# Senior Spanish Linguist

**Company**: Leidos
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a highly qualified Senior Spanish Linguist to support National Security Programs. The role requires advanced linguistic and interpretation capabilities and cultural knowledge to support mission-critical activities.

**Primary Responsibilities:** As a Senior Spanish Linguist, you will engage in the full range of language services, including translation, interpretation, transcription, summarization, and analysis. Key duties include:

- **Translation**: Accurately translate written materials in both electronic and hard-copy formats, conveying factual content, nuanced meaning, and implied context.

- **Interpretation**: Provide accurate consecutive interpretation and occasional simultaneous interpretation.

- **Transcription**: Review audio and internet-based materials, transcribe with high levels of accuracy and fidelity, and produce clear, well-written English-language reports.

- **Gisting and Summarization**: Identify and summarize key facts and abstract concepts accurately, prioritize and extract critical information from large datasets, and use reference materials effectively.

**Technical Skills**

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and internet research tools is required.

- Experience with HLT (Human Language Technology), CAT (Computer-Assisted Translation) tools, and Language Learning Model (LLM) is highly desired.

**Qualifications**

- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

- Bachelor's degree with 8-12 years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 6-10 years of related experience.

- 4+ years of professional and recent translation and interpretation experience.

- Must have interpretation skills and experience in the Intelligence Community and Operations.

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

**Benefits**

- Comprehensive training and career development opportunities.

- Supportive work environment.

- Opportunity to work on impactful projects.

**Travel**

- Up to 25% travel required.

**Pay Range**

- $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

## Skills

### Required
- Spanish
- translation
- interpretation
- transcription
- gisting
- summarization
- Microsoft Office
- HLT
- CAT
- LLM

### Nice to have
- additional language proficiency
- prior experience supporting contingency operations

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