Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.
We are actively hiring a HLT Specialist with Chinese and a TS/SCI clearance and polygraph to join our Intelligence Division working on Human Language Translation in Northern Virginia.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist in the creation and maintenance of cloud environments for HLT tool deployment. Improves artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) tools and other applications in the client’s work environment, such as machine translation, speech or text recognition, input methods, keyboard/swipe technology, advancing searching, and other areas of human-machine interactions related to languages.Provide Project-based technical support. Facilitate unit- and enterprise-wide technology rollouts. Train machine learning (ML) models for the creation of MT and natural language processing (NLP) modelsAssist with troubleshooting foreign language content issues related to triage, translation, transcription, interpretation, and localization.Validate new features in CAT Tool Translation Memory (TM) Servers and HLT tools.Manage Translation Memories (TM)Identify commercial tools for employment. Automate file analysis, parsing, and filteringWrite scripts and/or macros in various program languages to automate repetitive tasks. Prepare file types for localization process (including re-coding and script writing). Provide estimates on projects. Work closely with technology providers to:Collect requirements from stakeholders and users.Provide documentation and training to usersDefine new features and improvement to Software Products Provider test cases for Quality Assurance (QA)Report and test fixes for bugs found by users REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCEMust possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraphBachelor's Degree or Equivalent (four (4) or more years of on-the-job experience in the HLT field)Language Required:  Chinese Journeyman LevelYears of Experience:  Four (4) Years Must be a certified AWS cloud engineer.Computer-Assisted TranslationLocalization Engineering ExperienceTranslations Memory Server ExperienceDesktop PublishingAdobe Suite ExperienceMicrosoft Office Tools and ApplicationPREFERRED SKILLSHTML XML ASP JSP Python or Java

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.