Kiliuda, a subsidiary of Three Saints Bay, LLC, and a Federal Government Contractor industry leader, is seeking a Novice Research Specialist Secret/Arabic or Russian, or Chinese, or Farsi, others at Government discretion (Secret Clearance).

Position Responsibilities:

Provide open source monitoring, assistance, and support to domestic investigative offices, protection details, protective intelligence offices, intelligence analysis offices, and other DS and external consumers. Products include researching, triaging, and interpreting data pertinent to assessments of threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incidents. Utilize numerous datasets, specialized tools, and advanced techniques to identify potential threat(s) to the Department for referral to analytical teams, other DS offices, and/or law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners. Review incoming open source information and maintain a database to assess the accuracy, credibility, validity and relevance of known media sources. Prepare preliminary referrals related to open source threats, suspicious and hostile activities, and significant incidents.  Interpret, plan, and execute the collection of open source intelligence as necessary to meet DS priorities including operations in support of large-scale, multi-national events domestically and abroad. Provide technical advice and guidance in the planning and execution of open source collection operations. Provide expert translation and knowledge of the designated-language in the planning and execution of open source collection operations. Prepare and present written and oral briefings to special agents, Program management, Bureau and Department leadership, and law enforcement, defense, and intelligence partners on open source monitoring and triage.  Assist training teams in the development of training modules by providing operational information and feedback on new training opportunities for Program staff and overseas monitoring elements regarding open source monitoring and operations. Build and maintain relationships and collaborative networks within the Department and across the law enforcement (federal, state and local), security, and intelligence communities to share information, best practices, and lessons learned. Where appropriate, establishes and maintains liaison within the Department and across the law enforcement, defense, and intelligence com- munities to represent the office and the Bureau; obtain resources and support; and plan and coordinate activities. Develop and implement new and innovative strategies for gathering open source information or intelligence in support of DS priorities and mitigation initiatives to address gaps and shortfalls in the collection and triage of open source intelligence. Attend internal and external trainings, seminars, and conferences to acquire knowledge of new and emerging data- sets, specialized tools, and advanced collection techniques that can be used to support open source intelligence operations. Informs and advances the Program’s use of relevant and developing technologies. Contractors shall identify their contractor affiliation on name tags and presentation materials. Contractors shall identify their affiliation at meetings, courses, and conferences. Working with Program management, translate ad-hoc Program monitoring priorities for use in the creation of Boolean or other query-language algorithms used in commercial and unclassified tools. Working with Program management, use ad-hoc Program monitoring priorities in the creation of Boolean or other query-language algorithms used in commercial and unclassified tools. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

Expert knowledge and proficiency in the designated language. Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in written form, with superiors and col- leagues, fluently speaking, reading, listening and translating the designated-language to English and the reverse. The contractor must be able to translate narrative using colloquial slang words and phrases. Preferred - expertise in regions in which the designated language is practiced to assist in translation efforts and accurately provide translations and interpretations within correct cultural and ethnic context as well as advice to regarding the cultural and ethnic significance of statements, conversations, situations, documents, etc.  Expert knowledge of media platforms in the designated region, in particular those aligned with cultural, political and security interests as they relate to the U.S. interests in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers. Knowledge of open source concepts, methods, and practices to provide technical and analytical support for the planning, conduct, and coordination of intelligence research and analysis operations.  Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative various techniques to effectively locate and identify information of concern regarding Department equities in publicly available information including social, news, and traditional media.  Knowledge of Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, such as social media, social networking tools, data exploitation, and commercial- and industry-based database in or- der to conduct complex open source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers. Knowledge of foreign language research methodologies using internationally-focused Web sites to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers. Knowledge of English language translation methods which address various formats such as printed documents, taped and live conversations, and audio-visual media presentations in order to conduct complex open and all-source source operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers. Knowledge of advanced search techniques, information databases, data visualization, and related tools to conduct complex open and all-source source investigative operations focused on a wide range of DS monitoring priorities that may include threats, political violence, crime, terrorism and other critical security priorities for internal and external customers. Ability to establish liaisons and interact effectively with individuals at all levels in order to coordinate activities with other intelligence and law enforcement personnel engaged in planning and conducting operations (investigative, protective operations, etc.) utilizing open source materials. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to prepare and present open source trends, promote information sharing with other organizations, provide advice and guidance, present and defend recommendations, and participate in meetings.

Minimum Education / Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s degree and less than 1 year of experience or 3+ years of experience with no degree. Experience includes conducting open source and academic research, all-source intelligence and targeting. Demonstrated language proficiency for English and the target language(s) of at least S3+ (speaking) and R3+ (reading), S4 (speaking) and R4 (reading) preferred, as classified by the U.S. Department of State’s School of Language Studies, or at the Superior level, as classified by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Other equivalent commercial proficiency and testing standards will be accepted if approved by the COR.

Position located in: Arlington, VA

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