Russian & Ukrainian Travel Linguist

CTC Group; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

401k

PTO and holiday pay

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

CTC Group is seeking cleared linguists with intelligence experience to support travel-only language missions. The role involves high-quality translation, interpretation, transcription, and related services in fast-paced environments.

Locations include CONUS-Washington, other TDYs, OCONUS, and warzone/conflict locations. Requires TS/SCI with polygraph, a U.S. degree, and ICA testing. Salary ranges from $135,000 to $210,000 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance required.
• ICA Testing: TA 4 for Russian, 3 for Ukrainian; SLR 4/4/4 for Russian and 3/3+/3+ for Ukrainian.
• Experience with translation, interpretation, transcription, and language-related services.

Responsibilities

• Translate materials between target language and English with high attention to quality.
• Perform consecutive interpretation in meetings and conferences.
• Travel on TDYs to CONUS/OCONUS and potentially warzone locations.
• Provide transcription, summarization, gisting, and workflow support across technical, political, military, and sponsor operations topics.

Skills

Russian language proficiency

Ukrainian language proficiency

Translation

Consecutive interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Summary

CTC Group is seeking cleared linguists with intelligence experienceto support travel-only language support missions. This role is ideal for experienced linguists who can provide high-quality translation, interpretation, transcription, and related language services in fast-paced mission environments.

Locations: CONUS-Washington Metropolitan Area, CONUS Other TDY, OCONUS, and Warzone / Conflict locations.

Responsibilities

• Translate materials between the target language and English with strong attention to detail and quality.
• Perform consecutive interpretation between the target language and English in individual meetings and conference-type settings.
• Ability and willingness to go on work trips each lasting once month or longer, several times per year, to include austere and high-risk locations.
• Candidates who travel will need native level Russian (5/5/5 SLR scores) and strong Ukrainian (3/3+/3+ SLR scores) as well as strong interpretation skills. TDYs may last up to 90 days both CONUS and OCONUS.
• Provide transcription, summarization, gisting, triage, editing, quality control, workflow, and translation-related services.
• Apply subject matter familiarity across technical, political, military, religious, science and technology, and sponsor operations topics.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment requiring flexibility, professionalism, and strong teamwork.
• Support travel-only mission requirements across CONUS, OCONUS, and Warzone / Conflict locations.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree obtained in the U.S. or in the country of language skill.
• ICA Testing Requirements
  • Commercial Translation Assessment (TA) should be a 4for Russianand a 3for Ukrainian
  • Speaking, Listening, and Reading (SLR) proficiency requirement: 4/4/4 for Russian, 3/3+/3+ for Ukrainian
• Experience with interpretation, translation into English, translation into the target language, transcription into English, and transcription into the source language.
• Experience with editing, language training, quality control, summarizing / gisting, translation-related services, triage, and workflow support.
• Required areas of expertise include religion, science and technology, and sponsor operations.
• Desired experience includes monitoring, terminology management, writing reports, counter-proliferation, counterterrorism, cyber, economics, geospatial, legal / law, military, and narcotics.

Pay Information

The final salary may be influenced by various factors, such as location, labor categories, experience, education, and/or certifications. CTC also provides a variety of benefits as well as opportunities for continuous education and development.

The estimated salary range for this position is $135,000 - $210,000.

Why CTC Group?

We recognize that successful partnerships are based on open and direct communication, mutual respect, and the ability to adapt to evolving capabilities. Our cleared employees bring decades of experience supporting customers in the Intelligence and Defense communities. We specialize in providing engineering, technical, operational support, and training services to Federal government, and Mission Operations.

CTC Group provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, Health/Dental/Vision, 401k, PTO and holiday pay, disability and life insurance.

CTC Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, physical disability, genetic information, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner status, gender (including sex stereotyping), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related) or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.