Job Description

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.

We are actively hiring a Russian Linguist to join our team working in Reston, VA. You will be responsible for supporting a government agency and your office with translation, transcription, and interpretation services.

• Linguists will provide translations and summaries on various topics.
• Linguist must be comfortable with oral interpretation on various topics.
• Linguist must be comfortable doing long technical translations.
• Linguist must be willing to work anywhere in the WMA.
  
   

Linguists must be willing to travel several times per year with trips lasting one month or longer .

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree required.  Master’s degree desired. PhD degree desired.
• Three years minimum of work as a professional translator or interpreter within the last 5 years or recently completed M.A. degree in Translation or Interpretation
• Translation into English and source language(s)
• Editing of written products
• Summarizing/Gisting while drawing upon linguistic or cultural expertise.
• Translation Related Services
• Interpretation between English and source language(s)
• Must pass customer testing ILR Level 4-5 in Russian and ILR Level 3+ or higher in Ukrainian.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Subject Matter Expertise in areas of Counterterrorism, Cyber and Science and Technology  
• Triage

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by federal, state or local law. It is the policy of ATS not merely to refrain from employment discrimination as required by the various federal, state, and local enactments, but to take positive affirmative action to realize for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans full equal employment opportunity. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.

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