Spanish Linguist - Active Secret Clearance

YK Solutions LLC

$88K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Secret security clearance is required.
  • 5+ years of experience in CI, HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, or related fields.
  • Proficiency in Spanish at 4+/4+ on the ILR scale.
  • Proficiency in English at 3+/3+ on the ILR scale.
  • Experience with intelligence exploitation practices like MEDEX, CELLEX, or DOMEX.
  • Demonstrated accuracy in translation and interpretation in operational settings.
  • Strong analytical skills to extract and communicate intelligence information.

Responsibilities

  • Provide accurate translation, transcription, and interpretation of intelligence materials.
  • Translate and interpret various content types, including legal and scientific documents.
  • Offer simultaneous interpretation during real-time operational engagements.
  • Conduct consecutive interpretation during interviews and operational discussions.
  • Summarize documents and review translations for accuracy.
  • Extract actionable intelligence from foreign-language sources for reporting requirements.
  • Maintain high linguistic standards in classified operational environments.

Benefits

  • Permanent employment status.
  • Onsite work location in Key West, FL.
Full Job Description
Position Title: Spanish Linguist - Active Secret Clearance (Confidential Client)
Location: Key West, FL | Onsite
Employment Type: Permanent
Compensation
  • Salary: $88,000 - $115,000/yr
Position Summary

Provide mission-critical linguistic support to intelligence operations through advanced Spanish interpretation, translation, transcription, and analysis services that enable informed operational decision-making. Support CI/HUMINT, SIGINT, and OSINT missions through the translation, interpretation, and exploitation of foreign-language materials.
Primary Functions
  • Deliver accurate and reliable translation, transcription, and interpretation of intelligence-related materials.
  • Translate and interpret a wide range of content, including legal, technical, military, political, scientific, and official government documents.
  • Provide simultaneous interpretation during real-time operational engagements, meetings, conferences, and briefings.
  • Provide consecutive interpretation during interviews, debriefings, meetings, and operational discussions.
  • Summarize documents, review translations, conduct bilingual text comparisons, and support meetings and conferences.
  • Extract actionable intelligence from foreign-language source materials and support intelligence reporting requirements.
  • Maintain high standards of linguistic accuracy while supporting mission objectives in classified environments.
Must-Haves
  • Active Secret security clearance.
  • Experience supporting CI, HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, or related intelligence operations.
  • Experience with MEDEX, CELLEX, DOMEX, or similar intelligence exploitation activities.
  • Spanish language proficiency of 4+/4+ or higher on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale.
  • English language proficiency of 3+/3+ or higher on the ILR scale.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide accurate translation, transcription, and interpretation services in operational environments.
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to identify and communicate relevant intelligence information.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), or federal law enforcement missions.
  • Operational or deployed intelligence experience.
  • Familiarity with intelligence reporting methodologies and exploitation workflows.
  • Experience supporting real-world intelligence operations in high-tempo environments.
  • Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a related field.

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