Exploitation Specialist - French

SOS International LLC.; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government contracting company is seeking an Exploitation Specialist proficient in French to support a US Government Client. This role involves media monitoring, translation, and providing analyses on emerging topics relevant to the client's interests. The position is remote, requiring substantial experience and proven communication skills in a virtual environment.

Qualifications

• 7 years of relevant experience in exploitation or media analysis.
• Proficiency in French at least 3/3+ (ILR) level.
• Expertise in international topics relevant to the role.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of Client interests for effective reporting.
• Evaluate foreign language media sources and report findings.
• Adhere to Client style and translation standards.

Skills

Proficiency in French

Excellent written and oral communication

Time and task management

Open source research

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Excel

Word

Job description

Overview

This position is contingent upon award of contract

SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking an Exploitation Specialist – French to support a US Government Client to provide media monitoring, translation, and current event awareness. Linguists will serve as subject matter experts and leverage French and their cultural expertise to curate and translate global media into English language products.

Essential Job Duties

• Develop comprehensive understanding of Client interests and mission requirements, including areas of priority topical interest. Utilize knowledge to understand nuance of requirements and pivot research to topics or events of emerging interest.
• Utilize Client knowledge to evaluate potential foreign language media sources (including traditional news outlets and social media), conduct topical research, synthesize and summarize findings, and provide sourced, written reports in English of those findings.
• 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.

Minimum Requirements

• High School Diploma.
• 7 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency at least 3/3+ (ILR) level in French, some positions may require 4/4+ 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 French is spoken natively.
• Subject matter expertise or education in international topics in climate change, climate security, global health, politics, leadership, culture, religion, international relations, economics, energy, counter proliferation, cyber threats, emerging technologies, counter narcotics, military, science and technology, counter terrorism, or media of a particular country or region.
• 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 and five years of relevant experience.
• Experience supporting the Intelligence Community (IC).

Work Environment

• Remote.

Working at SOSi

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