Exploitation Specialist - Malay/Chinese

SOS International LLC.; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for an Exploitation Specialist fluent in Malay/Chinese to support a US Government Client. This role involves media monitoring, translation, and providing insights on current events. Candidates will leverage their cultural expertise to curate and translate global media into English, ensuring adherence to Client standards. Join a dynamic team where your skills in open-source research and collaboration will be essential in delivering timely and accurate reports. This remote position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to important international topics while working from anywhere in the US.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience in media monitoring and translation.
• Country expertise in climate change, global health, or international relations.

Responsibilities

• Curate and translate global media into English products.
• Evaluate foreign language media sources and provide reports.

Skills

Proficiency in Malay/Chinese

Open source research

Excellent written communication

Time management

Collaboration in virtual environments

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s Degree

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 – Malay/Chinese to support a US Government Client to provide media monitoring, translation, and current event awareness. Linguists will serve as subject matter experts and leverage Malay/Chinese 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 Malay/Chinese. 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. Candidates must be US-based.

Working at SOSi

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