Exploitation Specialist – Italian

SOS International LLC; Albuquerque (NM); Remote; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national contractor for government services is seeking an Exploitation Specialist – Italian to support a US Government Client. This remote role involves media monitoring, translation, and leveraging cultural expertise to curate and translate global media into English products. Candidates should have a strong background in international topics and proficiency in Italian, along with solid communication skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience in international topics.
• Proficiency established via testing with a minimum score of 3/3+.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of Client priorities and mission requirements.
• Evaluate foreign language media sources and conduct topical research.
• Prepare reports adhering to Client standards.

Skills

Proficiency in Italian

Open source research

Strong communication skills

Time management

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s Degree

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 – Italian to support a US Government Client to provide media monitoring, translation, and current event awareness. Linguists will serve as subject matter experts and leverage Italian 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 Italian. 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.