files. Reviews and performs detailed translations of foreign language financial documents and spreadsheets associated with illicit digital asset / cryptocurrency platforms financially motivated cybercriminals and online money laundering services in order to provide investigators and analysts with an understanding of the context and major purpose of said items. Utilizes a variety of foreign language open source commercial and government databases in order to perform research into specific online threat actors or services of interest and to identify artifacts of relevance to investigations.

Functional Skill Set required:

• Manages proactive research assignments or studies focused on specific geographic and functional foreign language areas of interest to investigations to include research into emerging illicit financial platforms.
• Provides succinct summaries of translated foreign language items to allow investigators analysts and stakeholders to appropriately triage items for further investigation.
• Participates in interviews with foreign speaking sources informants defendants and foreign law enforcement partners and provides consecutive interpreting during these interviews when required.
• Recognized as a foreign language expert within the organization. Provides expertlevel foreign language analytical and translation support to investigative team members and functions as the teams foreign language subject matter expert.
• Possesses motivation to build out a Language Specialist program within the customer to include assisting and interviewing potential future candidates developing standard translation and transliteration protocols to assist with investigations and determining strategies that best support the needs of the customer investigative mission particularly in the context of financially motivated cybercrime.

Technical Skill set required: N/A Basic Office software communication tools.

Work experience:

• 25 years providing linguist translation services in the specified language.
• Prior experience working with law enforcement analyst or investigative tools preferred.
• Prior experience working with a US Government organization providing translation services in support of an investigative process preferred

Educations or Certifications required:

• Bachelors degree (BA or BS) preferred.
• Proficiency in a foreign language of interest to include advanced reading writing and listening abilities generally equivalent to a score of 2 or higher on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) Advanced High on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) or 2 on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR). Some flexibility is afforded.
• Ability to pass a language proficiency exam if required by the customer.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

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