Spanish Linguist - Active Secret ClearanceKey West, FL 33040 - OnsiteFull TimeSeeking a highly skilled Spanish Linguist to provide mission-critical language support to intelligence operations. The selected candidate will support Counterintelligence (CI), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) missions through advanced translation, transcription, interpretation, and intelligence exploitation activities.
This role requires advanced Spanish language proficiency, intelligence operations experience, and the ability to produce high-quality language products in support of operational and analytical missions.
Key Responsibilities
Intelligence Linguistic Support
- Support CI, HUMINT, SIGINT, and OSINT missions.
- Translate, transcribe, and interpret intelligence-related materials.
- Produce mission-ready language products.
- Extract actionable intelligence from foreign-language source materials.
Interpretation Services
- Provide simultaneous interpretation during:
- Operational engagements
- Conferences
- Meetings
- Intelligence briefings
- Provide consecutive interpretation during:
- Interviews
- Debriefings
- Operational discussions
Translation & Exploitation
- Translate:
- Legal documents
- Technical documents
- Military documents
- Political materials
- Scientific documents
- Government records
- Conduct bilingual text comparisons and translation reviews.
- Support MEDEX, CELLEX, and DOMEX exploitation activities.
Intelligence Reporting
- Support intelligence reporting requirements.
- Identify relevant intelligence information.
- Assist analysts and operators with intelligence exploitation efforts.
- Maintain accuracy, quality, and timeliness standards.
Required Qualifications
Clearance
- Active Secret Security Clearance
Language Requirements
- Spanish Proficiency: ILR 4+/4+ or higher
- English Proficiency: ILR 3+/3+ or higher
Experience
- Experience supporting:
- CI Operations
- HUMINT Operations
- SIGINT Operations
- OSINT Operations
- Experience with:
- MEDEX
- CELLEX
- DOMEX
- Intelligence Exploitation Activities
- Translation, transcription, and interpretation experience
- Intelligence reporting experience
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree
- Department of Defense (DoD) experience
- Intelligence Community (IC) experience
- Federal Law Enforcement support experience
- Operational intelligence experience
- Deployed intelligence experience
- Experience in high-tempo operational environments
- Knowledge of intelligence reporting methodologies
- Familiarity with exploitation workflows
Core Skills
- Spanish Linguistics
- Translation
- Transcription
- Simultaneous Interpretation
- Consecutive Interpretation
- HUMINT
- CI
- SIGINT
- OSINT
- MEDEX
- CELLEX
- DOMEX
- Intelligence Analysis
- Intelligence Reporting
- Federal Law Enforcement Support
- DoD Intelligence Operations
- ILR 4+ Spanish
- Active Secret Clearance