2026-1209 TERMINOLOGIST

Mountain Cat LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mountain Cat LLC is seeking a Terminology Program Specialist to support enterprise terminology initiatives. You will coordinate with project teams, writers, and translators to build and maintain terminology, ensure compliance with standards, and prepare metrics on workflow progress.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance with poly, fluency in multiple languages, ILR test proficiency, and a degree in language-related fields. Experience in terminology management is essential.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Ability to pass an English grammar test.
• Working proficiency in one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Kurdish, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian.
• Ability to pass a translation test from the source language into English with a minimum of 2 on the ILR Scale.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in language, linguistics, translations, or related field.
• Understanding of terminology management theory, principles, and methods, and expertise in terminology management tool/systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with project team, writers, and translators to build an enterprise terminology program.
• Mange the workflow process of all new term entries for the client, coordinating with stakeholders to post the term entries in a way that is compliant with applicable rules and standards.
• Prepare regular metrics presentations describing the state and progress of the terminology workflow.
• Monitor user suggestion for new source terms and feedback on existing source terminology.
• Train new product team users and source contributors to enable them to author data in the terminology management systems, and delegate tasks to the product team users as appropriate.
• Author concise concept definitions following standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and/or client standards by collaborating the project managers and engineers.
• Improve the terminology concept system by writing definitions for new concepts to fill in gaps in the existing terminology database.
• Answer questions about terms posed by internal and external translators.
• Provide translators, transcribers, and interpreters with domain-specific glossaries, translation memories, segmentation rules, and style guides as requested.
• Learn the client’s terminology-management tools and train other on the tools.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

English grammar

Arabic

Chinese

Farsi

Korean

Russian

Spanish

Education

Bachelor’s degree in language, linguistics, translations, or related field

Tools

Termnet

SDL MultiTerm

Kaleidoscope QuickTerm

Job description

Supports terminology projects through writing of term definitions in English, specifying associated metadata and values, reviewing data quality, and providing terminology-process guidance to users. Tasks may include but are not limited to:

• Work with project team, writers, and translators to build an enterprise terminology program.
• Mange the workflow process of all new term entries for the client, coordinating with stakeholders to post the term entries in a way that is compliant with applicable rules and standards.
• Prepare regular metrics presentations describing the state and progress of the terminology workflow.
• Monitor user suggestion for new source terms and feedback on existing source terminology.
• Train new product team users and source contributors to enable them to author data in the terminology management systems, and delegate tasks to the product team users as appropriate.
• Author concise concept definitions following standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and/or client standards by collaborating the project managers and engineers.
• Improve the terminology concept system by writing definitions for new concepts to fill in gaps in the existing terminology database.
• Answer questions about terms posed by internal and external translators.
• Provide translators, transcribers, and interpreters with domain-specific glossaries, translation memories, segmentation rules, and style guides as requested.
• Learn the client’s terminology-management tools and train other on the tools.

REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Ability to pass an English grammar test.
• Working proficiency in one of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Kurdish, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian.
• Ability to pass a translation test from the source language into English with a minimum of 2 on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Scale.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in language, linguistics, translations, or related field. Understanding of terminology management theory, principles, and methods, and expertise interminology management tool/systems, including integration with authoring and localization platforms.
• Experience in terminology management.

PREFERRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated proficiency with translation management systems such as Termnet, SDL MultiTerm or KaleidescopeQuickterm.
• Demonstrated proficiency with corpora mining systems systems and algorithms such as SketchEngine or spaCy.
• Formal training in terminology management or lexicography.