Chinese Multidisciplined Language Analyst / Language Analyst Development Program (LADP) - Entry to Experienced Level (MD, HI, GA, UT)

About the role

NSA's Linguists, known as Multidisciplined Language Analysts (MDLAs), play a crucial role in the Intelligence Community by analyzing, transcribing, and translating foreign language materials. They contribute to the SIGINT mission, helping U.S. policymakers and military leaders understand foreign language worlds and cultural contexts.

Responsibilities

• Offer insights to U.S. policymakers and military leaders by analyzing and translating key information.
• Research and understand other cultures and their operations within the broader geopolitical landscape.
• Develop and apply new techniques to address complex analytic problems, such as synthesizing large datasets and disparate information sources.
• Create written and oral assessments that provide unique, valuable intelligence insights unavailable from other disciplines.
• Work independently and collaboratively, both within NSA and with other analysts in the Intelligence Community.

Requirements

• Minimum language proficiency of Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) level 2/2 in reading and listening in the target language.
• Relevant experience in language work, analysis, or fields such as intelligence analysis, international relations, security studies, journalism, law, STEM, or other topics relevant to NSA's mission.
• Education: High School Diploma/GED, Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, or Doctoral degree.
• Experience: Entry requires a high school diploma or GED plus 4 years of relevant experience; Full Performance requires an Associate's degree plus 2 years of relevant experience; Senior requires a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Intellectually curious and a lifelong learner.
• Well-organized and capable of handling multiple assignments.
• A strong written and oral communicator.
• Able to synthesize information to solve complex problems.
• Able to provide timely and accurate customer service.

Skills

• Target development.
• Social network analysis.
• Metadata analysis.
• Research methodology.
• Topical or regional studies relevant to national security.
• Quantitative/statistical analysis.
• Data modeling, mining, or science.
• Cyber security.
• Computer science or networking.
• Telecommunications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Full-time position, Monday - Friday, 8-hour days between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (flexible).

Pay, Benefits, & Work Schedule

• Salary range: $50,460 - $187,093 (Entry/Developmental, Full Performance, Senior).
• Training will be provided based on the selectee's needs and experience.
• Benefits: Comprehensive package.
• Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8-hour days between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (flexible).

How to apply

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