Linguist / Language Analyst - Entry to Expert Level (MD, HI, GA, TX, UT, CO, AK) job at National Security Agency. Honolulu, HI.
Linguist / Language Analyst - Entry to Expert Level (MD, HI, GA, TX, UT, CO, AK) Anchorage, AK || Denver/Aurora, CO || Fort Eisenhower, GA || Honolulu, HI || Fort George G. Meade Complex, MD || San Antonio, TX || Draper, Utah, UT Pay Plan: GG , Grade: 07/1 to 15/10 Open: 2024-06-03, Close: 2024-06-28 Responsibilities NSA's Linguists, known as Multidisciplined Language Analysts (MDLAs), are expected to take an inclusive approach to problem solving and mission accomplishment by frequently engaging with partners, enablers, and customers across the Intelligence Community.
Based on skill level and experience, NSA MDLAs are considered for either the Language Analysis Development Program (LADP); the Chinese Enhancement Cross-Training Program; or in the case of MDLAs with extensive experience in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), direct hire into positions supporting an analytic mission office.
LADP:
The LADP, which lasts up to three years, is designed to provide an intensive, accelerated opportunity to acquire the unique technical skills and experience needed to successfully apply knowledge and analytic ability to the SIGINT mission and help MDLAs achieve core analytic competencies in accordance with the Cryptologic Training System Training Standard and the MDLA competencies framework. The program includes 4-5 operational tours in a variety of offices, interspersed with formal classroom and computer-based training. These on-the-job operational tours are primarily focused on analyzing foreign language materials within the framework of the two main SIGINT disciplines of intelligence analysis - SIGINT reporting and SIGINT development.
Cross-Training Program (Language Enhancement):
The current Language Analysis Cross Training Program is designed to enhance an existing language which is critically needed to fulfill NSA's mission. After successful completion of the Cross-Training program, most graduates will enter the Language Analysis Development Program (LADP), which lasts up to three years.
MDLAs are at the forefront of carrying out NSA's SIGINT mission, and they do so in a variety of ways:
• Offer U.S. policymakers and military leaders a window into the foreign language world of intelligence targets by analyzing, transcribing, and translating key information
• Research and understand foreign intelligence targets, how they operate, and how they fit in the larger geo-political context
• Apply new techniques and develop creative solutions to address analytic problems such as synthesizing large volumes of data and disparate sources of information
• Demonstrate a firm understanding of the communications environment and technology trends of foreign intelligence targets
• Craft written and oral assessments of foreign intelligence that provide unique insights into target intentions unavailable from other intelligence disciplines
• Work independently and collaborate effectively (both within NSA and with other analysts in the Intelligence Community) in research, analysis, and reporting
Job Summary Are you passionate about using your foreign language skills, working at the forefront of NSA's exciting SIGINT mission? Opportunities include either the Direct Hire, Language Analysis Development Program (LADP), or Enhancement Cross-training. Click below to learn more.
Qualifications The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position.
Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: performing professional work in the language (for example, translation, transcription), military, teaching, and analysis; OR non-language work in a field such as intelligence analysis, international relations, security studies, intelligence studies, journalism, law, STEM fields (for example, computer science, chemistry, space or weapons systems, or cyber), and other topics relevant to NSA mission.
Applicant must have a minimum language proficiency of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) equal to a level 2/2 in reading and listening in the target language for which the applicant is being considered, OR be selected for placement in and commit to the Agency's intensive language training (acquisition or enhancement) programs. Selection for these programs is done in collaboration with the Language Analysis Skill Community and Language Analysis Development Program, and is intended for use with hard-to-fill or critical languages.
Minimum ILR proficiency levels for the intensive language training programs are as follows (education and experience requirements above also apply):
Applicants for the enhancement program must have either:
(a) a minimum language proficiency equal to a combined score of ILR Level 1/1 (for example: 0+/1+, 2/0, where 0+=.5, 1 = 1, 1+ = 1.5, 2 = 2) in the target language for which the applicant is being considered
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(b) a minimum score of 110 on the DLAB.
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Location: Honolulu, HI
Posted: Oct. 29, 2024, 4:08 a.m.
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