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Company Description Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SOSi is a private defense and government solutions business specializing in advanced technology systems and mission support. Its capabilities include data science, software development, network engineering, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and logistics. Job Description Overview SOSi is seeking Arabic, Bengali and Chinese Cantonese Linguists to join our team supporting all duties assigned to communicate and translate within our customer's requirements. Languages can also include Burmese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Fukienese, Gan, Hakka, Indonesian, Japanese, Kachin, Khmer, Korean,Lao, Malay, Malayo-Polynesian, Mandalay, Minbei, Minnan, Mon-Khmer, Shan,Taiwanese, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Xiang, and Yunnanese. Essential Job Duties All Linguists will be capable of satisfactorily performing various linguistic functions and duties throughout a shift as described below for monitoring, organizing, categorizing, translating, transcribing, interpreting, performing quality control, and validating services. Linguists will be responsible for monitoring varying numbers of communication intercepts during any given shift. The Linguist will listen to oral and/or electronic communication intercepts or other digital media in English and in foreign languages and provide an immediate oral summary in English, followed by a hand-written or typed (as instructed by the Linguistic Supervisor) summary in English in a format specified by our government customer. The Linguist shall review the summary for accuracy. The Linguist will operate equipment such as directed by customer personnel, to include recording and playback equipment, televisions, computers, digital T2S2 systems and/or other equipment as required. The Linguist will prepare a summary of each intercept to include, but not limited to, a hand written or typed synopsis (gist) in English that is grammatically correct; date and time of recording; and other relevant information as instructed by the Linguistic Supervisor. The Linguist will correctly identify the conversant(s) through use of a voice library and/or from the context of the conversation. The Linguist will enter the summary into a digital medium when required. The Linguist will sign all gists, summary logs, or documents that are prepared as may be required. The Linguist will digitally initial all files, transcripts, translations or other work products, which is to be witnessed by another person as may be required. The Linguist will maintain a list of slang words and codes used by the conversants for the duration of the communications intercept. The Linguist will prepare digital copies for storage, as directed by the COR for all intercepted communication. The Linguist will perform administrative duties related to the above duties, such as arranging log sheets, gists, and/or summaries into binders and/or file folders; copying and assembling related paperwork an #J-18808-Ljbffr

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