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Overview

Exovera’s Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis (CIRA) is seeking a motivated Chinese Linguist-Analyst to provide language-enabled research, analytic services and forward-thinking insight on complex issues related to China.

CIRA provides research, analysis, and operational capabilities to government, defense, and private-sector clients. Our team consists of Chinese-, Russian-, and Iran-focused linguist-analysts who work closely with a cadre of software engineers to produce cutting-edge insights, data exploitation, and tool development.

Essential Job Duties

• Work individually and as part of a team to conduct Chinese-language open source research and analysis using online sources, academic publications, gray literature, and in-house proprietary databases;

• Identify and collect data for analysis and to create finished reports;

• Write finished analytic reports for and engage with senior clients ranging from short briefs to monograph-length studies;

• Establish subject matter expertise in areas of analytic responsibility, including identifying key items for research and analysis and potential new data sources;

• Work with in-house software developers to identify and assist collection and processing of Chinese language documents and structured data.

Minimum Requirements

• Active in-scope Secret clearance;

• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional work experience;

• Demonstrated expertise in the military strategy, doctrine, and capabilities; science and technology development; and/or political system of the People’s Republic of China;

• Advanced Chinese language skills equivalent to or above ILR 2+ level for reading and listening;

• Superior verbal and written English communication skills;

• Strong demonstrated ability to work individually or as part of a team;

• Bachelor's degree in area studies, intelligence studies, political science, security studies, international relations, data science, computer science, or related field; and

• Proficiency in MS Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• Active in-scope Top Secret clearance;

• Master's degree or PhD in relevant field;

• Experience in Open-Source intelligence analysis with the U.S. government or as a U.S. government contractor;

• Experience translating and summarizing general and technical material;

• Experience building, processing, and analyzing large datasets;

• Programming skills, such as experience in Python, Java, C, Go, Ruby, Swift, MongoDB, ArangoDB, PostgresSQL, Analyst Notebook, Palantir, or other programming languages and databases.

Work Environment

• Travel: Dunn Loring Station (orange line); free parking garage available on-site;

• Remote flexibility;

• Flexible hours, non-shift work.