# Kurdish Linguist

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Reston, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $73,450.00 - $132,775.00
**Category**: Language Services
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

We are currently seeking a highly skilled Kurdish Linguist to join our mission-driven team. This position requires a language professional capable of performing a wide range of complex linguistic tasks with precision and cultural insight.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide professional-level linguistic support across translation, interpretation, transcription, and gisting, including but not limited to:

- Translation: Accurately translate materials from Kurdish into English and vice versa, capturing subtle nuances, cultural references, and abstract concepts with contextual accuracy.

- Interpretation: Provide consecutive interpretation, and occasional simultaneous interpretation, maintaining high fidelity and fluency, demonstrating understanding of regional dialects and cultural context.

- Transcription: Listen to audio or review internet-based content and transcribe accurately and efficiently, producing high-quality English-language reports based on audio/visual materials.

- Gisting and Summarization: Identify and summarize key facts and abstract concepts accurately, prioritizing and extracting critical information from large datasets.

**Requirements:**

- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

- BA/BS and/or equivalent formal military training and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience.

- Translation and/or interpretation degree is highly desired.

- HLT experience a plus.

- Must successfully complete a Leidos-administered language proficiency test or equivalent at the Primary level or higher.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and basic online research.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience supporting contingency operations as a deployed linguist.

- Familiarity with the U.S. Intelligence Community, military operations, or law enforcement environments.

- Ability to effectively brief and communicate findings to various stakeholders.

- Proficiency in multiple languages is a strong asset.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary range: $73,450.00 - $132,775.00.

- Opportunities for professional growth and development.

**Additional Information:**

- Attending and passing all sponsor-related training is a requirement of employment.

- All Candidates must take and successfully pass a medical laboratory and/or physical screen as required by the program.

- Successfully completing the required language assessments and weapons training.

- Travel OCONUS is required, and the candidate must be able to support the contract 24/7 when on travel.

## Skills

### Required
- Kurdish
- English
- Translation
- Interpretation
- Transcription
- Gisting
- Microsoft Office Suite

### Nice to have
- HLT
- Multiple languages
- U.S. Intelligence Community
- Military operations
- Law enforcement environments

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