Exploitation Specialist – Hungarian

SOS International LLC; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government support firm is seeking an Exploitation Specialist – Hungarian to conduct media monitoring and translation of foreign media into English products. Candidates must have expertise in Hungarian and relevant international topics. This role is remote and requires at least 3 years of experience. Strong communication and time management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience in media monitoring and translation.
• Country and regional expertise in international topics.
• Experience with analysis and exploitation of social media.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of Client interests and pivot research.
• Evaluate media sources and provide written reports in English.
• Adhere to Client standards for product preparation.

Skills

Proficiency in Hungarian

Open source research

Collaboration in virtual environments

Written and oral communication skills

Time and task management

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Overview

*This position is contingent upon award of contract*

SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking an Exploitation Specialist – Hungarian to support a US Government Client to provide media monitoring, translation, and current event awareness. Linguists will serve as subject matter experts and leverage Hungarian 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.

• 3 years of relevant experience.

• Country and regional expertise, including proficiency in Hungarian. Proficiency will be established via testing and candidates must score at least 3/3+ (ILR scale) and some positions may require 4/4+.

• 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 one year 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.

SOSi is an equal employment opportunity employer and affirmative action employer. All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or protected veteran status. SOSi takes affirmative action in support of its policy to advance diversity and inclusion of individuals who are minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.